by Admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Anuparna Mukherjee, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad Download PDF Version Abstract When playwrights like Girish Karnad joined the stage after the nation’s independence in 1947, the Indian theatre was suffering from acute identity crises being torn...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Binayak Bhattacharya, EFL University, Hyderabad Download PDF Version Abstract This article attempts to re-read the cultural history of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) within the larger context of the progressive nationalist politics of Bengal. The...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Azeez Akinwumi SESAN, Al -Hikmah University, Ilorin Download PDF Version Abstract The analytical and dialectical nature of Yoruba oral art with the inclusion of drum poetry facilitates its unending discourses. In the past and contemporary African society, gender...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Sudev Pratim Basu, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan Download PDF Version To begin with, it is really a daunting task for someone to attempt to map, categorise and pin down Dylan’s poems and songs to any one particular socio-cultural matrix. The problem intensifies when...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Brian McAllister, Albany State University, Georgia, USA Download PDF Version Abstract Vachel Lindsay’s fame was made, and ultimately ruined, by his performances of his “Higher Vaudeville” poems. This essay discusses the performance of the Higher Vaudeville in light...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Vol 5 No 2
Yogitha Shetty,University of Hyderabad Download PDF Version Abstract The paper could roughly be divided into two sections: first provides a brief outline of Bh?t?r?dhane or the ritual-performance traditions of the Tulu-speaking region in the coastal region of...