BENGALURU, Jan. 31 -- World Forum for art and culture honoured Padamshiri Balwant Thakur for his presentation in the Expressions Summit-2025 which was held at the International Centre of Art of Living in Bengaluru. Under the programme BHAAV-Parivartan, Balwant Thakur presented his journey of using theatre and arts for bringing peace in the troubled Jammu & Kashmir. In the process of reviving the age-old theatre tradition-Bhand Pather he has also been instrumental in bringing community life of Kashmir back to rails. In a period of three years he trained 60 young playwrights and directors who produced 60 different plays in Bhand Pather style which were performed all over Kashmir. In Jammu division he through Natrang produced two urdu major ...