People’s Forum Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS) is coming up with a quarterly magazine named “People’s Forum” which shall primarily be in English though there shall also be some Articles in Hindi. The online version of the magazine shall also be there. We plan to bring the first issue of the magazine in October 2010 after which it shall be regularly published in every three months, in the beginning of January, April, July and October. As the name suggests, the magazine shall be a forum for all of us to present our views, opinions, perspectives and ideas about the world around us and the possible means and methodology to make a feasible and suitable mark in our own little ways. We know that today a very large number of right-thinking people are working all over the globe on so many issues, concepts, problems and projects with a seriousness and sincerity that is truly awesome. Some of us are working on Human Rights, others on women related issues, some on electoral reforms, and some about environmental issue. We also have people, groups and organizations working on political problems, social dilemmas, economic matters, health issues and cultural changes. Many other issues and thoughts are being discussed, looked into and being sorted out by us. The magazine wants to target exactly these issues and these efforts. We want to act as a forum where the common person’s perspective and voice can find one more place to articulate itself. Many efforts are already been done in this direction. We want to be one more helping hand to all such endeavors. In short, “People’s Forum” would be a forum of the people, for the people and by the people. We don’t specifically align ourselves to any particular ideology but would definitely like to state that we would be having a pro-people and pro-poor stance, whatever that might mean. The ambit of the magazine would be wide and would cover everything with which the people at large are directly related with. But we would like this magazine to be taken more as “serious” and “purposeful” reading and hence would strictly avoid playful, frivolous and run-of-the mill articles. We hope to get all your help, support and love for this effort directed exactly towards each one of us. With regards, Yours, Dr Nutan Thakur, Editor, People’s Forum, Lucknow India # 94155-34525 [email protected]
