Puppetry as a medium of communication and development in India: A study of problems and prospects

India is the home to puppetry. Traditional and folk media including puppetry have been used from the ancient times to till today. Since the people in India do not have wide accessibility to mass media channels and they are illiterates, puppetry has still opportunities to be instrumental for disseminating social messages for a cause. However, in the age of cyber expansion and technology-driven society, the role of puppetry medium raises debate among the puppeteers, change agents, researchers and academicians. The current study has made a thorough attempt to explore puppetry as means of communication and development in India. Here, the researcher has adopted qualitative research methods to understand the current and future position of puppetry as a medium of communication and development.