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Researchers, action-oriented or not, can turn dangerous when they think of themselves as experts who are competent to design public policies on their own. Discussion, dialogue, and debate are essential to avoid this trap.
Sense and Solidarity
Jean Drèze
“We’re Prisoners of War,” Chacko said. “Our dreams have been doctored. We belong nowhere. We sail unanchored on troubled seas. We may never be allowed ashore. Our sorrows will never be sad enough. Our joys never happy enough. Our dreams never big enough. Our lives never important enough. To matter.”
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
Some of the best reports on poverty suffer from trying to dramatise it as an event. The real drama is in the process. In the causes.
Everybody Loves a Good Drought
P Sainath
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