By Jagpreet Sandhu, Chandigarh : Beautifully decorated puppets , manipulated by strings, looped into the hands of a puppeteer named Badri bhatt, who is attracting the audience towards his pupetery show at the National Crafts Mela held in Kalagram , Chandigarh .
The puppeteer is not just entertaining the people with his puppets talks but is also providing education on social problems of society such as Female Foeiticide, Child Marriage etc. Badribhatt with his art of puppetry is teaching the people on cleanliness, saving water & electricity and donating blood. Badribhatt’s excellence of puppetry also prevails at rural areas creating awareness among the people on AIDS and ways of precautions. His art of puppetery and infotainment comes in the form of short stories performed by colourful and attractive puppets and ending with a moral conclusion. People like Badribhatt are not only revising the old ancient form of entertainment into infotainment but are also providing some beneficial values to the people .