Civil Society space is shrinking all over the world. This is being done systematically by autocratic governments and condoned by the more powerful nations. High time that civil society take heed and fight the war on both fronts. My musings…
The uproar about NGOs getting foreign funds to lobby against nuclear plants and GMO crops is gaining momentum in India. Government is upset, the involved NGOs are being probed and intelligentsia is upset that this could signal shrinking space for dissent. A solution would be to raise funds in India to advocate policies? Are NGOs and donors ready for that?
How does a social development worker address the question”is what I am doing worth it?”
Dusk…. Any village in India……….Any day of the year……… One enters with the headlights of the jeep on…. droves of …
