Participation in real meaning…
Participation in real meaning… Participation is a word nowadays popular not only in development sector but in corporate sector as well. Everyone is using it very easily but can’t assimilate or internalize it. Everyone means trainer, NGO workers, politicians, government high authorities etc. all are using this word ‘Participation’. What I learnt from our watershed classes of participation (From Ms. Shilpa Vasavada, Ms. Kirtida Vora), you can’t generalize the people by saying villagers (gramloko) or all the Gujaratis or all the Indians (deshvasiyo). It becomes very raw statement if we use it like this. Is it ambiguous? May be you can feel that way. If we address the people as villagers or community and generalize them then the only people who are already active and aware will participate in each activity if you want or not and if you inform them or not. For example in Gramsabha – We announced gramsabha by every means like by writing on walls, by beating drum, by announcing i