alternatives
Hakki Pikki: The global nomads of Karnataka 

The Hakki Pikkis are an entrepreneurial community. Theirs is an economy of subsistence and the marginalised. Their trade networks do not conform to the known notions of the ‘poor’.

Vikalp Sangam: A Movement for Alternatives

Exciting alternative initiatives for meeting human needs across India!

Collective Dreaming: Democratic Visioning in the Vikalp Sangam Process

What is our vision of a better future? What are our answers to questions of poverty, hunger, energy insecurity, and other deprivations?

Swaraj Jail University, Udaipur

It is a space for the learner-inmates to connect to their deeper purpose and passion.

Letter from Gurveen Kaur, Educator

"Take a year to discover what you really want to do and explore that — away from what others tell/expect you to do."

A Journey of Re-imagining Education: Interview with Manish Jain

Alternative education means learning from Life, not from textbooks, exams and classrooms.

वैकल्पिक समाज की तलाश (in Hindi)

संगम की सोच है कि भविष्य कैसा होगा। समाज, संस्कृति, राजनीति पर क्या सोच होगी। क्या सामूहिक दृष्टिकोण व मूल्य होंगे। इनकी तलाश ही विकल्प संगम की कोशिश है।

National Vikalp Sangam, Udaipur: Confluence of alternatives

The incredible mix of people made for exciting moments, some sharing of history of ... current initiatives, and earthy planning for the future.

The language of diversity

Adivasi Academy, a learning institute, is a must visit place for one to learn the importance of language and cultural diversity of our country.

A Digital Book Library for Blind Students Is Helping Them Visualise a Bright Future

Bengaluru based Samarthanam Trust for Disabled has 5,000 audio books to help students with disabilities achieve their educational goals.