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Theatre as a Vehicle for Social Change

People’s Theatre The theatre is thus a medium, a method, a technique, an art and, above all, a new language in which imagination, discussions, dialogues, lamentations, laughter, Union, dancing and music are elements which shape the creation of the new voice - the voice of the people.   Theatre is efficient and effective methods of achieving  participation.  There are elements among the people that can provide the means, the interest and the individuals for the tasks of self-expression and social change that are involved. A people’s theatre does not mean an art of lower standards, but an art deriving from the people because it is concerned with them.  It is not an exotic art or one speaking for minorities.  It speaks to the basic human being who struggles to gain his/her daily needs and whose life or death is decided by that struggle.    CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE THEATRE.  The  base of the theatre must  to ensure that the material and spiritual riches of this earth reach those wh

‘Community’ Radio'

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In terms of reach and access, India’s print and broadcast media is strong:  Approximately 60% of urban Indians and 25% of rural Indians read print media on a regular basis, and 96% of the country is reached by radio” .  An essential component of community media is community  .  Sociology defines community as a space where a group of interacting people live. Community radio, thus is a type of radio service, that serves a particular community either geographical or communes and are also run by that community. An essential feature of community media is that since it is completely free from the clutches of the market, profit motive  c ommunity radio derives its genesis from the fundamental principles of democracy necessarily entailing equal and active participation in civic affairs and freedom of speech and expression.   Community radio therefore caters to the interest of the deprived or the socially marginalized of for that matter the tribal groups. It is thus obvious to the po