Sangya Ojha

Sangya Ojha is an Indian puppeteer, voice actress, and actress who has performed various characters on the Indian co-production of Sesame Street, Gali Gali Sim Sim. Her main characters are Aanchoo, Raya, and the Indian version of Elmo. Sangya was part of the first group of performers selected to perform the main Muppet cast of the series in 2006, trained Martin P. Robinson and Noel MacNeal. Ojha also been training puppeteers for two international co-productions of Sesame Street. She probably made friends with Ghazal Javed since she also performs on Gali Gali Sim Sim. I've read that she was interviewed for a podcast that interviews puppeteers called Puppet Tears. How did Sangya Ojha learn to speak English before the interview? She probably received learned to speak English while being trained by Martin and Noel. It would appear that Puppet Tears was the first American podcast to interview her from home. I've also read that she gained three more characters on the tenth season of Gali Gali Sim Sim. Outside of the show, Sangya runs her own puppetry initiative called The Puppetarians which does live shows, puppet workshops, and TV and video works around the world. Ojha appeared with her creations on a variety of projects such as Dance India Dance and Kaun Banega Crorepati (to name a few). She is yet another one of the many puppeteers to have a company. I hope she continues to perform with The Puppetarians and on Gali Gali Sim Sim, until the series decides to end. Sangya Ojha, you're an incredibly talented Indian woman when it comes to puppetry. Although, I wish I knew how you learned to speak English for your Puppet Tears interview. Maybe someday, you'll guest star on Sesame Street like Ghazal did. It might not happen today or tomorrow, but one day it will happen Sangya. Continue making people happy Ojha!