Celebrating Vimukta Day, Aug. 31// Dakxin's MA Thesis
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Henry Schwarz
Sep 1, 2011, 1:28:02 AM9/1/11
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Dear Friends,
August 31 commemorates the day on which India's criminal tribes were "denotified"--liberated from their legal status as hereditary criminals. Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru made the speech in 1952 from Sholapur, the site of a notorious criminal tribe settlement in Mahasashtra. Filmmaker Yolanda Zauberman has given this site an extraordinary existence in her _Caste criminelle_.
August 31 is the birthday of the Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs), 2 weeks and five years after the anniversary of India's official independence in 1947.
Budhan Theatre has reclaimed this history in its performance practice since 1999. In 2011, Dakxin Bajrange Chhara has written the first DNT-authored account of this history and the struggle to reclaim it. His
serves as his Master's Thesis at the University of Leeds, submitted August 31, 2011. I recommend you read it.
Dakxin will be visiting the US from Sept. 4 - 15. We will hold a fundraising party on Sept. 6 in Washington, DC for the new documentary, "Please Don't Beat Me, Sir." Details will be posted on this list.
Best regards,
Henry
August 31 commemorates the day on which India's criminal tribes were "denotified"--liberated from their legal status as hereditary criminals. Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru made the speech in 1952 from Sholapur, the site of a notorious criminal tribe settlement in Mahasashtra. Filmmaker Yolanda Zauberman has given this site an extraordinary existence in her _Caste criminelle_.
August 31 is the birthday of the Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs), 2 weeks and five years after the anniversary of India's official independence in 1947.
Budhan Theatre has reclaimed this history in its performance practice since 1999. In 2011, Dakxin Bajrange Chhara has written the first DNT-authored account of this history and the struggle to reclaim it. His
"Liberation Drama: the history, philosophy and practice of the Budhan Theatre in India"
serves as his Master's Thesis at the University of Leeds, submitted August 31, 2011. I recommend you read it.
Dakxin will be visiting the US from Sept. 4 - 15. We will hold a fundraising party on Sept. 6 in Washington, DC for the new documentary, "Please Don't Beat Me, Sir." Details will be posted on this list.
Best regards,
Henry
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