Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yeshwant Keshav Padhye was the pioneering Indian Ventriloquist who started ventriloquism in India in 1920''s.He was a magician and performed magic shows in India.He brought the puppets from England and then slowly started performing Ventriloquism. Padhye started performing Magic shows in India.He use to perform them in small functions.The entertainment industry was not so much developed during that time.However he created a niche for himself when he started combining magic and puppetry.He brought the puppets from England and started performing his shows.He started learning Ventriloquism from a book which he ordered from U.S.A.He slowly started incorporating Ventriloquism in his Magic shows.This excited the viewers as they had never seen a lively ventriloquial puppet talk.