Chetna Natya Manch (CNM; English: Awakening and Dramatic Arts Front)[1] is the "Cultural Troupe" of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
[2][3][4] Chetna Natya Manch is headed by Leng (who is from Andhra Pradesh),[5] and has more than 10,000 members.
[6] "Gearing the fallows,Ploughing the fields,With our sweat as streams,We harvested the crops.Whose was the grain?Whose was the gruel?"
The CNM is the "propaganda unit"[7] and "cultural wing" of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (PWG), and "conducted dance, drama, poetry and musical workshops" in the villages, "inspiring young people to join the PWG.
[8] The CNM, in August 1994, began publishing a bimonthly magazine named "Jhankar" in Bengali, Gondi, Hindi, Marathi and Telugu.