Articles

Paper presented in the National Conference on Relevance of Gandhi and Compassionate World, Xavier University, Bhubaneshwar, Jan 30 &31, 2018 under the theme, Rural Transformation & Grassroot Governance.
Swaraj in our midst…
Based on evidence of the values underlying the Swaraj concept among the community institutions of India
CONGRATULATIONS – Fr. Paul Fernandes and the XUB team for organizing this wonderful event. In today’s political milieu to organize an event to celebrate the relevance and compassion openly and Gandhi as well, is an act of defiance. To defy and not…
Raibaar is a beautiful small periodic magazine that is brought out by SIDH, Mussoorie, an organization Samanvaya has been in collaboration with since more than 2 decades. This article was written for the magazine in October 2017.
What’s our perspective on farming?
A search for ‘farmer crisis in India’ fetches, 1,82,00,000 results in 0.87 seconds. A search for ‘solutions for farmer crisis in India’ fetches, 2,11,00,000 results in 0.70 seconds. So, what is there to write on farming situation today which has not been already written? This is a question that anyone today having to put a pen…

This Article written in memory of Late Sri. Ravindra Sharma (Guruji) of Adilabad Kala Ashram, was published as part of the bi-lingual book "Smriti-Jaagran Ke Harkaare", SIDH, Jeevika, 2012.
What does one write about someone like Guruji Ravindra Sharma? - The question has to be prefixed with why he should be written about and is predicate on who is writing as well. I have had but two long conversations with him in person, one in SIDH, Mussoorie and another at his Kala Ashram in his native town of Adilabad. But my conversation with him, mulling of the ideas he planted in my mind, have not…