This book is a result of an interesting personal journey. C.K. Prahalad had authored two books: The Future of Competition (with Professor Venkat Ramaswamy) and The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid in 2004. While at a superficial level they appeared to be unrelated, they presented a unified message...

Our body is a battleground. Throught history and across cultures, those with the power to do so—religious and secular leaders both—have denied our right to a full and frank portrayal of our bodies and their functions. But from the dawn of history, it seems, we, too, have colluded in the cover up.
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‘What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. Without the freedom to challenge, even to satirise all orthodoxies, including religious orthodoxies, it ceases to exist. Language and the imagination cannot be imprisoned, or art will die, and with it, a little of what makes us human.’
—— Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands..

We boarded the minibus that had come from the festival directorate. Bending to avoid hitting his head, Rudolf was the first to enter. Rushing like a wind, the last to enter was Theresa Morena. Rudolf was a dancer who used very few stage instruments. Most often we were dancing on the bare stage...