Dear friends,
The Jansatyagraha Samvad Yatra
is now in Madhya Pradesh after having
covered more than 52,000 kms and 16 states. The Yatra team under the leadership of Rajagopal P.V has
come in contact with a number of people's struggles on issues related to land
and livelihood. In the process they have deepened their understanding of the levels of
deprivation and processes of excluding and marginalizing people from their
traditional sources of livelihood like land, water and forests.
The Yatra team is also observing
a general sense of disappointment and
depression with the current political system that is giving benefits of
development to a few and depriving the majority. We think the time has come for
us to think of a new political system that is based Mahatma Gandhi's ‘Hind Swaraj’.
We had the opportunity to discuss with Acharya Sachidananda Bharathi
(Founder of Dharma Bharathi Mission & Dharma Rajya Vedi) at Nagpur an alternative
political culture that he calls ‘Enlightened National Politics’(ENP). He has
spent considerable time developing it conceptually. He also spent few days with
the Jansatyagraha Samvad Yatra (Kanyakumari,
Dharmavaram, Nagpur & Bihar) to
deepen his understanding of grassroots reality.
We think some of us need to get together to discuss and build upon ‘Enlightened
National Politics’ to develop a collective vision for the new political system
and evolve some strategies to move from concept to implementation. With this in
mind, we are organizing a 2-day National Consultation with a select group of
people at Haridwar on August 17th and 18th .
With warm regards,
Rajagopal
P.V
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