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People-centred governance and decision-making, ensuring accountability and transparency

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This section features initiatives and approaches towards people-centred governance and decision-making, with direct participation, and based on principles of social and environmental justice. This includes initiatives attempting to realize local non-hierarchical systems of decision-making in urban and rural areas, and linkages of these to each other at bio-cultural levels. This would also include collectives or communities that raise non-party political concerns at the local level and beyond, as well as initiatives that enhance accountability and transparency of political bodies. It will include alternative policy frameworks that are based on or promote the alternative economies featured elsewhere on this site, such as meaningful practices and concepts of well-being, instead of the mainstream development model which focuses on economic growth.

Ladakh violence: How government inaction on its promises on autonomy has fuelled frustration

The government needs to make clear what its intentions are – to grant Ladakh’s legitimate demands, or keep dragging its feet, risking further antagonising an already infuriated population?

Why is the Centre dragging its feet on autonomy for Ladakh?

The Ladakh administration's decision to revoke the land lease of the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning is the latest of a series of moves aimed at suppressing a people demanding constitutional autonomy and self-governance.

Beyond the Elephant and the Blind Men: A Story of Collective Sense-Making

Vikalp Sangam answers the parable: we listen to each sector's truth to see the whole elephant of an equitable, just & sustainable future.

Remembering Dayamma: In Grief, Celebration And Protest

In Chennai, a theatre festival paid a moving tribute to a beloved trans elder and stage stalwart, pushing boundaries and transforming the stage into a space of resistance and queer joy.

आर्थिक संगम में महिलाओं ने दिखाई राह (In Hindi)

यह संगम बताता है कि एक और वैकल्पिक अर्थव्यवस्था न केवल संभव है, बल्कि पहले से ही मौजूद है।

Shramyog: How a remote Himalayan region, Sult, is empowering itself

Shramyog aims to strengthen these pillars of “Sahyog”, “Shiksha” and “Sangathan” through various activities and initiatives.

महिलाओं को आत्मनिर्भर बनाने की पहल (In Hindi)

महिलाओं के साथ भेदभाव के खिलाफ और बराबरी के लिए पहल की जा रही है। उन्हें आत्मनिर्भर बनाने का प्रयास किया जा रहा है

Urban green spaces can save more lives if placed right

A new research study shows that the location of green spaces in cities matters in terms of their health benefits. More green spaces in densely populated areas save the most human lives, followed by green spaces in areas with the least amount of nature.

Making Rainbows in the Andamans: Creating queer community in the Andamans is a struggle

In a Broader Context: How Did One of India’s Queer Friendly Cities Evolve? With the queer community being so small, friendships and support systems are vital.