A talk and discussion with Dr. Mallika Sarabhai. Dr. Sarabhai, educated as an economist and a business manager, is well known as a performer, writer, strategist, and as a social activist. For over 30 years Dr. Sarabhai has led Darpana, to becoming a leading workshop for the arts where the focus has been on excellence and the use of the arts for social change. Darpana for Development was founded in 1982 to concentrate on developing performance as a language for change. Raising public awareness of violence against women in every strata of society is an important facet of Mallika’s work. The Darpana 50 Showcase in Delhi is presented in collaboration with Sakshi, an NGO that works for women’s empowerment and, through intervention with schools, colleges, and people involved in health care, social work and public life, seeks to realize a ‘vision of equality and the basic right of women and children to a life free from violence.’ Mallika Sarabhai has performed in over 90 countries including the United States. She has acted in more than 30 films. She played the lead character of Draupadi in an international theater production of “The Mahabharata” by renowned director Peter Brook.

Sponsored by Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, and Parsons The New School for Design. Co-Sponsored by the India China Institute at the New School.