http://www.nextindia.org Citizens' blog to promote transparency and accountability in Indian governance Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:03:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are an Indian, with your mother’s blood, tolerance is fed through your umbilical cord. Our 4500 years old history had witnessed administrative rules of many empires; that figure can outnumber the words written to justify the significance of Jerusalem. In all these years India ... http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2011/09/01/hey-ram-the-death-of-our-gandhi/ PRS has put together a resource page on the Lok Pal Bill (pl see http://bit.ly/rpCis2 ) The page contains all previous Lok Pal Bills that were introduced in Parliament, Standing Committee reports on the Bill, state Lok Ayukta Acts, the two current versions of the Bill, and some context, data, ... http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2011/07/08/lokpal-bill-resource-page/ Business standard has an interesting article co-authored by Praveen around the achilles heel of democracy - an informed voter. The Myth of the Astute VoterView more presentations from Alok Mittal. http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2011/05/23/the-myth-of-the-astute-voter/ Nisha has won her election for MCG Ward 30. Congratulations to her, and everyone who supported this dream of an "outsider" making a mark. Time to deliver! (more on http://www.nishasingh.in/) Nisha's victory was a revelation to me personally in many senses. The rural turnout of 92% versus urban under 50%; the ... http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2011/05/21/gurgaon-councillor-elections-nisha-wins/ Now that the hunger fast is done and over with, it might be useful for some of us to gain a better understanding of what the bill actually is, and what the struggle was for! PRS has put together a concise note on the same, here it is. http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2011/04/11/issue-brief-on-lokpal-bill/ Councillor Elections have been brewing for some time, finally on the table. If people on this list have suggestions on candidates who can bring integrity to the office, please do share. I wanted to share Nisha Singh from Ward 30 - have known her for many years, and she has ... http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2010/11/18/gurgaon-councillor-elections/ Politics anywhere is fiercely competitive. As we have seen over these past few days, it appears to be especially so in Karnataka! But the competition in our politics is a raw quest for power. And we all know there is something fundamentally wrong with this. What if we ... http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2010/10/19/constituency-level-education-data/ hi, Here is link to a short presentation supporting my talk at TEDx at Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University in Kakinada (A.P.) (JNTUK). The event was themed Awakening Young India and my talk was titled India's Second Freedom Struggle - Removing Corruption from Politics http://www.slideshare.net/dipinder/indias-second-freedom-struggle-removing-corruption-from-politics Comments welcome! http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2010/08/27/indias-second-freedom-struggle-removing-corruption-from-politics/ BASIC INFORMATION Title: Operations Coordinator, Bangalore, India Position Type: Contractor for – 1 year with possibility of extensions Begins July/August 2010 Location: Bangalore, India ABOUT VIDYA Vidya is a not-for-profit foundation established in Chicago, IL to bring educational scholarships to underprivileged children throughout India. Vidya has three primary areas of focus: Connecting sponsors with students in need ... http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2010/08/26/job-req-operations-coordinator-with-vidya-bangalore/ PRS is initiating a Legislative Assistants for MPs Programme, providing an opportunity for young people to work directly with MPs.  The ten-month programme seeks highly-motivated, bright graduates, who will be trained to provide research inputs to MPs to help them fulfill their parliamentary and legislative duties. Deadline for applications is Wednesday, ... http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2010/06/09/legislative-assistants-for-mps-programme/