I, the Citizen: Unraveling the Power of Citizen Engagement

Balasubramaniam takes the reader through interpretations of development initiatives at the grassroots and what good governance means to ordinary people. He unravels the power of citizen engagement through his experiences of leading civil society campaigns against corruption and towards strengthening democratic participation of people. I, the Citizen is an attempt to understand citizen development and engagement. R. The last section of the book provides glimpses into milestones of a development movement, which Balu founded and led, milestones that are responsible for a continued faith in citizen engagement despite the hinde

Balasubramaniam (Balu) is a development activist, public policy advocate, and a physician by training.. Dr. R

R. Balasubramaniam (Balu) is a development activist, public policy advocate, and a physician by training.. About the AuthorDr

"His ideas of poverty and his personal struggle to understand from the experiences of poor indeed sheds more light on how to work" according to Arun Karpur. Dr. Balu's developmental perspective is grounded in the values held by the people he served as a clinician, and social change advocate. I have had a privilege of knowing Dr. Balu's work for some time and I know it is difficulty for any one to have summed up experiences in form of a coherent book. This book is not only well written, but also thought provoking to all who are interested in issues of social development and poverty elimination. His ideas of poverty and his personal struggle to understand from the experiences of poor indeed sheds more light on how to work with people, in