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Grassroots Nation, is a series in which we deep dive into the life, work and guiding philosophies of some of the country’s most great leaders of social change.

The podcast is co-produced by Vaaka Media.

Part personal narrative, part oral history, each episode gives you, the listener, a chance to revisit watershed moments in India’s past through the eyes of the country’s social architects and find out how they were the catalyst for their life’s calling.

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Ananthapadmanabhan G : Change is a complex beast

In this episode of Grassroots Nation we hear from Dr Ravi Chopra is the founder Director of the People’s Science Institute in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Through his career he has helped establish several pioneering organisations in the social and development sector, from livelihoods, disability rights, human rights, water resources management and much more.

Dr Chopra is in conversation with Suchitra Shenoy, a non-fiction writer who has worked extensively in the social sector.

This conversation was recorded at the People’s Science Institute in Dehradun.

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Dr Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang: Pioneering rural healthcare in India

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Mari Thekaekara: I cannot bear it when people say they come to uplift someone

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Stan Thekaekera: How do you strategically plan to eliminate fear? (Part 2)

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Stan Thekaekera: How do you strategically plan to eliminate fear? (Part 1)

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Dr Darshan Shankar: Traditional knowledge has contemporary relevance

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Maja Daruwala: Prisons are the dumping ground for all the dysfunctions in the justice system

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