Aha Purushakaram is Prathibha's fifth book of poems and was released by author Shashi Deshpande in Bangalore. The phrase is from Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, which describes the human form and Prathibha says her 50 poem work is a celebration of the human form. Her fascination with harnessing infinite possibilities of the human body led her to think of getting her poems set to dance.

Prathibha Nandakumar is a multi-faceted personality and has worked in various capacities as journalist, writer and poet. Working for a doctorate in Kannada literature, she has been a part of various national and international literary seminars and meets and her poems have been translated into English, Swedish, Finnish, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Manipuri, Dhogri, Urdu etc. She has written screenplays and scripts for nearly 150 short films. She has been honored with a number of awards including Sahitya Akademi Award, Putina Kaavya Prashasthi, Muddana Kaavya Prashasthi, B H Sridhar Sahitya Prashasthi and Dr. Shivrama Karanth Award.

Madhu Natraj-Heri, daughter of Kathak guru Maya Rao has undergone intensive training in Kathak and choreography from the Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography and trained in contemporary dance from Karen Potter at the Jose Limon Center, New York. Madhu has performed at various national and international festivals. As director of STEM (Space, Time, Energy, Movement) Dance Theatre and choreographer of the Natya Stem Ensemble, Madhu works with a team of eminent artistes, designers and musicians exploring new possibilities for productions. She is married to jazz guitarist Amit Heri.

Madhu and her group performed 3 compositions with recorded music for interpreting poetry in dance while Prathibha read excerpts from her book.