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Civil Society: The Biggest Pillar of Democracy

from Samuhik Pahal | Vol 3, Issue 2, page 21

Article from: Samuhik Pahal | Vol 3, Issue 2

Beyond the State and the Marke...

Author - Aastha Maggu

The state in India tends to claim the vanguard’s role in facilitating radical social change through legal and administrative means. However, it is often the various oppressed social groups fighting for their rights that have demonstrated to the state, and the society at large, that there is nothing sectional about fighting for one’s rights. That the struggles for the rights of each one of us, are about ensuring the rights of every one of us.

In this photo essay we try and tell the story of the India of a million mutinies, where claiming one’s human and constitutional rights often becomes a revolutionary act. The archival images of this piece narrate many collective efforts of people across India in the post-independence era, in fights for not only rights, but also for dignity and constitutional values, and for realizing the vision of a more humane society.

Bhoodan Movement