Street Play on Women Empowerment

The purpose of the activity is to make villagers aware of their legal rights including the Right to information, First Information Report and Laws related to women. Its main aim is to go closer to those who have been marginalized by society and to convey the message through direct and effective means of dramaturgy. It focuses on the social and political issues of people with an aim to create awareness among all the people. It focuses more on bringing change in the society. Street play as a tool for bringing change has many advantages. Performance of street play in local languages contributes to community participation. The cost-free show is the other advantage of street play. The theme like Women Empowerment which is an idea to perform independent street play has always been about bringing positive changes in society. It was apparent from the response of the audience that they were able to connect with the storyline of the act and this all has become every household’s story. Students had an interactive session with some of the audience about their opinion on our act and tried to understand their perspective. Our students then explained to them the 2014 guidelines laid down by SC in Arnesh v. State of Bihar, 2014, that the police officer shall forward the checklist duly filed and furnish the reasons and materials which necessitated the arrest while forwarding/producing the accused before the Magistrate for further detention; The Magistrate while authorising detention of the accused shall peruse the report furnished by the police officer in terms aforesaid and only after recording its satisfaction, the Magistrate will authorise detention.