Subject(s): Local government in India, Congresses -- Decentralization in government in India, Congresses -- Citizen participation -- Democracy and decentralisation -- Gandhi and decentralization -- Earth democracy, living democracy: rebuilding security in an age of insecurity -- Decentralisation and development -- Panchayati raj institutions and human right in India -- Decentralisation and its impact on health in India -- Local leadership -- Rural poverty, local democratic institutions, sustainable development in India under globalisation -- Employment -- People's participation in local governance -- Kallesseri: people's plan campaign -- Emergence of new institutions through participatory democracy -- Grama sabha, Creation of social capital in Kerala -- People's planning and Kerala's agriculture -- Local governance at work: dynamics and challenges -- Functioning of grama panchayats in Karnataka -- E-Governance at the grassroots -- Panchayats and Bureaucracy -- Women and political participation -- Party politics and functioning of panchayti raj institutions in an Tamil Nadu village -- Emerging paradigm of local governance -- Global capital -- Democratic institutions in the water sector of Kerala -- Irrigation management , Kerala community irrigation project -- Disaster management and role of local institutions -- Synergistic action for participatory development -- Paradigm shift in local governance: the synergy between state and non-state actors in Kerala