http://www.pacindia.org daily 1 2007-06-02T12:05:43Z http://www.pacindia.org/blogs/from-201cnoise201d-to-201cvoice201d Meena Nair and Poonam Kaur recently attended a workshop run by HIVOS on driving and catalyzing change within civil society organizations. As part of the workshop, participants wrote and took part in small skits to demonstate change and empowerment through informed community engagement. Here is the skit that Meena and Poonam came up with. No publisher megha 2008-03-13T10:28:23Z blogentry http://www.pacindia.org/blogs/whats-wrong-with-democracy-in-india The list of casualties of India’s enviable democratic system include, ironically some “non negotiable” cornerstones of democracy: idealism, integrity, egalitarianism, justice and, of course, governance. However, even more vexing is the widely prevalent lack of common sense; very often, we hear (with a hint of derision) that common sense is not so common in ‘common’ people! Will this continue to be the mantra for the upwardly mobile Generation X in India? No publisher megha 2007-12-26T06:16:05Z blogentry http://www.pacindia.org/blogs/india-bribing-in-search-of-anti-corruption2019s-holy-grail In an era where buzzwords and mantras have a shockingly short shelf life, Corruption has shown a remarkable longevity in hogging the spotlights for well over a decade now. Thanks to the never ending cascade of scams and exposes, the C-word has monopolized our lexicon on politics and governance. The long arm of corruption has left virtually no institution untouched – right from the obvious (politics) to the sublime (religion) and from Bollywood to Cricket. No publisher Gopathampi 2008-01-28T04:59:28Z blogentry http://www.pacindia.org/blogs/on-the-ssa-beat-2013-some-vignettes-from-the-field During my weekend visit to my native place near Harihara, I decided to visit a few schools (including the one that I studied in!) to understand the grassroots level activities of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme in Karnataka. No publisher bass 2008-01-24T11:25:29Z blogentry