No Stereotypes Plz- North East is India - The Role of Grassroots Comics in Community Empowerment

Community media has a massive role to play in the development of the society. In the human resource development perspective, youth is considered as a major human resource for channelizing their energy towards development of the country. Young people possess the energy, creativity and determination to drive development. Comics are stories, which are told visually. Everybody has a story to tell but not everybody has the medium to express it. Grassroots Comics aims at bringing change in the society by directly acting on the thought process, prejudices, stereotypes, and mindsets through nonthreatening local stories. Grassroots comics are mostly used as a campaigning means for grassroots organizations in India, Africa and Europe. The present research is conducted with the participation of youth living in Delhi who developed grassroots comics to communicate messages related to discrimination. The study also explores the relationship between Grassroots comics and youth development.

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