Milind Bokil
India has a remarkable system of local self governance. But this is true only of rural India. Despite a few attempts we have not been able to replicate this system of governance in the Indian cities. Why so? It is time that we trained and gave power to our city dwellers too to contribute to the functioning of the State.

Ashwini Kulkarni
As citizens living in a country there will often arrive situations where we have to interact with the various institutions of the State; instead of furthering a culture of fear and corruption in our dealings with these institutions let us know of our constitutional rights and use them appropriately to better our lives.

Suhas Palshikar
What is democracy? Under what conditions does it thrive? Given India’s social fabric and the actions of its governments and citizens how successfully has democracy survived in this country?

Asheema Singh
In an attempt to make social science more relevant to the learner, National Institute of Open Schooling has developed learning materials that focuse on enhancing learners’ life skills. Here is a look at their new textbooks.

Asheema Singh
In an attempt to make social science more relevant to the learner, National Institute of Open Schooling has developed learning materials that focuse on enhancing learners’ life skills. Here is a look at their new textbooks.

Arvind Sardana
Writing political science textbooks is one of the biggest challenges there is today as teaching this subject involves confronting the conflicts inherent in it and this is something not many governments are willing to do.

Arvind Sardana
Writing political science textbooks is one of the biggest challenges there is today as teaching this subject involves confronting the conflicts inherent in it and this is something not many governments are willing to do.