Ramlila Varied Perspective

Contents: 1. Ramayana and the performing arts tradition/B.S. Mehta. 2. The urban Ramlila and the ram Nagar – A Comparison/ B.S. Mehta. 3. Ramlila – a slide show commentary/ B.S. Mehta. 4. The Ramlila of Ramnagar/Richard Schechner and Linda Hess. 5. The Ramlila/Norvin Henn. 6. The origin of the Ramlila/Norvin Henn. 7. Ramlila/Poonam Mathur. 8. Gods as players, players as Gods/Suresh Awasthi. 9. The Remayana in performance: An Asian Perspective/Suresh Awasthi. 10. The message of Ramayana to the modern world/L. Pandurang Rao. 11. An Epic for all/L. Pandurang Rao. 12. The Ramlila of Ramnagar/Linda Hess. 13. Ramlila: The audience experience/Linda Hess. 14. Theatrical space and settings/S. Awasthi. 15. The view from the Ghats: Traditional exegesis of a Hindu epic/Philip Lutgendorf. 16. Ramlila/Bhanu Shankar Mehta. 17. A Film on the Ramlila in Benares/Ian Lal. 18. In search of the historical Rama/Vinod Taksal. 19. Performing the Ramlila/Kavita Nagpal. 20. And Thereby Hangs a very Long tale/Ram Mohan. 21. Reinterpreting an epic/Geeta Doctor. 22. Dramayana 2005/Atul Sethi. 23. Annual Leela that is eternal truth/S.B. 24. Ramalila may become part of world heritage/Manidra Nayar. 25. Ramayana, the thriller style/Sanjay Austa. 26. Return of the Ramayama/Anusuiya Vaidya. 27. Ramlila that is secular/Manek Mankekar. 28. Hi-tech Ramlilas with whopping budgets/Shruti Prakash. 29. Traditional Ramalilas Making way for filmi version/UNI. 30. Ramlila – Slicker than ever-A Dance critic. 31. Lila, Mela and processional theatre/Utpal K. Banerjee. 32. This year, a feminist Ramlila/Rumu Banerjee. 33. Serving God sans Religious divide/Naveen Kumar. 34. Delhi Ramlila -  A Miracle play/Premlata Goel. 35. Kumaoni Ramlila or Parsi Theatre/Dean Singh Bajeli. 36.Ramlila/Kum kumMathur.

Ramlila is the oldest traditional theatre of India which formed Near about 500 years ago. UNESCO declared it as a intangible heritage in 2005.

Ramlila is introduced as a course study in many foreign universities. This book Ramlila: Varied Perspective under the editorship of Dr. Bhanu Shanker Mehta in which the top most Theatre persons, critics and well known authors contributed essays on Ramlila not only form India but throughout all over the world.

This is the first book of its own in which it shows that what Ramlila is and how to perform it in theatre?