From building a coalition against the Vishwamitri Riverfront Development Project to getting it scrapped, people’s movements have interwoven passionate activism with law, science, and data. Their collective engagement and dogged sense of purpose made all the difference. Not only have activists been appointed to a committee overseeing a flood mitigation project, they also do on-ground monitoring, record official work, track plans and progress, and document irregularities.

Children and young people have extraordinary agency, intelligence, and the capacity to relentlessly question.

Samskarika Sahithi has become the first cultural body to come out creatively in support of the striking farmers.

Solidarity brought a renewed sense of hope around the future of agriculture and autonomy of farmers in the region

Swaraj - my own autonomy, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, my independence, both as an individual and as a community

It’s amazing that young ones are leading the climate movement now ... catalysed by hands-on environmental education by schools.

Citizens from all walks of life have joined forces with Adivasi residents to protest, forming relationships between the two different groups.

जो आपल्या विचारांचा नाही तो आपल्या विचारांचा व्हावा असे वाटत असेल तर त्यांच्याशी अत्यंत प्रेमाने संवाद साधत राहायला हवे.

The campaign has come as a lesson on the strength of combined effort: several NGO partners, grassroots groups, and the Forest Department.