1st Jan: Safdar Shahadat

Do please join us on 1st January 1pm at Jhandapur, Sahibabad to remember Safdar.

You can take the bus from 15 Talkatora Road or reach directly. Jhandapur is close to the Anand Vihar Terminal. Take the road alongside the Pacific Mall, go about one km and you'll come to Jhandapur. You can park on the main road.

Moloyashree Hashmi

Buses will leave at 12 NOON from 15 TALKATORA ROAD

(near gurudwara rakabganj circle), new delhi.

 Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2011

सफ़दर हाश्मी शहादत दिवस

Safdar Hashmi Shahadat Divas

मज़दूरों और कलाकारों का साझा कार्यक्रम

नुक्कड़ नाटक गीत आम सभा 

1 January 2011

The programme will begin at 1 pm at Dr Ambedkar Park, Jhandapur

STREET PLAYS - PUBLIC MEETING - SINGING

Buses will leave at 12 NOON from 15 TALKATORA ROAD

(near gurudwara rakabganj circle), new delhi.

Jana Natya Manch

ALL ARE WELCOME 

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Email: jananatyamanch@gmail.com
Web: www.jananatyamanch.org

Janam Play-scripts now online

Scripts of plays performed by the Jana Natya Manch are now online on www.jananatyamanch.org

The scripts are published under the Creative Commons Share-alike Non-commercial Attribution 3.0 License.

• Machine
• Gaon Se Shahar Tak
• Hatyare
• Aurat
• Mil ke Chalo
• Samarth Ko Nahi Dosh Gusain
• Kala Kanoon
• Jab Chor Bane Kotwal
• Veer Jaag Zara
• Mai Divas Ki Kahani
• Apharan Bhaichara Ka
• Halla Bol
• Hinsa Parmo Dharma
• Mat Baato Insaan Ko
• Balle Mere Desh Ke Veer Naojawan
• Chah Paise Ka Rupaya
• Sab Mein Sahib Bharpoor Hai Ji
• Shangarsh Karenge, Jeetenge
• Jinhe Yakin Nahi Tha
• Gadha Puran
• Poto/a Mera Naam
• Yeh Dil Mange More, Guruji

More scripts will be added soon.

19 Aug: Change In Date - Safdar Janam Talk

Dear All

Please note change in date.

Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2010

 

The Safdar Janam Talks

A series of talks focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics, followed by a discussion.

 

 

"Why I fell for Obama"

 

a talk by Vijay Prashad

19 August 2010, Thursday

6.00 p.m.

 

Muktadhara Art Gallery

Banga Sanskriti Bhavan

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

New Delhi 110001

(Between Gol Market and St. Columba's School)

 

VIJAY PRASHAD teaches at the Trinity College, Hartford, CT., USA. He is the author of several books, including, most recently, The Darker Nations: A Biography of the Short-Lived Third World. And yes, he campaigned for Obama.

 

 

ALL ARE WELCOME  

 

16 Aug: NC Jain Memorial Lecture by G.P. Deshpande

The Nemichandra Jain Memorial Lecture this year is delivered by the eminent
playwright and critic, G.P. Deshpande. The lecture is organised by Natrang
Pratishthan. G.P. Deshpande is the author of several landmark plays,
including UDDHWASTHA DHARAMSHALA, ANDHAR YATRA, RASTE, and SATYASHODHAK. He
retired as Professor of International Studies from the Jawaharlal Nehru
University in 2005.

Theatre in the Time of *Klesha*
a lecture by G.P. Deshpande

6.00 p.m.
Monday, 16 August 2010
Sahitya Akademi Auditorium
Ferozshah Road
New Delhi

ALL ARE WELCOME!

20 Aug: Safdar-Janam Talk: Vijay Prashad

*Jana** **Natya** **Manch** ***

1973 — 1989 — 2010

The Safdar Janam Talks

A series of talks focusing on the complex and critical interconnections
between culture and politics, followed by a discussion.

"Why I fell for Obama"

a talk by Vijay Prashad

20 August 2010, Friday

6.00 p.m.

