Subject(s): Social change -- Rural development -- NGO -- Voluntary organizations in India, swadhyaya- social change through spirituality, rural development through people's mobilization in Ralegan siddhi, contribution of NGOs to development- some issues and case study, participatory development in Adivasi villages- experiences of NIRID- 1979-1997, Sumangali seva ashram- contribution of a local NGO in urban Bangalore -- Empowering the poor through micro finance- SEWA bank, voluntary organizations professional agency or sub contractor, evolving accountability of voluntary organizations, future of voluntarism