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.

Simran Sachdeva

At 18 you are given the right to vote. Exciting experience definitely, but it is also an experience that young citizens are unprepared for. With no knowledge of what the election process involves, what their role is, they cast their first vote. In order to prepare young children to turn into thinking voters the Election Commission of India is starting Electoral Literacy Clubs in schools.

Alex M. George

Civics is a living subject. Students need to constantly engage with it in order to understand the nuances of living responsibly in a democracy. Unfortunately our textbooks treat this subject as static knowledge that can simply be imparted through the text. We need to re-imagine civics education if we want active civic engagement in our societies.

Sana Siddiqui
Attaining equality for all its citizens should be a goal for every democratic country. To achieve this, inequality that exists at different levels in the society has to be studied and policies have to be put in place. These policies have to address the concerns and needs of every section, every individual that needs help to uplift themselves.