Seed of change in Kinnaur (Approach to Address Community Problems through Community Participation)

Seed of change in Kinnaur (Approach to Address Community Problems through Community Participation)


Fragile Kinnaur District and its People have seen major economic and social progress in early twenty first century. The development of Kinnaur community as a whole in terms of economic and social development has been relatively at par with each other.
Positive aspects of this development can be seen in household economic sustainability over the years of accumulation of wealth and resources shared by community.
Thus, one can be assured of no one being victim of basic needs deprivation, which is byproduct of government’s schemes launched post independence era for the welfare of tribal people in India. District Kinnaur major source of income is horticulture & Agriculture and there is almost negligible economic value of small scale industries in here.
We have to admit that we the people of Kinnaur are indifferent to an organized development on any issue.
The three major geographical division is not only divided on the lines of administration but much by the cultural pattern, which has adversely somehow seen in their feelings toward each other, in spite, of being latent.
The action groups in recent times over the issue of hydro-power project settlements in Kinnaur has been a major failure for poor planning and organization and much of confusion among educated people.
The time has come to enrich our selves with knowledge and more unified action from the community itself to address or lest we become pray to nationalism. The history of land in Kinnaur has itself witnessed such oppression from state but lesson was not learned, other than blame game that took place post Pragramang .
In Modern era of communication technology we have certainly formed the groups out of economic / social/political necessity, which needs to be called upon to identify the issues by objectively studying history and present status of people in district and work on planning and building unanimous representation of needs and problems of community through community itself.

Note: My dear friends, this draft needs citations and improvement in terms of historical events, Ideologies and Groups and Community in District Kinnaur. Opinions and suggestions from all the community members “Kinnaur” are invited for further development on the work.