The Long and Winding Road

The Long and Winding Road
from Structural Change to Structural Transformation
A Backgrounder on NGOs and People's Movements
by Walter Mendoza and John D'Souza
Price: Rs. 250/- [English] Rs.150/- [Hindi] US $ 15 outside India Pages: 99 (Fulscap) Paperback Print 2002
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This book is written to bring to the reader the background of the key issues that concern NGOs and point to readings and references available at CED. This book is a part of a personal journey, an exploration, of what NGOs have been attempting to do during the past three to four decades

Also available in Hindi

Table of contents:

The struggle for Structural Change

The Widespread Assertion of Subaltern Identities

NGOs and Structural Change

People's Struggles

Non-Party Political Processes

Impact of the Structural Change Agenda

NGOs become a Sector

Is the Left Right?

Growth and Professionalism

What is Voluntary about NGOs?

The Many Paths Chosen

Where NGOs Fear to Tread

Growing Up Pains

Aid in the Time of Structural Adjustment

Livelihoods-Delivery Problems

Aid and Self Reliance

Delivery Systems of the NIneties

Delivery systems of the 2000s

At the Crossroads

The Need for a New Over-Arching Theory

Environment as if People mattered

Contribution of the Women's Movement

The Peace Movement

The Transformation Paradigm

Transformation of the NGO

Films

Rajni Bakshi on Social Business

Singing out of time

PAL, 26.22mins, Telugu with English subtitles.

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Highlights of the People's Tribunal on livelihoods and Climate Change (South India), 22 October 2010.

“I am the Drum” starts with the sudden floods in North Karnataka which is a semi-arid region, and the understanding of the people in terms of its causes and unpredictability of weather...

Veerabagupathy : A Community in Transition
Duration [English, 28 minutes]

A film showcases tsunami affected Veerabagupathy village in Kanyakumari District.

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Inayand Seyal Peduttal ("Net-working" Together )
Duration [TAMIL, 38 mins 7 secs, PAL-VCD-Colour]

This film tries to address few such concerns related to reconstruction of livelihoods of the...

Interviews

"Livelihood restoration of the fishing community after tsunami "
An interview with Fr. Thomas Kocherry

(Interviewed by Priya C Nair and Shruti Kulkarni in Thiruvananthapuram, 27 April 2006 )

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Livelihood restoration after tsunami and the market economy

An interview with V Vivekanandan, South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies(SIFFS)

Audio

Interview with R L Kumar, a philosopher, an architect with passion for the earth
Kumar reflects on his attempt to build houses differently. On a journey with Kumar where he explains how it all started-
    * The birth of Center for Vernacular Architecture
    * Housing Rights and Policies
    * Mainstream Architecture and Vernacular Architecture
    * On why he objects his style of architecture being called unconventional
    * On projects undertaken by CIEDS
    * Anecdote

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Interview with MR. Bablu Ganguly

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Interview with Dr R T Doshi
Dr R.T. Doshi experimented with an innovative package of workable farming practices that enables city dwellers to grow their own food on every available square inch of urban space, including terraces and balconies. Dr Doshi narrates his interesting journey into growing vegetables and fruits in the â€œDoshiâ€� way.

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