Our Core Belifes
Democratic Sangha is committed to advancing a set of core beliefs for strengthening our Democracy. These beliefs shape our work.
- We believe that 3D's are very important for a healthy Democracy - Doubt, Debate and Dissent. These 3 D's ensure Integrity and Transparency in the system and ensure elected representative and political leaders put the public's best interest ahead of their own private interests.
- We believe that civic participation is the cornerstone of our democracy - people are able to exercise their political and civic rights and responsibilities freely Voters should vote in elections that are free and fair. They must have access to information to help them make informed Judgements.
- We believe that women participation is pivotal to driving change and strengthening our Democracy. Patriarchal norms need to be challenged and focus needs to be on social and economic empowerment of women.
- We believe strongly in the need to inspire and empoweryoung people to build an active democratic culture and foster a new generation of young Leaders who drive social change in their communities and beyond.
- We strongly believe in the need for Democracy to serve the needs of the poor and transform their Lives. Democracies today tend to cater to the interests of the rich and influential - ignoring the interests of the poor - this needs to be challenged.
Democratic Sangha is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, social reform organisation working to promote the principles of Democracy including Human Rights, Rule of Law, Women's Participation, Civic education and Social and Electoral Reforms. It is founded by Brahmachari Chaitanya, a student of renowned Indian social reformer and activist Swami Agnivesh who was awarded the Right Livelihood Award.
Democratic Sangha strengthens and defends democracy and challenges our political system to transform the lives of the poor, voiceless and the marginalised.
Founder Democratic Sangha

Today Chaitanya is a non-traditional novice monk and studies the Indian philosophy of Advaita Vedanta under the guidance of his Guru Swami Tattvavidanda Saraswati of the Arsha Vidya Sampradaya. He strongly believes that Spirituality ought to be social spirituality, actively transcending dogma and ritual in favour of proactive spirituality.
He has dedicated the last 15 years of his life towards service and activism, zealously fighting for the rights of the poor, tackling the most difficult subjects, including inequity in the Indian education system, the influence of money in elections, reservation for under privileged in private schools and the Right to education.