We have got dozens of queries about the age limit, which currently is 25. Firstly thanks a lot for taking time to write to us, tells us you care about the program and to us that means a world. We wanted to put forward why we had to make that choice.
There are some factors that depend on age and by picking young people under 25 we are trying to pick a homogeneous group. Some of the factors that we believe are dependent on age are:

Our selection of organizations and projects
Fellow’s expectations from the …

Firstly, wishing you a very happy new year. We have spent our new year eve in giving finishing touches to a brand new edition of Grassroutes fellowship. Many man hours have been put into redesigning and adding some new elements to the program. Grassroutes 2010 has some major modifications from previous editions. Notable being,

The duration of the program is extended to 30 days
It is an individual application instead of a team application

The application is up and the journey has begun. The handbook has details of the program at length. Please continue with …

There is something common to all the people who have brought about great change in the world. These are people
who question status-quo,
who dare to dream different,
who follow their passion irrespective of the support they got,
who have great energy to achieve their goal,
who are inquisitive to learn, experiment and experience.
This is ideal or natural state of youth and something most of us lose out on as we grow old and hence this is something I term as Youth Factor. I think that is what matters now, to preserve and nurture that …

We have put together a collection of best photos from 2009 road trips. This year 11 fellows, 3 teams travelled to 3 different places to discover stories of social change. Photos show the diversity of work, people and problems, but there is a singular message of hope and inspiration that speaks out.
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This song explains more or less the philosophy we believe in - helping everyone discover the changemaker in them, helping people find their cause.
As the song goes :
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we’d see the day when nobody died
Some times answers or solutions are just that simple. 

Two speakers that come to my mind when I think about the Grassroutes Day 0 2009  are Vishal Talreja (Dream A Dream) and C Sharada Prasad (Arghyam). They both had very different stories but they had something in common- they experienced something very powerful that made them do what they are doing today.
Sharada Prasad shared the story of his 92 day long road-trip across the country the water problems of India’s people. He spoke of water related issues, devastation it causes and the effect of corruption in our system on …

“We recently had the exciting opportunity to learn more about a really cool organization, one that is changing the lives of poor rural Indians by empowering young, educated Indians to make a difference.”- Social Earth
Social Earth published an article about Grassroutes after an interview with our team. Through the interview we spoke about our vision and contribution in the field of social entrepreneurship in India through Grassroutes. Here are a few interesting conversations from the interview:
“…Perhaps the most inspirational and noteworthy trait of Grassroutes is that is empowers young, educated …

Contemplating whether this should be our guide book for next edition of road-trips. What say?
(Via : suzywire )

The interviews with teams took longer than expected and Murphy kept showing his generosity towards our cause. We were just baffled at coincidence of events and the interview schedule. But thanks to our judges and teams we completed the interviews with a few days delay. The final selection was made and the three teams who will be part of Grassroutes 1.0 are:
Proactives
Sepia
Spokes
Congratulations to the teams. We have uploaded the mini-campaigns of all the teams that made it to the final. The mini-campaigns  module was one of the things we were …

Most people might mistake these ‘results’ for ‘Election-2009′ results! While the rest of the nation awaits to see the new Leaders of the country, we at Grassroutes are eagerly waiting to see the Leaders of the next generation.
We had six teams shortlisted for the final round. After a series of telephonic interviews, we are almost ready with the final list of teams that made it to ‘Grassroutes Fellowship Program’ - Summer Edition
We would like to recognize the efforts put in by all the teams who have applied for this program. …