Balarama's Story - Our New Children's Book

CLIC Abroad Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of the new book - Balarama's Story: An Elephant's Journey (By D.K.Bhaskar & Alladi Jayasri)

 Inspired by  real-life story of a famous elephant, captured in the jungles of Western Ghats, and  trained  in captivity to be  the lead elephant in the Mysore Dasara festival that is famed all over the world.

The book is available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and many book stores across the US. The Kannada version, the language of the state of Karnataka in South India is available for purchase from Clic Abroad Website.

For book reading, storytelling and presentations, please write to clicabroad@gmail.com

More about Balarama's Story  at the Book's website!

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Elephants were once revered as the living god Ganesha. Now they are called the “elephant menace.”  Blame the growth of agriculture, particularly coffee.

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Elephants in the Coffee has to be shown to the local communities in the affected areas. Education is empowerment and we have to translate and share in the local language for those people in the area to understand and take appropriate actions to reduce conflict. We need support from all interested to translate and to complete the project into local language. If interested, please connect with us through the contact form in the top. You can also DONATE through this link.

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Why Elephants in the Coffee??

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Be sure to catch ELEPHANTS IN THE COFFEE on ECOSTREAMZ

For film sales and screening questions, including distribution, please contact: 
James Branchflower
ECO DOX, LLC
+1 310-817-2631
jimb@eco-dox.com

So many films with "a message" use sensationalism, extreme emotionalism, and easy answers to try to convince viewers. I greatly appreciate that you did not do this. The film was emotionally disturbing, but showed a balance between the many concerns involved.
Thank you. I hope this idea catches on :-) "
Jodi M. Altendorf, actor, known for Table Sixteen (2007), Hope (2012) and The Memorial Counselor (2006)

"If you love coffee or elephants or care about having a healthy planet for your kids, then this movie, 
Elephants in the Coffee, is for you! World explorer Bhaskar Krishnamurthy and award winning Professor of Journalism Dr. Tom Grant takes some US college students on a research experience for elephant conservation in India. This film provokes lively discussions for college campuses and communities worldwide.... a MUST SEE!"
Margaret (Meg) Lowman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist,
Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability
Lindsay Chair of Botany, California Academy of Sciences

"I must say, the documentary is indeed very engaging and effective and gets through to you in a very strong way. The topic of human elephant conflict is handled really well with balanced views about all the aspects."
PRO, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India

The film narrative on man and animal conflict was engaging for us an audience & one which brought to fore for us arm chairs readers of such reported conflicts the actual factual story. Thank you for helping us screen this important and relevant social and environmental message about the conflict and on the mahouts.
Sudhir R, Infosys, India

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Some of the graphic art for the film was completed by
Ebony Missick from the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA. She graduated in December with a degree in biology. She is a native of the Bahamas who plans to attend graduate school to become a physician's assistant. Her artistic work has also been featured in the student newspaper, The Stallion, and in art shows on the ABAC campus. Original signed prints are available for purchase.

More about Clic Abroad Foundation and Elephants in India

Clic Abroad Foundation

Children Learning International Cultures (CLIC) Abroad is a registered US based 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. It strives to capture the little-known cultures and untold stories of India through storytelling narratives with the medium of art, theater and music. Direct involvement of students from two distinct cultures helps to reveal the untouched innocence of a child’s perspective, and grow and learn through their shared experiences.

More about Elephants in India

Insights and articles about human / elephant conflict