Smita Bharti is an Indian social activist, writer and director. She
has worked on over 20 plays with communities spanning social, class
and age strata. Through research, training, workshops, performances,
campaigns and publications, she works extensively and intensively with
women and adolescents in difficult and challenging circumstances, in
prisons with victims under trial, with survivors in situations of
domestic violence, sexual abuse and incest, physically and mentally
challenged individuals. She also works with the policy and decision
makers who have the potential of making systemic change in the
country.Bharti was born in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 1964 to Nirmal and
Agya Ram Kshetrapal. She did her schooling at Auckland School Shimla
and moved to Delhi in 1982 where she received her bachelor's degree in
Literature and Psychology from University of Delhi in 1985. She
received her Master of Arts degree in Literature from the Annamalai
University, Tamil Nadu in 1987. Bharti's life took a turn when she
realised that the domestic violence she had suffered after her
marriage wasn't her identity, that she had to transcend the barriers
and scars to go beyond the personal. In 1995, she embarked on a
journey towards a better life as a single parent of two.Since 2004,
Smita has directed over 20 plays, worked on films, video
installations, interactive exhibitions and audio books She has been a
programme consultant to Sanskriti Museums and The Asian Heritage
Foundation.
has worked on over 20 plays with communities spanning social, class
and age strata. Through research, training, workshops, performances,
campaigns and publications, she works extensively and intensively with
women and adolescents in difficult and challenging circumstances, in
prisons with victims under trial, with survivors in situations of
domestic violence, sexual abuse and incest, physically and mentally
challenged individuals. She also works with the policy and decision
makers who have the potential of making systemic change in the
country.Bharti was born in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 1964 to Nirmal and
Agya Ram Kshetrapal. She did her schooling at Auckland School Shimla
and moved to Delhi in 1982 where she received her bachelor's degree in
Literature and Psychology from University of Delhi in 1985. She
received her Master of Arts degree in Literature from the Annamalai
University, Tamil Nadu in 1987. Bharti's life took a turn when she
realised that the domestic violence she had suffered after her
marriage wasn't her identity, that she had to transcend the barriers
and scars to go beyond the personal. In 1995, she embarked on a
journey towards a better life as a single parent of two.Since 2004,
Smita has directed over 20 plays, worked on films, video
installations, interactive exhibitions and audio books She has been a
programme consultant to Sanskriti Museums and The Asian Heritage
Foundation.
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