The Nongkerm Dance festival is one of the most important symbols of the Khasi identity. The Khasis from the north-east part of India have been celebrating this five day annual event for centuries. Dr P. Jhingan has made a detailed semiotic study of this festival after his research for 15 years and has theorized it to be a theatrical performance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Prabodh Jhingan
Prabodh Jhingan was born in 1946 at Deoband, Distt. Sharanpur (Uttar Pradesh). Passed Senior Cambridge from the Scindia School Gwalior (1961); B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (Ranchi University) (1968). Worked in M/s Macneill & Magor Ltd. At Kanpur & Delhi as In-Charge of the Electrical Engineering section for North India (1969-79). At the same time acted, directed, transcreated and performed various theatrical productions while working with theatre groups like Natya Bharti, Kanpur; Abhinav, Kanpur; Darpan, Kanpur and Prayog, Delhi. Worked with theatre personalities like Shri Bansi Kaul, Shri M.K. Raina and Shri Ravi Baswani (1969-84).
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