Recognition For Films In Media / Press

Media was extremely helpful to spread words about whatever Theatre and Film experiments we were/are doing in our infamous locality that is still identified as locality of “Criminals”. Because of media’s positive response towards our work for community development and constitutional guarantee for DNTs, today at least, certain section of the society does not look at us as “Born Criminals”.

The Citizen if Hopeful

Vimukti Divas: De-notified Tribes remain at the receiving end of the policeman’s stick

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Outlook

De-notified 68 years ago, ‘criminal’ tribes still fight stigma, poverty

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Mid-Day

By Chharas, for Chharas

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Times Of India

In dry Gujarat, hooch den proposes to make sanitizers

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The Citizen Is Hopeful

Covid 19 Blame Game: Political Elites Scapegoats Vulnerable Communities

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Indian Express

CBFC tells Film maker to mute “Mann Ki Baat” in dialogue

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Daily Hunt – Hindi News

मोदी करते हैं, इसलिए सेंसर बोर्ड और किसी को नहीं करने देगा ‘मन की बात’

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The Hindu

CBFC demands ‘Mann Ki Baat’ phrase cut in film on Ahmedabad blasts

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The Huffington Post

CBFC Asks Film To Delete ‘Mann Ki Baat’ From Dialogue Because It’s Also The Name Of Modi’s Radio Show

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Divya Bhaskar

વિવાદનું બીજું નામ સેન્સર બોર્ડ

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Mid-Day (Mumbai)

Censor Board Bizarreness Continues – “Mann Ki Baat” copyrighted Phrase now?

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Ahmedabad Mirror

Film maker Dakxin Chhara’s film SAMEER, inspired by the 2008 bomb blasts makes it to the New York Indian Film Festival

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Bombay Times

Neeraj Pandey: ‘Sameer’ is a right film made in the wrong times

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The Wire

Changing perception of criminality through cinema

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The Hindu

Against the might of the state

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Law At The Margins

Interview on nomadic tribes in India

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The New Indian Express

Sameer Review : Performances keep narrative afloat

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Cinestaan

Any healthy society needs resistance

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Cinestaan

Any healthy society needs resistance

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Recognition For Theatre In Media / Press –

The New Indian Express

Streets to come alive with rich tales from tomorrow

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The Indian Express

Tribals come together for their ‘right’ on 62nd De-Notification Day

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LiveMint

Streetside story

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Frontline

Dramatic turn

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Critical Stages

Muffled Voices: The Unsung Ballad. Post-colonial Indian Theatre – Intentions and Actual Practices

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Junoon – A Stage For Theatre

We’re actors. Not Criminals!

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Taylor & Francis Online

From thugs to victims – Dakxin Chhara’s cinema of justice

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The New Indian Express

Ode to the breast giver in theatre

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Ballstate Daily

Director uses filmmaking to show lives of indigenous tribes in India

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Deccan Herald

Promoting a dying Bhantu language through drama

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The Fulcrum

Indian director brings his documentary to Ottawa

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India – Seminar

Small efforts matter!

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Mumbai Theatre Guide

Who is Dakxin Bajrange Chhara?

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Priyanka Verma

True survivors – People of Chharanagar

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Times of India

Need to explore status of Nomadic and Denotified Tribes in North East

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