Jana Natya Manch, a Delhi based amateur street theatre group was founded in 1973. In these 37 years it has has done over 9,000 performances of nearly 75-odd street plays all over India and abroad. Theatreperson Moloyashree Hashmi and Secretary of the group talks about "relentless continuity" in Janam's work and its future.

There is no question about it. Globalization is changing the way we eat, drink, dress, think. Every day we see events taking place in New York, or London, or Sharjah, or Beijing beamed into our homes via satellite television. We find Hollywood films dubbed in our local languages and running to packed houses. We find beauty contests being organized in our localities, schools, or colleges. We find children asking for two-minute noodles, hamburgers, and canned cola drinks. We find autorickshaw drivers wearing T-shirts proclaiming ‘California! Here I come!’