Voluntarism finds new ways to take India forward

I would like to imagine the voluntary sector in India as an ocean of creativity and endeavour across the vast spectrum of economic and social activity that touches the lives of nearly all Indians in one way or the other.

As a young boy in Lucknow, during the late 1950s and ’60s, I used to participate in ‘sports competitions’ organised by local Puja committees. I once even participated in the Ramlila organised by. . .