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Other Organizations

These are some of the organizations supporting, “A Play in Chharanagar.”

1. The Bhasha Center. Bhasha’s main goals are:

• To discover, publish and promote the linguistic, literary and artistic heritage of tribal communities in India.
• To collaborate with existing National Academies and Research Institutes of arts and literature to encourage further research and publication at the national level.
• To establish an Academy of formal instruction for the promotion of tribal languages, literature, arts and culture with a view to conserving the tribal imagination.

Bhasha Center
6 United Avenue
Near Dinesh Mill
Baroda 39007
Gujarat, India
Telephone: (91-265) 225-1098
Fax: (91-265) 233-1987

2. India Together is a public interest news journal published every day from Bangalore. The journal carries a special section on Adivasis.

3. Association for India’s Development, Inc. (AID) is a voluntary non-profit organization committed to promoting sustainable, equitable and just development in India, by working with grassroots organizations and movements in India. AID supports and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as education, livelihoods, natural resources, health, women’s empowerment and social justice.

4. Sneh Prayas is a Delhi based NGO, which has been working with the Budhan Theatre under the Chhara Vikas Samit program. They fund informal schooling and educational support for the students of Chharanagar, as well as working together with Budhan Theatre to sensitize the Police Authorities of Gujarat to the history, needs, and concerns of DNTs.


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Once nomads, the Chhara now live in an urban ghetto on the edge of a large industrial city in western India. The British labeled them a "criminal tribe" and today they are still guilty until proven innocent. Nobody will hire them. To survive, some sell illegal liquor while others engage in petty thievery. But now a group of young people are using theater to fight back against a century of prejudice and oppression.

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