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SPOTLIGHT AGENCIES
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A debate on India’s changing political landscape psaram42 - 30-JAN-2010
The debate was held at the Mount Carmel College basement auditorium on Friday the 29th Jan 2010, between 5:30 to 7:30 in the evening. This debate was organized by Janaagraha in collaboration with the Bangalore International center. |
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murali772 - 20-JAN-2010
The Supreme Court may have touted English as the flagbearer of knowledge economy but the role of the Queen's language as a "social leveller" is witnessing a renewed push for English education among weaker sections. |
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Training for BBMP corporatorship aspirants murali772 - 13-JAN-2010
Urban Research Centre (URC) is a registered society, a non-profit organization – action-researching on decentralization, governance, globalization and environment. Urban Research Centre (URC) is working in the Coastal cities, Mangalore and Udupi towns with Civil society, Corporators (elected representatives) and the Urban local governments on participatory governance. |
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Indian Society can not be happy till its governance is fixed, fast. psaram42 - 6-JAN-2010
“Gurcharan Das was the CEO of Procter & Gamble India and Vice President for Procter & Gamble Far East between 1985 and 1992. He was later Vice President and Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide. |
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DAKSH report on democracy and governance in Karnataka murali772 - 21-DEC-2009
DAKSH (a registered civil society organization committed to enhancing citizens’ engagement with issues of democracy, governance, and equity) undertook a review of democracy and governance in Karnataka, as a way for a citizen’s group to engage with the democratic structures and processes at a state level. |
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Interactive session with Dr Jaya Prakash Narayan, President, Lok Satta murali772 - 15-JUL-2009
Dr Jaya Prakash Narayan, quit IAS to get into social work. He founded the Lok Satta, initially as an NGO. |
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Notes on the meet with Mr Manivannan murali772 - 28-JUN-2009
About 15 prajagalu attended, including Mr Vasantkumar Mysoremath (who came all the way from Mysore), and Viswanath (the acknowledged water expert, aka zenrainman). |
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Using Social Media for Mobilisation murali772 - 18-JUN-2009
For some time now, blogs, facebook and other forms of social media have been used extensively for rallying people around an issue or a cause. However, what makes some of these campaigns more successful than others? Does the workability of social media for mobilisation depend on the manner in which information is designed and/or disseminated? |
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murali772 - 27-APR-2009
There is much talk about the urban middle class’s apathy and how they intentionally stayed away from the polling booths despite initiatives like Lead India and Jaago Re. But, actually, problem isn’t voters’ apathy - it's the flawed electoral system. |
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What is the reason for pathetic voting % in Bangalore south? E.R. Ramachandran - 27-APR-2009
What is the reason for abysmal voting pattern in Bangalore which must be rated from 'poor' to 'terrible'. Despite tremendous efforts on creating awareness on 'Need to vote' in both electronic and Print media, voters especially the urban middle and upper middle class , who complain' maximum 'on any issue ,have stayed away from exercising their right to vote. |