People and communities need empowerment to govern and manage their lives, and also to make the state accountable & transparent.

An alternative approach to well being ... would democratise the economy, promote healthy living and respect rights of nature too.

The mystery of Auroville - celebrating a few initiatives and individuals

Any decent ecological assessment of a project needs a year of study (over all seasons), so the 180 days limit means short-cuts.

Food festivals, trail running and mini-marathons, yoga camps, story-telling sessions and bird-watching walks lead up to Mesar Van Kautik.

"... we are all willing to pay a premium to experience natural surroundings which offer nutriment to the soul"

How Democracy Makes the State Wither Away

These initiatives have stayed or even reversed rural-urban migration and attempted gender and caste justice without trashing the environment.

As part of a Tax Denial Satyagraha, the Graam Seva Sangh did not charge GST on the tickets.