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IEC Drama CampaignsDrama relating to environmental issues/ water and sanitation
Swapanpurer Padabali (A Lyrical Tale of a Dreamland)
Drama related to RCH and gender issue
Ebar Rajar Pala (It’s Now The King’s Turn)
Dramas related to Smoking / AIDS/ Malaria
Tamaku Sebaner Apakarita- (The Harmfulness of Tobacco)
Three characters in search of a dramatist burst into the rehearsal room of a
drama team, rehearsing on Chekov’s Harmfulness of Tobacco Intake. The
characters now take the lead and tell their first hand experience of the ailments
caused by tobacco, and urge the future generation to desist from tobacco intake
in whatever form
Bardhamaner Ma (The Mother of Burdwan)
Based on a real life incidence, the play-let deals with HIV/AIDS transmission.
The only son of a widow goes to Mumbai, to be contaminated with HIV, comes home
to see his sick mother- his blood is transfused to the mother to get her
contaminated too. A narrator punctuates the flow of the story with the peripherals
of HIV/AIDS
Nirdharita Silpir Anupasthitite (In the Absence of the Regular Artiste)
A drama team propagating elimination of malaria fails to put up a show as its
protagonist is laid down by malaria. It invites the audience to perform something.
Some enthusiasts try to portray a marriage ceremony, but it ends in a disaster:
here too the protagonist, the bridegroom is reported to be laid down by malaria
Dawai (The Remedy)
A kingdom is worst affected by HIV/AIDS. The benevolent king is in search of a
remedy to contain and to eliminate it. He calls Handa and Bhonda, two rustics
famous for their eerie power in providing solutions to problems which could not
otherwise be solved, to find out the remedy to HIV/AIDS. The rustics tried hard
but failed to devise means to contain HIV/AIDS. They prayed to the king of ghost
to help them in finding one. The king in the form of a boon says that awareness
in respect of HIV/AIDS the one and only one remedy for the purpose
Alo (The Light)
The inner-self of human being comes out and prompts the appropriate human
behaviour to be adopted in respect of potable water, hygiene and sanitation,
afforestation and child care. The four components are being acted out by four
groups of three people, men and women
Meghmukta Tara (The Cloudfree Stars)
Taking the cue from Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara the baseline of the
drama is framed. Here the elder brother is shown to be suffering from TB
and is under the belief that TB is not curable. He sees his own destiny. A Doctor,
sitting in the audience, intervenes. He explains DOTS, dispels all fears about TB,
provided the course of DOTS is completed
Dramas related to SHG Promotion/Information Kiosks
Lakshmir Panchali
Two characters search for livelihood, depending on others. Narada, the divine
singer, in the form of a social worker meets them and gradually enlighten them
that path to salvation lies in self-reliance to be had very well through self-help
groups. The characters promised to act out and Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth
comes and blesses them
Muskil Asan (Problem Solved)
Muskil and Asan, two minstrels come to Achinpur to propagate the ideas of the
information kiosks to be set up in each gram panchayat. Four characters- an
unemployed graduate, an agriculturist, a potter and a common man living
BPL- meet them and find out the utility of the information kiosk in solving their
individual problem severally. They apply and gain the benefit. After Muskil and
Asan have left they take upon themselves the responsibility of Muskil and Asan
Training and participatory Drama workshop
Experienced MANT personnel teaches drama and dramaturgy to other NGOs/
Theatre groups, and creates participatory workshop on particular development
issues for health educators, teachers, NGO personnel, PRI members and leaders
and members of SHGs
Projects
Lessons Learnt
Success Story
Following recent shows in February and March’ 04 in the villages of Puncha block
of Purulia District responses from the audience have been encouraging. “I enjoyed
the play. It helps me to understand why premature marriages are not wise” said
Budhni - Mother of Putana - a 14 years old girl. Putana made a similar comment.
To her the importance was the information regarding sexual health. Sanjay
Hansda, a tribal lad, enjoyed the drama. He commented “Now I understand that
it’s not proper to give away girls in early marriage.”
At first MANT was a bit nervous that the street shows would not be welcome. But there has been no opposition to the shows; even where topic of sex is a taboo among the conservative rural people no finger has ever been raised. MANT is relieved that the shows can go on, and believe that the lack of opposition indicates a broader change in rural community - a positive change in the attitude towards sexual and reproductive health needs of the community people Actors and Musicians Involved
The actors were trained by Shri Debesh Roychowdhury, Bahurupi, Kolkata to fine tune their performance
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