The Dance Of Shiva: Fourteen Essays is a collection of fourteen stimulating essays about the uniqueness and traditionality of Indian art and culture, and was authored in the early twentieth century. These essays on Indian culture and art a offer aucid and profound representation of the attitudes and opinions held by Indian intellectuals during the British Raj.The essays explore topicsike What Has India Contributed to Human Welfare?, Music during Vedic times, Hindu View Of Art: Historical And Theory Of Beauty, Status Of Indian Women, and Cosmopolitan View Of Nietzsche, among others. Unfolding India'sarge philosophical and cultural traditions, including its social organisation, its art, and attitudes toward family, romanticove, and marriage, The Dance Of Shiva: Fourteen Essays is a radical account of the Indian experience through the ages, and this edition of the book was published by Rupa Publications India in 2013, and is available in paperback.