Imbued with the desire to enhance citizen engagement and take it beyond mere voting, I launched a programme called ‘Making Democracy Work’ in Mysuru and Kodagu districts during the assembly elections last year. As part of this month-long campaign, a team of around 20 of us visited the homes of as many people as we could in the assembly constituencies of the two districts.
The campaign focused on getting people to constructively and actively engage in the process of electoral democracy. We asked people to get registered as voters, go out on election day and cast their. . .