Rustom Bharucha trained as a dramaturg at the Yale School of Drama. He is the author of Rehersals of Revolution: The Political Theatre of Bengal (Seagull Books, Calcutta, 1983) and Theatre and the World: Essays on Performance and Politics of Culture (Manohar, Delhi, 1990). His articles have appeared in The Economic and Political Weekly, Journal Of Arts and Ideas and Theatre of which he is a contributing editor. He is a visiting director and teacher at Ninasam Theatre Institute, Heggodu, Karnataka.