While NGOs have come to the fore following an increasing citizens' awareness of their rights, the state has tended to treat them with distrust and even hostility, seeking through legislative means to curb their activities and strike down their rights.
This has reference to AM's Calcutta Diary (February 24). It is surprising that AM's comments on the 'Gujarat Earthquake' dwell mainly on the disaster in Ahmedabad, paying less than lip-service to the devastation in Kutch, parts of north Gujarat and other areas.
