eCatalyst
A Quarterly e-newsletter by and for CCS graduates

May 2007



Editorial

Ideas ought to be shared, challenged and reworked. They cannot be left dangling – subject to the fate of government committees. Constructive ideas propel the society forward when they are turbocharged into action.  Take for example, CCS’ ongoing ‘School Choice Campaign’. It tries to convey the power of choice (currently denied by the government to many) by running pilot projects show casing the education voucher mechanism. 

Through eCatalyst as well, we bring to you each quarter a bouquet of ideas. And if it ever had its own essence- it would be inevitably be freedom of expression. Many of our contributors, who have been involved with CCS share how new ideas changed their lives. We hope you find that this issue exudes freshness and inspires you enough to challenge your existing paradigm.

We look forward to hearing from you- your opinions, essays, research papers or articles on pressing issues at ecatalyst@ccs.in

In Liberty,
Yavnika Khanna
Editor, eCatalyst

E-xpressions:

  1. Caught in a Moral Dilemma- Tanvi Sirari (LSS- Delhi, 2006 and Internship, 2006)
  2. Reverse Robinhood (Published in HT Mint)- Shruti Rajagopalan (LSS 2003, Internship 2003, AES 2005)

Citybeats:

  1. Report for ‘Friends of Freedom’ in Chandigarh
  2. The State of Delhi’s Subways- Shruti Jindal (Internship 2005)
  3. Report from LYSA, Katmandu – Prashant Narang (ISPP 2006)

Flashback:

  1. LSS Graduate-speak- Anurag Sinha And Medha Sachdev (LSS Delhi 2006 And ALCS 2006)
  2. Reflections of CCS Relationship Manager- Swati Chawla   

Three Cheers for…

  • Winner of Liberty and Life Competition: Madhumita Das (LSS 2006 Goa, ALCS 2006, Mumbai). Excerpt from winning essay available here

  • Krishna Pokharel(LACS 2006) won the 3rd prize at national seminar on ‘Feminist Intervention on Contemporary Arts, Culture and Literature’ in New Delhi.  Click here to read his paper

Blogs of Note:

http://indianeconomy.org :

Prashant Kothari, an entrepreneur and Arjun Swarup, a budding economist along with a string of contributors write about the mosaic that is India with a prism of policy and economics. The comprehensive blogroll hints at a growing readership and often the discussions that follow a post are a much more interesting read than the blog entry itself!

http://www.economist.com/debate/freeexchange/

Essential cyber- fodder for any ‘The Economist’ fan. Interesting info-nuggets from the Economist stable and ‘talk –backs’ from readers- it is ‘The Economist’ at its interactive best. Its ‘lightly moderated’ character should be taken in the spirit of self- regulation. 

To Look out for:

Last date for Submitting entries for Jeevika 2007 (South Asia Livelihood Documentary Competition) on 31, May 2007 :Click here for more details

Previous Issue of eCatalyst is available at: eCatalyst February 2007
Do mail us your submissions, queries or suggestions-ecatalyst@ccs.in