My Journey with Natyashastra (Part 1): A Personal Academic Exploration
A decade ago, in March 2013, I visited Manish Da’s (Manish Mitra, the director of the Kasba Arghya theatre group) home for the first time for a lu...
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My Journey with Natyashastra (Part 2): Philosophy Beyond Performance
Natyashastra is not merely a handbook or manual for the art of Theatre; it is a philosophy that speaks of Purushartha (the four aims of human life) wi...
My Journey with Natyashastra (Part 3): The Complete Training Manual
Without further preamble, let us now consider the chapters and topics of the Natya Shastra. For until we know exactly which aspects are being discusse...
Insight from the Corpus
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“সাধনা ব্যতীত তত্ত্ব নিষ্ফল, আর তত্ত্ব ব্যতীত সাধনা অন্ধ”
My Journey with Natyashastra (Part 4): The Sacred Purpose of Art
No matter how much Sri Krishna directs towards Brahmajnana in the Gita and advises against desiring the fruits of one’s actions, if Arjuna did not f...
Bharata’s Doctrine and the Eleven Elements of Natya: A Dive into the Essence of Indian Classical Theatre
The Nāṭyaśāstra stands as a seminal treatise on Indian classical theater, encapsulating a comprehensive framework known as the Eleven Nāṭya Sa...
Exploring the Vedic Basis of Bharata's Natyashastra
According to Bharata, the Nāṭyaveda was divinely revealed by Brahmā himself, compiling the essence of all four Vedas and serving as the quintessen...
Reader's Pause
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“Accept. Love. Not in the BJP’s version of Hindutva, but in the civilizational idea of Bhāratīyatā.”
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