About FACES

About Us

Foundation for Art, Culture, Ethics & Science, popularly known as its acronym FACES was founded in 2015 with an objective to preserve and propagate Art, Culture, Heritages, Ethical Values and the Tradition of Scientific Knowledge of our nation Bharat, as its name implies. This is a ‘not for profit’ society registered under ‘society registration act XXI, 1860’.

Idiology & Objective:

Bharat (India) is the oldest civilization in on this planet Mother Earth. All other ancient civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, China) do not go beyond 4^th millennium B. C. while Sindhu Saraswati Civilization (Indus or Indic Civilization) goes beyond 8^th millennium B. C. However a loby of some western and leftist scholars deny, Bharat is identified as the Cradle of Civilization by majority of eminent scholars, and the idea is gaining support from the academic world.
The Sindhu Saraswati Civilization is continued till this date while other great civilizations mentioned above are known only through historical and archaeological evidences. Despite a number of upheavals, aggressions and destructions the Indian Civilization, along with its Culture survived and flourished, hence our Great Ṝṣis named it as “Sanātan Sanskriti” or ‘Sanātana Dharma’ (the eternal religion and culture).
Right from the beginning, the Indian Tradition of Scientific & Spiritual Knowledge, the Indian system of Holistic Education and Artistic/Aesthetic Values have been influencing the world. Indians had mastered in physical and medical sciences, architecture, astronomy, mathematics, yoga etc. much earlier than any other civilization in the world. A number of theories, concepts and ideas we think today as contribution of the West, are, in fact, of the Indian origin and were adopted by several other civilizations in the past, but could not continue in India due to the long reigns of aggressors.
We, the people of India, are the proud heir of this amazing, rich, multi-dimensional and all-inclusive culture which stands tallest among the cultural units of the world; therefore, it is expected from us to know it very well and act accordingly. If we wish to scale the sky, we must spread our roots deeper in to our own soil. The seeds of our progress will grow on our own land, not in the winds from east and west. This is why, FACES has determined its objective to make our young generation well acquainted with the charismatic aura of Indian Culture and Tradition which has been neglected in the name of modernism and globalization for a long time and as a result it is going out of the memory of our new generation.

Focal Subjects/Areas of activity:

Subjects pertaining to Indology (Indian Culture, Heritage, History, Archaeology etc.)

Main Activity:

Education, Propagation and Conservation of the focal subjects through Infodrama (Theatre Drama) and Documentary Films.

Objectives

Educating people about Indian Culture, History & Heritage (tangible and intangible) for making people aware of their cultural/civilizational wealth and the need of its conservation.
Propagating various cultural/civilizational elements by educating people and students of schools, colleges and universities through popular media like Drama-Theatre, Video Productions, Lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Festivals and Publications, in the following fiels/subjects:

Rare Art Forms
Traditional and Modern Theatrical Styles
Endangered Ancient Scripts
Ethical/moral Values
Tradition of Scientific Knowledge (Traditional and Vedic Knowledge of Medicine, Astronomy, Mathematics, Ayurveda, Yoga and Tantra, in modern context)
History, Archaeology & Indology

Women Empowerment, environment protection, reformation in education system and other fields beneficial to Society and Nation.

Activities

Production of Educational Stage Plays INFODRAMA.
Infodrama is a genre of stage-play in which factual information is delivered to the audience through an entertaining story. This is simillar to a 'documentary' in respect of its informative contents and also simillar to a stage drama due to the format of its presentation. These plays are based on research works relatd to Historical-Archaeological findings, Museological Information on world-famous Sculptures and Monuments of India, Life and Work of Great Personalities of India; forgotten episodes of Indian Histoty, Culture and Civilization, Curricular topics and other subjects which might come within the scope of theatrical presentation. An Infodrama may be considered as "entertaining alternative of classroom".
Production of traditional and modern stage plays showcasing Indian Culture and civilization.
Production of Educational, Informative & Recreational videos (Short Films & Documentaries).
Free Coaching, Career Guidance and Assistance for students from underprivileged section of society and meritorious children, through ancillary Physics Foundation (www.faces.org.in/pf.html)
Training of Young Artists through FACES Institute of Acting and Repertoire (www.faces.org.in/fioar.html)
Organizing events, such as Festivals, Lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Exhibitions, Student Activities (Essay, Letter-writing, Drawing/painting Competitions and Debates), and Students' Cultural Activities related to Theatrical Art, Culture, Heritage, Traditional Performing and Visual Art, Indology, History/Archaeology, Museology and Science.
Publication of Books, Journals and E-books through Sunita Publishing House.
Survey & Research in the fields of Dramatics, Indology, Archaeology and Education.

How much we love and respect our cultural heritages and traditions, indicates how civilised we are!
हम कितने सभ्य हैं यह इस बात से पता चलता है कि हम अपने सांस्कृतिक विरासतों और परंपराओं को कितना प्यार और सम्मान देते हैं!

Our Members & Executives

Ruchi Sharan