In Rajasthan’s Dholpur district, an inspiring initiative led by IAS officer Avahad Nivrutti Somnath is turning abstract constitutional ideals into everyday reality for over 50,000 schoolchildren. Through Bal Sansads (children’s parliaments), Constitution Clubs, debates and classroom reflections, students don’t just read the Preamble they live it. 

Key to this transformation has been reviving abandoned government buildings into village libraries, complete with solar power, toilets, digital tools and curated books. These are managed locally by teachers, retired principals, panchayat members and volunteers to ensure sustainability beyond leadership changes. Girls in particular benefit, now finding safe spaces to study; shy children find their voices in assemblies. 

The campaign uses a five-‘Sa’ framework — Soch, Samajh, Sankalp, Sakriya, Samavist — to spark curiosity, reflect, commit, act, and embed democratic values in school calendars, library SOPs and local governance. As Dholpur’s public spaces are transformed and classrooms energised, this project suggests that democracy in India need not remain theoretical, but alive in the voices and daily choices of its youngest citizens.