Muktadhara Art Gallery

Banga Sanskriti Bhavan

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

New Delhi 110001

(Between Gol Market and St. Columba's School)

VIJAY PRASHAD teaches at the Trinity College, Hartford, CT., USA. He is the
author of several books, including, most recently, *The Darker Nations: A
Biography of the Short-Lived Third World*. And yes, he campaigned for Obama.

ALL ARE WELCOME

*Jana** **Natya** **Manch***

From the Janam archives: Bhopal

26 July: Understanding Tagore

Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2010

 

The Safdar Janam Talks

A series of talks focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics, followed by a discussion.

 

 

"Understanding Tagore"

 

a talk by Dilip Basu

26 July 2010, Monday

6.00 p.m.

 

Muktadhara Art Gallery

Banga Sanskriti Bhavan

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

New Delhi 110001

(Between Gol Market and St. Columba's School)

 

DILIP BASU is an actor, director, playwright as well as a scholar and critic of theatre. He is one of the founders of the Bangla theatre group Natyakaal. He taught English at Rajdhani College, Delhi Universiity and also Bangla at the post-graduate level at Delhi University.

 

 

ALL ARE WELCOME  

 

Jana Natya Manch

Email: jananatyamanch@gmail.com

Web: www.jananatyamanch.org

23 Jun: Talk on Nirgun literature

Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2010

 

The Safdar Janam Talks

A series of talks focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics, followed by a discussion on the issues thrown up.

 

"निर्गुण साहित्य : नई दृष्टि एवं प्रासंगिकता"

Nirgun Sahitya: Nai Drishti evam Prasangikta

 

a talk by Dr Puran Chand

23 June 2010, Wednesday

6.00 p.m.

 

Muktadhara Art Gallery

Banga Sanskriti Bhavan

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

New Delhi 110001

(Between Gol Market and St. Columba's School)

 

Dr PURAN CHAND's Phd dissertation from Delhi University is on Bhakti literature. He is also Secretary, Democratic Youth Federation of India, Delhi.

 

ALL ARE WELCOME  

 

Jana Natya Manch

Email: jananatyamanch@gmail.com

Web: www.jananatyamanch.org

May 20: Talk on Khap panchayat

Jana Natya Manch

1973 — 1989 — 2010

The Safdar Janam Talks

Last year Janam began organizing a series of talks focusing on the complex and critical interconnections between culture and politics. The talk is followed by a discussion on the issues thrown up.  The latest is:

"नागरिक अधिकार और खाप पंचायत"

a talk by Jagmati Sangwan

20 May 2010, Thursday

6.00 p.m.

 

Muktadhara Art Gallery

Banga Sanskriti Bhavan

18-19 Bhai Veer Singh Marg

New Delhi 110001

Between Gol Market and St. Columba's School

 

JAGMATI SANGWAN is Director, Women's Study Centre, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, and the Haryana state President of the All India Democratic Women's Association. She is a former volleyball international, having won the bronze medal at the Asian Games.

Jana Natya Manch

ALL ARE WELCOME  

Email: jananatyamanch@gmail.com

Web: www.jananatyamanch.org

5-11 Jul: Workshop with Rock On! star Shahana Goswami!

11 Apr: Invitation for Cultural Evening with JANAM

प्यारे दोस्त,

12 अप्रैल को सफ़दर का  जन्मदिन और राष्ट्रीय नुक्कड़ नाटक दिवस मनाया जाता है. इस  मौके पर, ११ अप्रैल, रविवार को  इस साल हम पुराने  साथियों / दोस्तों और शुभचिंतकों को न्योता देना चाहते हैं और उनके साथ एक  सांस्कृतिक शाम बिताने का इरादा रखते हैं . हम चाहते हैं कि आप आएं. कुछ पुरानी बातें करें और कुछ आगे के बारे में सोचें, हमारे साथ कुछ जलपान करें, कुछ गीत गाएं और  किस्से कहानियां सुनाएं. उम्मीद है आप ज़रूर आएंगे.

