"Opening our critical thinking for a first perception and experience of traditional Indian forms of performance that had been repressed and hidden under global concepts of hermeneutic understanding for centuries, this volume, edited by Robert Masterson and Sayan Dey, has a centrifugal power."Hans Ulrich GumbrechtAlbert Guerard Chair in Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford University, USA"The twelve essays and two interviews in this book, all by experienced influential scholars […] are globally representative from countries as disparate as Ireland, Africa, Japan and India. Apart from being a very interesting read for the lay person I believe this book should become a 'core reader' for tertiary education studies in performance, theatre, political philosophy and literature." Rob HarleWriter, Artist, Reviewer, Nimbin, Australia"I identify with the efforts of contributors to this volume. Rather than belly-aching and standing up to challenge ideological and epistemological stereotyping, they have chosen a noble path —as Chinua Achebe admonished—write their own stories. This is what the endeavours in this collection have strived to do in this important book." Dr Oluwole CokerSenior Lecturer in Literature-in-English, Obafemi Awolwo University, Nigeria