Mapping South Asia through Contemporary Theatre

Syed Jamil Ahmed, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Carol C. Davis, Franklin & Marshall College, USA Kanchuka Dharmasiri, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Aparna Dharwadker, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Shayoni Mitra, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA Asma Mundrawala, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan

Foreword; Aparna Dharwadker Introduction: Setting the Stage; Ashis Sengupta 1. Dispatches from the Margins: Theatre in India since the 1990s; Shayoni Mitra 2. Theatre Chronicles: Framing Theatre Narratives in Pakistan's Sociopolitical Context; Asma Mundrawala 3. Designs of Living in the Contemporary Theatre of Bangladesh; Syed Jamil Ahmed 4. Towards an Engaged Stage: Nepali Theatre in Uncertain Times; Carol C. Davis 5. From Narratives of National Origin to Bloodied Streets: Contemporary Sinhala and Tamil Theatre in Sri Lanka ; Kanchuka Dharmasiri Select Bibliography Index