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Maraa in collaboration with Reloading Images and CitySpinning, announce the M.A.P project, with support from Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) and Arts Network Asia (ANA)

M.A.P. – mobile artistic platform- is a trans-disciplinary travelling platform that will move across different locations in South India between 18th October and 15th November, culminating with an open studio presentation [...]

Most of Maraa’s pedagogical search began from art, gender, knowledge, media, education, development and policy questions we had ourselves, and through these, our want to engender dialogue and critical questioning within spaces of disciplines, learning, practice and philosophy. Since most of our background, approaches and interests are interdisciplinary, the models for pedagogy were also drawn [...]

Jurmil Morcha, a people’s front from Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh travelled across Bangalore tirelessly from the 3rd to 5th of December doing precisely this. Using a traditional folk form Pandavani, Budan Bhai, leader of Jurmil Morcha says, “Pandavani was used to tell the Mahabharat in ancient times. I will use it to tell people today’s Mahabharat, our fight and struggle with the Kauravas, the State.”

Have we moved on? Do you want to pause, respond, express?

Following the terror, war and death of yesterdays and yesteryears, it has been difficult passing phases. Before this phase passes, let it not be forgotten in out dailiness. It may be feelings of abandonment, fear, anger, prejudice, nostalgia, insecurity, depression, and if you feel alone [...]

What does it mean to be healthy? In today’s Indian context, our ideas of the “culture of health” are shaped by unique forces that have evolved over a long period of time. To look at the evolution of this paradigm, we need to reach into colonial India & post-independent plus 60 odd years of independence [...]

In response to an article written in the Hindu by one Mr. Nagaswami,
Dear Mr Nagaswami,
Its an interesting advocacy piece for gay rights that you have penned in the Hindu. A point that you raise: social structure will continue to harass and ostracise homosexuals and their "chosen" lifestyles, policy change or not.
Two very interesting things about this- one [...]

A paper by Pritham Chakravarthy on Theatre Activism for the Journal of National Folklore.