Interdisciplinary themes

In ‘Sahodaya: Ways of Sustainable Living and Learning’, Rekha Kumari, Himanshi and Anil Kumar share their experiences of working with, and building, communities as salient aspects of the educational alternatives they are trying to co-create in a remote part of Bihar.

Anish Kumar examines the similarities and difference between CBOs and NGOs. He explores how CBOs might help us expand the civil society space in the country.

Rahul Mukhopadhyay sets the context by providing a contemporary history of the civil society space in education.

In an interview with Samuhik Pahal, Hriday Kant Dewan discusses civil society as a space beyond the state and the market, and helps us unpack the many meanings of the term. He also identifies possible contours of a vibrant civil society, and what we have to do to foster one in India.