CACIM

Co-organising a major series of seminars at the University of Delhi, collectively titled the Open Space Seminar Series and with the theme ‘Are Other Worlds Possible ? The World Social Forum and Cultures of Politics’; towards a more critical engagement in India with the World Social Forum process in the run-up to the...

‘Meeting of Minds’ meeting in Bangalore, India (co-organised by Jai Sen, now of CACIM; Leo Saldanha of ESG, Bangalore, and CACIM associate; Siddhartha of Fireflies, Bangalore; and Sundar Chaterji, Chennai, CACIM associate)...

Finalisation and circulation of ‘Building Bridges’, a concept note by CA member Jai Sen, with proposals towards building bridges between India and Brazil. Brazilian translation in Portuguese then became available in September 2003, titled ‘Construindo Pontes : Uma Nota para discussão; segundo rascunho, para comentários....

Organisation of an exploratory ‘meeting of minds’ about the World Social Forum, at the Fireflies Ashram, near Bangalore, India, on April 14-16 2003. Co-organised by CA members Sundar Chatterjee, Leo Saldanha, and Jai Sen, along with Siddhartha of Fireflies....

Authoring by Jai Sen of a major monograph critically reflecting on the experience of the first year of the World Social Forum in India....

Intensive attention by CA member Jai Sen and his team of assistants to the development, maturing, and testing of DIMS (Data & information Management System), an alternative, inclusive, user-friendly and culturally more sensitive system of documentation, especially suitable for movement-related documents and information....

Sustained contributions to a more open and public discussion of the process and politics of the constituent parts of the World Social Forum, within WSF India and the WSF International Council – towards making the WSF a more inclusive and open process. Through email and notes by CA members Sundar Chaterji,...

Authoring of two notes by CA member Jai Sen critically interrogating the proposal to hold the 2004 World Social Forum in India, and subsequent agreement to take part in the planning and building of ‘WSF India’, based on principles agreed upon in a preparatory meeting in New Delhi of three CA...

The preparation and circulation of some 24 issues of a newsletter named CRACL (‘Critical Action Common Letter’) among members of CA; the preparation and circulation of several discussion papers, proposals, and other documents; and extensive exchange among CA members around the documents circulated, including towards the formation of CACIM....