Archive for 'About Mallika'
Ask Mallika
Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by vinmal.
Frequently Asked Questions
ON THE DECISION TO CONTEST LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
Q. What is your motive for contesting the Lok Sabha elections?
A. For very long now, politics has become a space for politicians and not for you and me. I have been waiting for long for things to change, for good people to come into politics and [...]
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Mallika’s Development Work
Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by vinmal.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY MALLIKA
The Acting Healthy Project (2008)
Using local tribal youth from the Chhota Udepur region of Gujarat and training them as actor-activists, this project took crucial learning on how to avoid maternal deaths and infant deaths amongst the very deprived communities in thirty villages. The project was supported by ArtVenture, Singapore.
UNICEF [...]
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Mallika Sarabhai
Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by admin.
DEVELOPMENT WORKER | ACTIVIST | ARTIST
Mallika Sarabhai is the Gujarat-based activist, development worker, social entrepreneur and performer, who has tirelessly worked towards bringing to fore ideas, issues and concerns to affect change. A multi-talented creative individual, she celebrates positive reaffirmation of images of womanhood. She has used every medium—dance, theatre, television, film, writing and publishing—for [...]
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Why support Mallika?
Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by vinmal.
BECAUSE SHE…
Has twenty years of experience working in grassroots development
Is not limited by partisan politics and power struggles
Upholds the constitutional values of secularism and democracy
Is rooted in the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad constituency that she seeks to represent
Embodies the vision and spirit of a family that fought for India’s freedom and, for three generations, has contributed significantly in [...]
