NCPA Quarterly Journal
The NCPA Quarterly Journal was created to ‘develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and practice of the arts' among those with a serious interest in culture.
The first Quarterly came out in September 1972 and publication continued until March 1988, with each issue featuring authoritative and wide-ranging articles about the arts by distinguished figures from India and abroad.
Although the Quarterly is no longer published, its legacy continues as an important archive held by the NCPA, documenting and exploring cultural trends in all areas of the performing arts and cinema. It includes exclusive articles such as Satyajit Ray’s description of the making of the film BALA; Raja Ramannna’s proposition of a new theatre of consonance; and theatre director Peter Brook discussing the role of masks in Eastern and Western performing traditions.
Each issue also features interviews with influential cultural figures, such as the great tamasha exponent, Dadu Indurikar, the renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and the expert American acoustician Cyril Harris.
The NCPA Quarterly Journal can be accessed by members of the public by contacting the NCPA Library Articles are fully indexed.
Special Issues
Joep Bor, The Voice of the Sarangi
(Vol. XV, Nos. 3 & 4, September & December 1986 / Vol. XVI, No. 1, March 1987)
East West Dance Encounter
(Vol. XIII, No. 2, June 1984)
Selected Articles
Shyam Benegal, "Cinema, Television and Education”
(Vol. I, No. 2, December 1972)
Usha Bhise, "The Technique of Medieval Sanskrit Drama”
(Vol. VIII, No. 4, December 1979)
P L Deshpande, "Rabindranath’s Theatre”
(Vol. X, No. 3, September 1981)
Jyotindra Jain, "The Painted Scrolls of the Garoda Picture-Showmen of Gujarat”
(Vol. IX, No. 3, September 1980)
G N Joshi, "The Phonograph in India”
(Vol. VI, No. 3, September 1977)
K Shivram Karanth, "The Yakshagana of Karnataka”
(Vol. III, No. 3, September 1974)
