Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance

1. 2. A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
   4. The Patuas of Bengal, Makbul Islam
   6. Bards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy
   8. Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy and R R Harischandra
   10. Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore Bhattacharjee

   11. Part II: Performance Beyond Caste

   12. Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, P Subbachary
   14. Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, Guru Rao Bapat
   16. Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, P K Sasidharan
   18. India People’s Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, V Ramakrishna
   20. Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing, D Venkat Rao
   22. Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, Sachi Mohanty

   23. Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors

   24. New directions in Indian dance, Sunil Kothari
   26. Transpositions in kuchipudi dance, Aruna Bhikshu
   28. The impact of commercialization in dance, K Subadra Murthy
   30. Art addressing social problems, Ananda Shankar Jayant