India Banao!

India Banao! will provide online and offline opportunities for young people to get involved.  The India Banao! website includes the following features: video interviews and messages from prominent political leaders; community forums to post comments and conduct discussions on particular topics; blogs from well-known commentators on political, economic, and social issues; and a member directory.  The India Banao! online platform is available to all visitors, but several features (such as the ability to post comments and the member’s directory) are available only to registered members.  To our knowledge, India Banao! is the first public affairs oriented platform in India to take advantage of all the new social networking tools available on the Internet such as Facebook and Orkut.

The India Banao! initiative will be organizing events in various cities for young people.  During these events, young people will get a chance to interact directly with political leaders, hear their opinions, and ask questions.  Events will be organized in the townhall, panel discussion, and debate formats.