“To Choose Our Future”

“To Choose Our Future” is an attempt to summarise some of the lessons learnt by Development Alternatives from its 30-odd years of journey through India, analysing what went wrong in these transitions and how they can be put right for the future.  Its perspective is universal and its aim is …

Climate Change – Rural Resilient Livelihoods

‘Climate change is a matter of grave concern for all of us and TARAgram Yatra is one of its kind in the nation, that has addressed this issue both at grassroots and policy level. It has enabled people from different spheres, sectors and professional background to come on a common …

A Journey to Orchha/TARAgram Yatra

My Journey from New Delhi to Orchha in Madhya Pradesh was full of confusion, questions and challenges, which were completely leading me to an uncertain state of mind. However, my optimism of getting clarity soon yielded fruitful results, as I witnessed the finest practices of climate adaptation and sustainable livelihood …

Countdown to TARAgram Yatra 2014 – “To Choose Our Future”

“It is not the strongest who survive or the most intelligent; the one who can change with time is the one who would survive,” Charles Darwin, Origin of Species. To Change with time is one of the most important factor for the survival of species. Since the advent of industrial …

INNOVATION IN URBAN WATER SERVICES IN INDIA

India is a vast country with complexities that do not lend themselves to easy fixes or simple adaptations of what might work elsewhere. All aspects of development in urban India are constrained by the poor cumulative quality of its urban infrastructure. This is compounded by urbanization rates that are too …