A traditional water manager's prime duty is equitable water distribution and resolution of disputes. Their decisions are binding

Of India's 18 major rivers, 17 are inter state. In all cases, the water is intensely fought over. In all cases, there seems no resolution. In such a situation, can modern India take a page or two out of the traditional water manager's unwritten manual on

Gyani Baba wise saint, literarily , a seven feet tall puppet with handle moustache, is up for a big task in Rajasthan s Ajmer district. He is teaching the importance of good governance and asking people to fight drought. Immensely popular, Gyani Baba has

Leaves tribals power starved

Anna Hazare s relentless crusade leads to ordinance granting more powers to the gram sabha in Maharashtra

More power for villages and people will ensure better governance and less corruption

Proposed change in land law may cause inter village disputes

Heads of panchayats arrived in the Capital to demand the power to effectively run the traditional self government

Consolidating grassroots democracy a strident demand by the people

Uttaranchal village resists, and succeeds in stalling, resumption of mining activity

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