Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s8.4
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s8.4
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c10.s8.4
*Naṭāṅkuśa* is one of the most damaging, satirical and provoking texts in debate. It is a deconstruction of a very developed theatre form through a kind of bombardment of Śāstric knowledge as well as narrow ethical considerations of purity. The author is aware of the popularity of *kūṭiyāṭṭam* theatre and also of the fact that his efforts to convince the actors are going to be wasted. He says: