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green fields, with those farther away cut into neat plots, and blue skies with some clouds--gramdan

Half a century later, where does India’s Gramdan movement stand today?
Led by Vinoba Bhave, Gramdan, or collective land ownership by villages, emerged as a major social movement in the 1950s and ‘60s. While more than 3,000 gramdani villages exist even today, these communities face complex challenges.

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A group of three women facing a man and woman standing and writing in their notebooks-Monitoring and evaluation

It’s time to rethink MEL
Originally devised to help organisations reflect and learn from their work, monitoring, evaluation, and learning has been reduced to a reporting tool. How can this change?
a group of people sitting on a carpeted floor--participant data

Keeping participant data safe: What researchers can do
Social science research often involves collecting personal and sensitive information. Data de-identification is one key way researchers can protect participants’ privacy.
a group of women seated in a hall with their hands raised--Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)

Building sustainable FPOs: Lessons from India’s cooperatives
By early 2025, 10,000 FPOs had been set up in India under a central government scheme. But a focus on targets risks undermining what makes FPOs truly viable—community ownership, infrastructure, and capacity building.
A textile motif in shades of brown and that looks like a kaleidoscopic image-scale

Good intentions don’t scale, good systems do 
Scaling impact isn’t about doing more, it’s about enabling others. Here's how decentralised delivery and shared ownership can drive scale.
by Sudhir Subbaraman | 7 min read
A Nishi/ Hill-Miri tribesman wearing the traditional head-dress having a hornbill beak--Tani language

Shin-chan, borrowed words, and Tani language conservation
In Arunachal Pradesh, a young nonprofit’s journey highlights the importance of community collaboration and consent in language conservation.
by Luke Rimmo Lego | 7 min read
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