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Ep 317: Rohini Nilekani Pays It Forward

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Is It Apathy or Faith in the State?

I think people have just kind of given up in a lot of areas and there's this inertia that prevails where they assume bad governance. I've witnessed firsthand the differences between an apathetic community and those that band together to create solutions for themselves. So it really depends on a bunch of things but I have definitely seen and that's been the 30-year journey of work is that when you are able to allow people to see that they can be part of a solution, it unleashes good collective action. We cannot sit back and consume good governance as I have been saying - paying taxes is not enough. You have to do more."

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