Yaari, Bhaigiri, Duniyadari
This is a reference book about juvenile crime in Pune city; the emphasis is on discouraging youth from indulging in criminal activities.
Salient features
Authentic sourcing: Accounts of people, including criminals, their relatives, children from the targeted group of this project, police, advocates, former judges, counsellors helped us in gauging the scope and scale of the book.
Focussed approach: (a) To prevent the youth from becoming susceptible to criminal influences, (b) to make the society aware of the reality, and (c) to help the authorities implement realistic preventive measures.
ThankUBappa
This is the first-ever documentation of all social activities carried out by the Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Sarvajanik Ganapati Trust.
Salient features
Social interaction: Interviewed more than 80 people comprising Trust office- bearers, well-wishers and supporters, conceptualizers of various activities, executors of the activities, and beneficiaries.
Multi-utility content: This documentation exercise has resulted in single point aggregation of all Trust activities to date. This content was later utilized for the Trust’s website also.
Gondvanacha Saangava
This book has attempted to understand the situation in Gadchiroli by taking into account the experiences and observations of different people, authorities and agencies associated with the district.
Salient features
The authenticity of narration: There were limitations in getting to know about Gadchiroli district and the Naxal problem, so the book has relied mostly on views expressed by those involved with the subject and in their own words.
Profile of people interviewed: We interviewed as many representatives from a cross-section of society as possible and avoided cluttering the book with chaotic information.
Badalta Maharashtra, Badalte Pune
(Girish Bapat, the then Cabinet MInister, Government of Maharashtra and Guardian Minister of Pune / 2019)
SUYASH: A Silent Agri-revolution
Suyash Charitable Trust is a Pune-based NGO, working in the field of empowering tribals in India by increasing their farm income. This docu-book is an encapsulation of Suyash's work.
Salient features
Field visits: We visited the areas where "Suyash" has been working with the tribals for many years and talked to the farmers and their families to know about their lives.
Reference gathering: A large amount of reading material about the concept, the purpose, and area of work of the Trust, including the Trust's publications and news items and articles, helped us to understand their work better.