"BHAAVA NIROOPANNA"   
Kanak Rele   
Nalanda Dance Research Center  
Plot A-7/1, N S Road # 10  
J V P D Scheme, Vile Parle (W)  
Mumbai 400049  
Ph: (022) - 6206326  
Fax: (022) - 6245008  
e-mail: ndrc@bol.net.in  
Price: Rs.350/-  
Part science, part self experience, lucidly put together by committed   
academician, dancer, choreographer Kanak Rele.  

"DANCE DIALECTS OF INDIA"  
Ragini Devi  
Vikas Publications  
5, Daryaganj Ansari Road  
New Delhi 110006  
Price: Rs.95  
The best window available on the classical dance systems of India as they existed half a century ago.  

"NATYA BRAHMAN: THE THEATRIC UNIVERSE"   
Anita Ratnam  
SAHER  
C/o Karnatic Music Book Center  
14, Sripuram 1st Street  
Royapettah, Chennai 600014  
Ph: (044) - 8260147  
A comparative study between Bharata's 'Natya Sastra' and Aristotle's 'Poetics' which reveals the inter connectedness between theatre traditions of the West and the East.  

"PURANIC ENCYCLOPAEDIA"   
Vettam Mani   
Mothilal Banarsidass  
Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar  
New Delhi 110007  
Ph: (011) - 2911985 / 2918335  
Fax: (011) - 2930689  
e-mail: gloryindia@poboxes.com  
Price: Rs. 750/-  
A comprehensive and reliable guide towards understanding characters big and small from our puranas.  

"THE DANCE IN INDIA"  
Enakshi Bhavnani  
D B Taraporevala Sons & Co. Pvt Ltd.  
210 Dr. D Naoroji Road  
Mumbai 400001  
Price: Rs.695/-  
Another book on the classical dance system half a century ago which offers a slightly different perspective.  

"THE RAMAYANA"  
Lakshmi Lal  
Orient Longman Ltd  
Kamani Marg, Ballard Estate  
Mumbai 400001  
Ph: (022) - 2616918 / 2616919  
Price: Rs.425/-  
Impeccable english, an overview of the many Ramayanas prevalent in India.  

"UNDERSTANDING BHARATA NATYAM"   
Mrinalini Sarabhai  
The Darpana Academy of Performing Arts  
Usmanpura, Ahmedabad 380013  
Ph: (079) - 7551389  
Fax: (079) - 7550955  
e-mail: darpana@icenet.net  
Price: Rs.175/-  
An indispensable guide to every dancer, teacher, onlooker of Bharatanatyam.  

"VALLABHACARYA ON THE LOVE GAMES OF KRSNA"   
James D Redington  
Motilal Banarsidass  
Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar  
New Delhi 110007  
Ph: (011) - 2911985 / 2918335  
Fax: (011) - 2930689  
Price: Rs.300/-  
A book that makes the Krishna Philosophy accessible to the dancer without mouthing pious platitudes about jeevatma paramatma.  

"WHEN GOD IS A CUSTOMER"   
A K Ramanujam, Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman  
Oxford University Press  
 Y M C A Library Building  
Jai SIngh Road, New Delhi 110001  
Price: Rs.150/-  
An introduction through translation to the wonderful world of dance and shringara through the lyrics of Annamayya, Kshetrayya,  
Sarangapani and Kandukuri Rudrakavi.