Tag : India

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In India, more than 2.3 million girls and women are believed to be working in the sex industry and over 200,000 are trafficked annually. Kolkata Sanved has pioneered the use of dance therapy to give rescued women and girls the tools to realise their potential and turn themselves into confident...
'Unsuni' in Hindi means unheard. This Bollywood musical theatre piece profiles five, real-life stories of disadvantaged individuals who fight against the odds. In the end, the characters earn legal and social victories, in spite of economic and cultural oppression.
If every fifth citizen of the world is an Indian, every fifth Indian is a dalit : an untouchable who, despite strict laws, faces severe human rights abuses. This collaborative project seeks to (belatedly) engage the world with the debilitating effects of the caste system. The artists seek to change...