participatory democracy
A pond, a community and a forest fair – The story of Mesar Van Kautik

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

Under Modi, India Has Witnessed an Unprecedented Chomping of the Earth

The natural environment is the daily lifeline of ... forest-dwellers, fishers, farmers, craftspersons, pastoralists, urban poor.

Elections Make a Mockery of Democracy

Day-to-day decisions, including crucial ones that impact a large number of people, are predominantly taken by elected politicians and the bureaucracy serving them.

The Search For Radical Alternatives: Key Elements And Principles

This could be a powerful new movement to provide some light at the end of what currently seems a very dark passage through which India is moving.

लोकांनी घेतलेले, लोकांचे, लोकांसाठीचे निर्णय (in Marathi)

डोंगरीया कोंढ समुहांनी सिध्द करुन दाखविली, तथाकथित विकास प्रकल्पाला परवानगी देण्याची अथवा ती नाकारण्याची समुहाची ताकद

Decisions of the people, by the people, for the people

The Dongria Kondhs' protests against Vedanta’s proposal to mine in the Niyamgiri hills showed people’s power to provide or withhold consent for a development project.

Uralungal: India’s Oldest Worker Cooperative

This cooperative has pioneered democratic workplace organization and egalitarian redistribution, even in the context of a highly competitive sector.