When we stop the blame game and realise that we are responsible, we make the govt what it is TABU, Actor & iCONGO supporter in Indian Express for India empowered.

Reflections on the Gujarat massacre

by Harsh Mander Numbed with disgust and horror, I return from Gujarat ten days after the terror and massacre that convulsed the state.

The homelss of Delhi braving the cold wave.

An essay by Harsh Mander as appeared in Hindustan Times.ICONGO works with Aman Biradiri to get the Citizens of Delhi to reach out to the homeless.

By Saeed Akhtar Mirza

By Saeed Akhtar Mirza Film Director, Scriptwriter, Activist This is the parable of a man who was a politician, but who was, some people said, deep down really a poet and a statesman. He unfortunately belonged to a political party that was widely perceived as being narrow-minded, jingoistic and, as some would say, fascist.

When you have stolen my skin from my entity and removed the roar from my life O hunter wield that thunder stick with some grace some skill I too have hunted and killed many many times

Article by GV Dasarathi

G V Dasarathi is director of a software products development company This is what happened to me when I was born 46 years ago. I was born to Tamil speaking parents;

By Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards

Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead.

"In this page you will find essays, poems, news article, public service announcements, power points that will provoke a thought process and inspire you to lead the change . If you have any poems, essays, articles, powerpoints please feel free to share it with us by email and send it to jeroninio@icongo.inThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and we shall upload the same on our website"people know about the Shankaracharyas.

Even Aurangzeb Dare Not Touch The Shankaracharyas

by PC SAHAJWALA When I think of the Shankaracharyas, I many times wonder, who are these Shankaracharyas? I have heard about the caliph & the caliphate (though non-existent now). I have heard about the Roman Catholic Church & the Pope, but I wonder how many people know about the Shankaracharyas.

"Never walk into an environment and assume that you understand it better than the people who live there," - Kofi Annan (Ex. Secretary General of United Nation) To young people who want to know what they can do for the world, Annan offers this advice:

‘The poor know how to work hard, the intermediaries should just get out of the way’ A panel of young parliamentarians, business leaders and sportspersons debate the ways to empower India in India empwered by Indian Express.

India connected, India Empowered A billion people and perhaps as many problems. But we have the technology and the talent A P J Kalam, The President of India in India Empowered series by Indian Express.

Only when the suppressed and the exploited begin to assert their rights and empower themselves “I have finished writing my article but I want to go through it again. When do I have to send it to The Indian Express?’’ K R Narayanan asked his close aide and former press secretary S N Sahu on October 26. Told he had time, the former President, who graciously agreed to contribute to the India Empowered series in this newspaper, told Sahu: “Leave it on my table. I want to have another look.’’ Three days later, Narayanan was in hospital. And on Wednesday night, hours after his death, Sahu called up The Indian Express to say that the article was on its way. “Another look” would be now reserved for our readers. In the piece, Kocheril Raman Narayanan captures the India that he wanted to see all his life. In his death, his own words, therefore, ring as the most eloquent tribute.

Democracy’s hardware in place, we begin working on its software Arun Maira- Chairman Boston consulting Group and RIGHT every WRONG keynote speakers in India

The will, freedom to make unbiased choices, be it for change, leadership Ganesh Pyne- Painter on people leading change in India Empowered by Indian Express