Synopsis Rethinking Odissi is not a treatise to be studied as a dance text. Nor is it a technical dance manual meant only for teachers and students of dance. It does not offer paradigms or a chronological history of the dance form. Using a range of theories and approaches, both Eastern and western, the book demonstrates how a cultural form of thinking and knowledge, This study aspires to provide intellectual stimulation and initiate a dialogue and a debate on Odissi. The author, who has grown up with Odissi, seeks to encompass in this book, views of both an ‘insider’ and an outsider’. Here, a modern Oriya painter shares with readers his reflections on Odissi in the hope of making people rethink this dance form.