This paper is on the Peter Brook
production of the "Mahabharata", the Indian epic. The author contends that the process of
de-contextualization of characters, plot elements and pieces of narration out of the Mahabharata's original context and into a Western mode of
performance, plot construction and interpretation exhibits the latent Orientalism of the Brook
production, and represents the profound and perverse commodification of the India classic. The author further explains how it was Brook's perspective and alteration of this epic that reached a broader Western audience.