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Aapna Jungle Aapni Kahani
33 mins/Hindi/2001

The film travels through the parts of Eastern Rajasthan, NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh have worked in. Going beyond the water success story, it captures the forest conservation aspects of the movement which have been hitherto ignored. The Film documents 5 case studies bringing out the various facets of the empowerment process of the communities which has helped them in protecting their forests. The narrators of the film are the villagers who have lived through the experience of the process of empowerment and conservation. The script was written with the active collaboration of the villagers. The leitmotif of the film is a Gram Sabha meeting in progress, which is the thread which binds the stories together. This meeting

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throws up the power of the communities in the process of mapping their development plans

Partners :Tarun Bharat Sangh
Director: Krishnendu Bose
Camera :Krishnendu Bose