http://grassroutes.in Road-trips for Social Change Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:18:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://grassroutes.in/2010/01/28/25-aint-old-we-agree/ 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 ... http://grassroutes.in/2010/01/04/grassroutes-2010/ 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 ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/12/14/what-matters-most/ 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 ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/11/15/photosbest-of-2009/ Despite the fact that pine forests are very pretty, the truth is they are an ecological disaster.  During our meetings with the Kumaoni people, they were quite vehement about the nuisance these trees were.  Some wanted to set fire to the forests, the others cut them down, and a small ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/11/14/the-pine-problem/ 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 ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/10/31/if-everyone-cared/ On Sunday, after the others left for Rishikesh, I was chatting with a friend from college. He'd heard about Grassroutes (I'll find out how!) and was quite impressed with the opportunity the whole Grassroutes experience offered. Out of the blue he asked me if I was interested in a trip ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/08/11/108/ After the others left, I spent sometime wondering what to do. I needed to reach Aarohi, another NGO on the 1st of July, and I'd three days to kill. I thought I'd go to Almora, but our host Anandji said I'd like Kausani. I spent more than 2 nauseating hours in ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/08/11/kausani/ I was finally back from Calcutta ! The heat had taken its toll on me - throat infection,fever. So, the day started with me meeting these guys at the Baruipur station.This was my second field trip and I was visibly excited. I had missed on the other 2 because of ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/07/19/day-6/ After the absolutely fabulous program at Malay Mukherjee's place (more about this later) and having pissed off the fathers and nuns at Dashari (more about this later too), I woke up late to the sound of one of the nuns knocking at my door. She had kept breakfast for us ... http://grassroutes.in/2009/07/18/day5-umarpota-2/