Introduction: The Field of Ramlila

Figure 9.

The hunch-backed maidservant Manthra (Gaurav Kumar) pressures Queen Kaikeyi (Monty Saxena) to accept her plot, at the Subhashnagar Ramlila in Bareilly, 6 October 2013. Compare with Figure 4 in Taj and Caldwell's article. (Photo by the author)