In search of identity: The evolution of Indian political theatre

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07/31/2008

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Table of Contents In search of identity: The evolution of Indian political theatre Table of Contents

 
  1. Pre-Independence: The anti-colonial paradigm.
  2. Gaekwar Durpan views on colonial oppression.
  3. The Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).
  4. Classical Sanskrit drama as the foundation of a modern Indian theatre.
  5. Conclusion.

Abstract

The study of indian political theatre is the study of a quest for identity on a grand scale. political theatre in post-independence India is marked by the expression of conflicting social paradigms, whose complex interplay signifies a deep-seated confusion regarding the question "What does it mean to be indian?" Such questions are uniquely poignant in the context of a postcolonial society whose expression of its complex national identity was long sidelined by anti-imperialist rhetoric. Indeed, since the turbulent experience of independence and partition in 1947, political theatre has been used as a forum for a variety of causes ranging from subaltern reform movements (especially those relating to gender, caste, and Hindu-Muslim tolerance), to a pan-indian nationalism propagated in different ways by the influence of both the Congress party and the Communists, to the most recent development of a normative "Hindutva" nationalism propagated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

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