Jagran - India

Each daily programme would include six to eight items and run for about two hours. Topic research was conducted before drawing up scripts. The mime was reinforced by a narration in the local dialect. Informal follow-up was conducted after the performance. The prime objectives were to make people conscious of : a) the obstacles to their development b) services provided by the government c) their responsibilities to the community and d) their rights as citizens. Jagran took up a range of subjects such as indebtedness, dowry; community issues such as civic consciousness, voting rights, maintenance of community water pumps and public toilets. However, top among their priorities was promoting family planning.

Economic development, political development, family planning.

Most of the performers were from the middle class, but in later years working class youth from the resettlement colonies were recruited who were trained in mime and the concepts behind development. Jagran's target audiences were the urban slum-dwellers. The drama was an integral part of a "conscientisation" process that was meant to cut across language barriers to promote small family norm. Mobilising action was left to the community. Jagran's use of mime was underlined by a "blame the victim" approach, in which the defects and "traditional behaviours" of the poor are ridiculed.