Panna Lal Patel's Bio

My YES! Jams
2003 World Jam

Org: Shikshantar
Location: Post Bedla, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Website

Bio:

Panna Lal Patel, a life-time resident of Udaipur, is a learning activist with Shikshantar Andolan (www.swaraj.org/shikshantar). Shikshantar seeks to radically transform education and questions the premise of development: its systems and institutions. Panna Lal works to uncover the hidden wisdom, the soulful relationships, and the deep understanding embedded in the local language of Mewari. To date, he has helped publish 3 books (covering people�s stories and local tradition work) and 14 newsletters in Mewari. These publications have been shared with nearly 2,000 families in 120 villages, as well as with other communities working to regenerate their local languages. Panna Lal also enjoys organic farming and animal husbandry, practices which he actively supports in his local communities.

"The Jam gives us energy and inspiration, and we are able to become an inspiration for other youth. I found more energy to go more fully in depth into work, with more heart and more commitment."