I have been happy to read Anita Ratnam Rangraj's refreshingly charming book Natya Brahman.
Her introduction is a convincing and concise statement of the fundamental difference between Aristotle's Poetics and Bharata's Natya Sastra. In a subsequent chapter she analyzes the theory of Rasa with penetrating insight and rare lucidity. Her chapter on the dramatic poem is thought-provoking. The chapters on Abhinaya, the play-halls and the players and playgoers present many complex problems of Indian dramaturgy in a simple direct style. All through she exhibits a sensitive understanding of the ancient Indian theatre and a modern sensibility. The author's command of the kinetic medium has been obviously of great help to her in interpreting obscure textual material.