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Introduction: Reconfiguring Nationhood through Performance? Dorothy M. Figueira -- Quest for "Indian Roots": Nativism and Modernism in Postcolonial Indian Theatre. E. V. Ramakrishnan -- Indian People's Theatre Association: The Political in Culture. Suchetana Banerjee -- The Urge to Change the World: An Introduction to Dalit and Ambedkarite Theatre. Maya Pandit -- "Hard Truths and Real Facts": Theatre for Development in India. Geoffrey V. Davis -- A Manasamangalpala at Joramath: Notes Towards the Understanding of an Indigenous Performative Form in Bengal. Subha Chakraborty Dasgupta -- Versions of History: Girish Karnad's Play The Dreams of Tipu Sultan. Geojjrey V. Davis -- Girish Karnad and the Problem of Rewriting Myth. Dorothy M. Figueira -- Badai Sircar's Journey Towards the Third Theatre. Jasbir Jain -- Habib Tanvir: In Search of a New Popular. Suchetana Banerjee -- Epic Theatre, Folk Form, and Liminal Space in Satish Alekar's Mahanirvan (The Dread Departure). Aparna V. Zambare -- The Politics of Emergent Theatrical Traditions of Manipur. Sumitra Thoidingjam -- Just "the King's Postman?" Rabindranath Tagore's Plays in Transcultural Perspective. Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn -- A Brief Overview of a Vibrant Theatre from India: Marathi Theatre; 1843 to 2010. Makarand Sathe -- Rituals of Postcoloniality and Theatres of Modernity A Study in Incommensurabilities. S. Satish Kumar. ISBN 9782807610941