Interest groups are part and parcel of a functioning democracy. Discuss.
Read the snippets from the debates held in the Constituent Assembly. Identify the interest groups. Discuss what kind of interest groups exist in contemporary India. How do they function?
Create a’ phad’ or a scroll with your own mandate when standing for school election. (this could be done in small groups of 5, like a panchayat)
Have you heard of Bal Panchayats and Mazdoor Kissan Sanghathan? If not, find out and write a note about them in about 200 words.
The 73rd amendment has been monumental in bringing a voice to the people in the villages. Discuss.
Write an essay on the ways that the Indian Constitution touches peoples’ everyday life, drawing upon different examples.
