▁India , ▁Im mort al , ▁Man ▁and ▁Machine ▁and ▁the ▁numerous ▁legend ary ▁bal lets ▁that ▁travel led ▁India ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁with ▁R avi ▁Sh ank ar , ▁Sh anti ▁B ard han ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁perform ers ▁and ▁artists ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁famous ▁on ▁their ▁own ▁in ▁modern ▁Indian ▁dance ▁theatre ▁and ▁music . ▁The ▁sister s ▁were ▁also ▁involved ▁several ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁rev ival ▁of ▁Gu jar ati ▁theatre ▁in ▁Bomb ay . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁she ▁started ▁working ▁with ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁Nik ora , ▁on ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁N arm ada ▁River , ▁in ▁South ▁Gu jar at ▁with ▁an ▁inform al ▁curr icul um . ▁ ▁Later , ▁an ▁experimental ▁school ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁B . M . ▁Institute ▁of ▁Child ▁Psych ology ▁and ▁Development , ▁Ah med abad , ▁adopted ▁this ▁format ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁at ▁the ▁Bal ▁B hav an , ▁Del hi ▁took ▁it ▁as ▁well , ▁event ual ▁A ve hi ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁when ▁A VE HI ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁programme , ▁and ▁named ▁it ▁AB AC US ▁with ▁Sh anta ▁Gand hi ▁as ▁Director . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁Sh anta ▁Gand hi ▁was ▁called ▁to ▁Del hi ▁as ▁Asian ▁Theatre ▁Institute ▁was ▁being ▁set ▁up ,