Ranjana Pandey, a senior puppeteer, who heads a non-profit group, Jan Madhayam in New Delhi, stages puppet shows for children with special needs. Her shows are two-pronged - she initially uses the puppets to convey essential information about ways to identify disabilities in special children. And then identifies the families of the victims to link them with the services available for the special children.A puppetry project in 2005, supported by Women in Conflict Management and Peace Group, taught women in Beejbehara, 40 km from Srinagar in Kashmir, to make their own puppets and narrate their experiences of living in a conflict zone through their dolls.