“Go to the people.
Live among them. Learn from them. Love them.
Serve them. Plan with them.
Start with what they know.
Build on what they have.”
Keeping the above principle in mind, THANNATCHI (i.e Self Governance), an organically evolved people’s movement with a slogan ‘Good governance in local government; Sustainable development in locality’, is seeking to transform local governments into a government where the common people govern themselves. We, who have been working for local self governments, gram sabhas and gram swaraj since 2017 under the name ‘Ullatchi Ungalatchi’, registered as a society called ‘Thannatchi‘ under the Tamil Nadu Society Registration Act-1975 in 2018 and are functioning as a vibrant movement comprising youths, women, social activists and panchayat representatives.
Our Thannatchi continues to resonate as the voice of the voiceless, with the principle of decentralization of power so that even the marginalized of marginalized citizens should have the power and information to participate in the public governance.
We welcome everyone who believe in deepening our democracy to join hands with us and make the people centric governance at all levels starting from the local. Feel free to call us.
