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A phone is not enough
'Meaningful connectivity” demands regular internet access, an appropriate device, enough data and a fast connection
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Reimagining Wellbeing: Villages opening spaces for Self-Governance
resisting mining ... and moving towards social, political, economic and ecological transformation
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Citizens and parliamentarians dialogue on the way forward
43 hours of discussions, 250 speakers, over 100 resolutions, over 1000 voting participants, engaging with over 1 lakh on social media
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Uttarakhand’s draft ecotourism policy could threaten biodiversity
This draft policy is framed in a way that it leaves almost all the power with bureaucrats
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Jan Sarokar – People’s Policy for Post COVID-19 Times, August 2020
Opportunity to redesign our economy towards generating tens of millions of ecologically sustainable and dignified livelihoods.
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Landless tribes fulfill nutritient needs by growing vegetables in bags
Bori bagicha, which means garden-in-a-bag, was initiated as the villagers do not own land where they can grow vegetables
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Dialogue on Rights of Rivers (Report and annexures)
Conversations, sharing resources, collective strategizing and planning, and collaborative work on realising effective rights of rivers has begun.
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सीएए-एनआरसी के ख़िलाफ़ आए आदिवासी बोले, सरकार के कागज़ों के मकड़जाल में नहीं फंसेंगे (in Hindi)
जिस जंगल में उनके पुरखों के अंश गड़े है, वो अपने हक का इससे बड़ा और क्या सबूत दे
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मजदूरों की अनूठी जनसुनवाई (in Hindi)
जनसुनवाई भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ और लोगों के अधिकारों की रक्षा करने में मददगार साबित हुई है