India Today: The Missionary Zeal of An Autocratic Reformer - By Amarnath K. Menon For about a million Harijans and Tribals in rural Andhra Pradesh, he is almost god incarnate. Held in awe by the people, his portraits occupy pride of place in homes alongside Gods from the Hindu pantheon. If Pudhucode Kongot Sethu Madhavan, the 47-year-old founder of Action for ...Read more
THE WEEK:Man of The Year - “Man who made the meek AWARE” By G.S. Radha Krishna Neither the comforts of a wealthy home, a rewarding good job nor the spiritual solitude of the Himalayas could hold the restless spirit of P.K.S. Madhavan. Unsure of his niche in a world of suffering ... Read more
The Illustrated weekly of India:After the Dark Night, A New Awareness – Report by G S Reddy For years, the Harijans of Khammam district have been enslaved by arrack and an exploitative social system. AWARE, a voluntary organization set up last year, has alreadk helped break this stranglehold and lend a new dignity to their lives. But the powerful landlords, the arrack merchants and ....Read more
ANNUBHAV AWARE which is an acronym for Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment is an organization exclusively serving the tribals and socio-economically depressed groups in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh in India. AWARE is associated with 1,750 villages with a total population of...Read more
CAUSE LAWYERING Austin Sarat and Stuart Scheingold (Published in USA copied from internet in November 2009) AWARE: it is hard to imagine a group more intensely engaged in community organization than India’s AWARE. To call AWARE a “cause-layering” group may indeed be a misnomer, since most of its... Read more
AWARE AND MADHAVAN BY KUSHWANT SINGH As you drive from Charminar along the Srisailam highway, after passing Falaknuma palace and the mazhar of Pahari Baba on your right you come into the open country typical of the Hyderabad countryside: green undulating hills strewn with... Read more
PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO COMMUNITY HEALTH Introduction ‘Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes… we shall redeem our pledge. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes,... Read more
RURAL BANK WITH A DIFFERENCE The unique feature of this Bank is that loans are extended only to women deposit holders, while men can open accounts or withdraw money. These “Peoples’ Bank” is run by AWARE, ...Read more
AN IMPACT STUDY An Impact Study of AWARE’s Program Among Harijan, Girijan and Mixed Communities, now Independent from AWARE by Dr. F.Wills, Institute of Social Studies Advisory Service, The Hague, Dr. V.B. N. S. Madduri, Central University, Hyderabad, Dr. K.C. Alexander, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, Dr. Mrs. Neera K Sohoni, Stanford University, Stanford... Read more
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