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The paper aims to explore the self in different performative spaces, which includes theatre, dance, music, and posters. In doing so it tends to analyze how the “spaces” are being refilled by defining the “hidden narratives” of the self through performances. The performances are not just for entertainment rather the aim is to expose the hidden spaces of the society where bodies with pride are produced.  The spaces are liberating and empowering in nature through which multiple narratives are perceived, conceived and lived. Considering performative space as a space where gender binaries can be unsettled, the work reveals how certain performances bolster one to rethink about the social conventions of gender. The performative body becomes a medium through which the idea of self, sexuality, space, gender, and culture can be looked upon. The body experiencing the sense of ‘homelessness’ within its own being goes into the quest for the discovery of the self, which is underlined with an expression of anger against the pseudo codifications of systems, thus authenticating change. The paper provides discourse on how performative spaces have become a product of change.  To this end, the paper unravels how performances “fill in the blanks”  and explores the wider dynamics of space including public, private, and mental spaces and how the outer spaces influence inner spaces.

Preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes (PPLROM) reported to be occurring in 1-5% pregnancies, 1-6 is known to cause 30-40% preterm births. 7-10 And preterm births after PPLROM have been reported to be responsible for around 85% of neonatal morbidity and mortality 11,12 because of consequences like, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), hypothermia, hypoglycemia, jaundice, necrotizing enterocolitis, intraventricular hemorrhage, neurologic impairment, retrolental fibroplasia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, patent ductus arteriosus, fetal limb contracture, pulmonary hypoplasia and neonatal sepsis. The list is long. Final outcome is affected by gestational age, latency and many other factors. So research needs to continue for knowing causes of PPLROM, prevention and best management practices. Objectives Present study was carried out to know the outcome in cases of PPLROM with prolonged conservative management. Material methods Study was done at a rural referral institute. Women of 18 to 34years of age who presented between 28weeks to less than 37weeks with watery discharge were the study subjects. Exclusion criteria were diagnosed genitourinary renal anomalies in baby, known placenta praevia, term pregnancy, vaginal bleeding, active labor and fetal distress at admission. Institute's ethic's committee's approval and informed consent were taken. Demography of the study subjects and pregnancy outcome were recorded with the pre-designed tool. After taking history, general, systemic and spaculam examination were done in each case with all aseptic precautions to observe pooling of liquor. Additionally Nitrazine test and fern test were done for confirmation of PPLROM. Cervical and high vaginal swabs were cultured for microbes. Women were put on conservative management. Corticosteroids, tocolytics and antibiotics were given at admission with plans to observe mother and baby till term and then induce labour. Antibiotics were changed as per the sensitivity of microbes in the swabs which were similar in cervical/vaginal swabs. Any adverse situations, possibility of preterm spontaneous labour or need

Sharmistha Saha, Theatre and National Identity in Colonial India: Formation of a Community Through Cultural Practice. Aakar Books, Delhi, 2018, 253 pp., ₹695.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-93-5002A-523-9.