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'''Rustom Bharucha''' (born 1953 in [[Calcutta]]) is an independent Indian non-fiction writer, director and cultural critic. He is currently Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies in the School of Arts and Aesthetics at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], New Delhi, India.<br />
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Born to a [[Parsis|Parsi]] family in Calcutta.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gupta|first1=Dhruba|last2=Lal|first2=Ananda|last3=Lutgendorf|first3=Philip|date=1993|title=Inside-Outsider, Outside-Insider|journal=TDR |volume=37|issue=4|pages=12–16|doi=10.2307/1146288|jstor=1146288|issn=1054-2043}}</ref> Bharucha was formerly a theatre director, and whilst he still works as a director, he is now better known for his writing. Among Bharucha's most highly regarded books are '' Theater and the World '', '' The Question of Faith '', '' In the Name of the Secular '', '' The Politics of Cultural Practice '' and '' Rajasthan: An Oral History '', in which he interviews the Indian [[folklorist]] [[Komal Kothari]]. His inter-Asian study of the Nobel laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]](1861–1941) and the Japanese painter [[Okakura Kakuzō]](1862–1913). In this work, he places the pan-Asian in a cosmopolitan context.<br />
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Bharucha is also interested in the compilation of memories, history writing and cultural identity. Under what circumstances, for example, is the claim to self-assertion, regardless of fundamental loss, an idyllic past, or a living tradition, played out as a legitimate reason to commit genocide and wage war.<ref> Naomi Tootell: '' Rustom Bharucha. The Politics of Interculturalism ''. IPCS Newsletter No, 22, July 2006. Institute of Postcolonial Studies. Naomi Tootel: IPCS {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719194459/http://www.ipcs.org.au/NewsletterJul2006.pdf}}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* '' Rehearsals of Revolution. The Political Theater of Bengal ''. University of Hawaii Pr. {{ISBN|978-0824808457}}<br />
* '' Theater of Kanhailal. Pebet and Memoirs of Africa ''. Seagull Books. India 1992. {{ISBN|9788170 460947}}<br />
* '' Theater and the World. Performance and the Politics of Culture ''. Taylor & Francis Ltd. 1993. {{ISBN|978041 5092166}}<br />
* '' The Question of the Faith ''. 1993.<br />
* '' In the Name of the Secular. Contemporary Cultural Activism in India ''. Oxford University Press. New Edition. Delhi 1999. {{ISBN|9780195648898}}<br />
* '' The Politics of Cultural Practice. Thinking Through Theater in an Age of Globalization ''. Continuum International Publicing Group Ltd. 2000. {{ISBN|9780485006148}}<br />
* '' Rajasthan. An Oral History – Conversations with [[Komal Kothari]] ''. Penguin Books. New Delhi 2003. {{ISBN|97801 43029595}}<br />
* '' Another Asia. [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and [[Okakura Kakuzō|Okakura Tenshin]] ''. Oxford University Press, Delhi 2006.<br />
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