दिनांक : 11 अप्रैल, 2010
समय   : शाम 4 बजे
स्थान  : 42 , अशोक रोड, नई दिल्ली

मलयश्री हाश्मी

सेक्रेटरी
अशोक तिवारी
अध्यक्ष
--

Jana Natya Manch
www.jananatyamanch.org

Andhera Aftab Mangega, 1997: From the Janam Archives

Dispatches from the Janam archives. Feel free to forward these dispatches to anyone interested in theatre history. Scroll down to bottom of the image for some useful links.

Links: To read 'Sculpting a Play', go here. To buy the book Theatre of the Streets, go here.

Aurat: From the Janam archives

umber three from our new series of dispatches from the Janam archives. Feel free to forward. For useful links, scroll down. If you haven't got the first two, write to us!

Links: More on Aurat on the Janam site; Stree Mukti Sangathana, the producer of Mulgi Zhali Ho and Jyoti Mhapsekar, its author; audio of Om Swaha, performed by Jagori Himachal.

Moteram ka Satyagrah: From the Janam Archives

We continue with the series of dispatches from the Janam archives. Feel free to forward this, and future dispatches, to anyone interested in theatre history.

Mar 11: Invitation for national street theatre day programme

Dear Friends,

12th April is Safdar's birthday and also national street theatre day. This year, we wish to celebrate it on 11th April (Sunday) with Janam members, friends and well wishers. We invite you all to come and spend a cultural evening cum get together with reminiscences, stories, songs, food and also to talk about Janam's future. We really hope you will join us on this occasion.

11th April 2010
4 pm
42, Ashok Road, New Delhi 110001
(opposite YWCA and Bangla Sahib Gurdwara, on the stretch between Patel Chowk and Gol Dak Khana)

Moloyashree Hashmi
Secretary
Ashok Tiwari
President

Parking available.

प्यारे दोस्त,

12 अप्रैल को सफ़दर का  जन्मदिन है जिसे हम राष्ट्रीय नुक्कड़ नाटक दिवस के रूप में मानते है. इस  मौके पर, 11 अप्रैल (रविवार) को  इस साल हम पुराने  साथियों / दोस्तों और शुभचिंतकों को न्योता देना चाहते हैं और उनके साथ एक  सांस्कृतिक शाम बिताने का इरादा रखते हैं . हम चाहते हैं कि आप आएं. कुछ पुरानी बातें करें और कुछ आगे के बारे में सोचें, हमारे साथ कुछ जलपान करें, कुछ गीत गाएं और  किस्से कहानियां सुनाएं. उम्मीद है आप ज़रूर आएंगे.

दिनांक : 11 अप्रैल, 2010
समय   : शाम 4 बजे
स्थान  : 42 , अशोक रोड, नई दिल्ली

मलयश्री हाश्मी

सेक्रेटरी
अशोक तिवारी
अध्यक्ष
 

www.jananatyamanch.org

Machine: From the Janam Archives

We start a new series, of dispatches from the Janam archives. Feel free to forward this, and future dispatches, to anyone interested in theatre history.

14 Mar: EMS Lecture, Prabhat Patnaik

SAFDAR HASHMI SAMAROH

EMS CENTENARY LECTURE

 

 

9.30 PM, SUNDAY, 14 MARCH 2010

 

KOYNA HOSTEL MESS

J.N.U

 

EMS NAMBOODIRIPAD'S

PERCEPTION

OF

HISTORY

 

SPEAKER: PRABHAT PATNAIK

 

CHAIRPERSON: C.P.CHANDRASEKHAR

 

Jana Natya Manch

Janvadi Lekhak Sangh

Act One

Jansanskriti

S.F.I

5 Feb: E.M.S. CENTENARY LECTURE

Safdar Hashmi Samaroh

E.M.S. CENTENARY LECTURE

2:30 pm, Friday, 5 February 2010

E.M.S. Namboodiripad & The Communist Movement
Irfan Habib

Room No. 22, Arts Faculty, University of Delhi

Students' Federation of India
Act One
Jana Natya Manch
Janwadi Lekhak Sangh
Jan Sanskriti
Democratic Teachers' Front