Mission

THE SWARAJ FOUNDATION SEEKS TO PROMOTE NEW THINKING, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND UNLEARNING PROCESSES FOR SWARAJ-DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA BY: COLLECTING AND SYNTHESIZING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND MATERIALS ON DECOLONIZATION AND RE-IMAGINING EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ORGANIZING UNCONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS, CONCERNED COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT THINKER-PRACTITIONERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING EVOLVED THROUGHOUT SOUTH ASIA WHICH SEEK TO APPLY THE BEST RESEARCH AND INDIGENOUS WISDOM ABOUT UNSCHOOLING, LOCALIZATION, POST-ACTIVISM, DE-GROWTH, SLOWNESS, VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY, DEEP DEMOCRACY, ZAPATISMO, COUNTER-DEVELOPMENT, GIFT CULTURE, BIOMIMICRY, COMPLEXITY, ETC. TOWARDS RADICAL EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND COMMUNITY REGENERATION. SWARAJ LITERALLY MEANS SELF-RULE (AWARENESS OF THE SELF, MASTERY OF SELF, EXPANSION OF THE SELF AND HARMONY OF THE SELF).