The Crack in the Mirror: A Devadasi Remembers, South India, 1877-1947
- Dr.Saskia Kersenboom
In her essay, Kersenboom recollects the voice of her devadasi teacher as she narrates her family tradition, life, and dedication to the Murugan temple in Tiruttani as well as the tragic rise and fall of the devadasi tradition.

Even with all the nobility at her feet, Begum Akhtar desired what her mother never had - respect
- Madhur Gupta
In ‘Courting Hindustan,’ Madhur Gupta recounts the remarkable lives of India’s most intriguing female entertainers.

India’s first crorepati singer, charged Rs 1 crore per song, spent childhood in a brothel, traveled in personal train
- DNA
It was a dream for the common people to hear Gauhar Jaan's songs, so the Gramophone Company recorded her songs and made them available to the general public.

Draupadi’s French accent
In her recently published memoir, ‘In Free Fall: My Experiments with Living,’ the dancer, actress and activist Mallika Sarabhai writes about playing Draupadi in Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata, a role she inhabited for five years.

Performing Arts: Music
Roysten Abel talks about his journey with the Manganiyars, and perceiving music from a theatrical lens.

Pandharpur Wari honours Tukaram, Dyaneswar. But don’t forget Dalit poets Janabai, Soyarabai
- Sudarshan Ramabadran and Guru Prakash Paswan 
Sant Soyarabai and Sant Janabai wrote devotional poetry for Lord Vitthal whose temple they could not enter because of their caste.