Dadi Pudumjee, India's leading puppeteer explains the power of objects in depicting emotions that are often difficult to portray by human artists on stage. Besides being mediums of entertainment, puppetry has been a powerful agent in bringing social awareness and change, particularly in a country like India India's leading puppeteer and founder of Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust, Dadi Pudumjee believes in bringing change in people's lives through a collective art-form that is believed to have existed since ancient civilizations. Dadi Pudumjee is currently the president of UNIMA Interational(Union Internationale de la Marionnette - International Puppetry Association - founded in Prague in 1929). In addition to numerous local awards, Dadi Pudumjee's work has been acknowledged with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1992 and the Padmashree presented by the President of India in 2011. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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