Introduction

Two years ago, I went to India for 6 weeks and maintained a blog (which shall go unnamed!). That was my first exploratory trip. Since then, I have learnt a lot more (or hope I have) about the issues that concern NGOs, co-operatives and people's movements in India. Some of the groups I will be visiting are:

• AID Bangalore
• Community Health Cell, Bangalore
• AID Chennai
  
• Volunteers from the TN Organic Farmers' network, including Revathi, an AID Saathi (work profiled here)
• Volunteers from ECCO (described here)
• Ritu Sogani's group in Uttaranchal
  
• Richa Singh and Sangtin in UP (profiled here)
  
• Vanangana and Madhavi Kuckreja (described here)
• Kalamandir in Jharkhand (described here)