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Naseeb Ke Paren, Kya Karen Kya Na Karen A board game on child rights Sakhi Sajni An exhibition to facilitate discussions around life skills for/with adolescent girls Mulichya Jatila He Shobhat Nahi A video docu-fiction on rights of adolescent girls Chuppi Todein, Khulkar Bolein An interactive exhibition on youth and HIV&AIDS Whose Dream Counts? A documentation of a participatory learning and action (PLA) process facilitated with children's groups Participatory Communication & Action Report of the annual workshop - 2008 Mukt Manch An open-to-all platform for screenings, performances, exhibitions... The idea is to come together and dialogue	Chhi! Chhi! Hindi, 45 Mins Yes, that is the name of our one-act play in Hindi that deals with the struggle of a theatre group to evolve a socially relevant play. The play was developed as part of a campaign, in collaboration with the Conservation Education Centre (CEC) of Bombay Natural History Society, on the issue of “garbage as an environmental hazard in cities” The project involved a four-day residential theatre workshop, scripting a play and 30 performances of the same during the month of November, 1996. Chhi! is a struggle in form, striving to provoke a re-think on the conventional attitudes to garbage, a serious health and environmental hazard in major cities. The play is an effort to bring theatre on the streets. The play seeks to break away from the conventions of street theatre, even as it adapts them in an attempt to blend activism with aesthetics. Chhi! strives to combine the rigorous demands of serious theatre with the need for easy communication that motivates all issue-based theatre. The campaign objective was to reach out to all sections of the society, highlight the urban environment threats (specifically, garbage) and raise questions on how these can be tackled, both individually and collectively. Following the performances, an informal discussion was encouraged among the audience group and was facilitated by an education officer from CEC. The production of the play spread over six months that included group discussions and reading up literature on waste recycling; discussions on theatre as an effective form; a workshop at Lonavla to script the play. media matters found that public response varied, but the play definitely evoked a reaction ranging from highly participatory, laudatory to lukewarm. Highly participatory response, when the audience seemed thrilled and anticipated the next scene, to lukewarm response because a certain crowd felt above it all. Hostility mingled with moments of identification and pleasure of recognition. The open performances were seen by some to have the immediacy of a live interaction while there were others who offered to put it up on cable. Following the successful completion of the campaign, the group continued to perform the play in open spaces, educational institutions and communities for over two years.	Theatre for Development as Cultural Action February 26 - March 3, 2009 Six-day Residential Workshop Workshop brochure Registration form Learning Calendar Trainings & Workshops in 2009 kataar! A play on right to information Main, Asha... A play on sex selection Andher Nagri, Chaupat Raja A play by Bhartendu Harishchandra Chhi! A play on solid waste management - the struggle of a theatre group to evolve a socially meaningful play Learning Centre A space for collective sharing and learning Watch this space for forthcoming activities, events, campaigns
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