Social capital, panchayats and grassroots democracy / Sudha Pai -- Democracy and social capital in the central Himalayas / Niraja Gopal Jayal -- Social connectedness and the fragility of social capital / Bishnu N. Mohapatra -- Society and the realm of freedom / Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- Community and its margins / Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya -- Classes for the masses? / Manabi Majumdar -- Devolution, joint forest management, and the transformation of social capital / Nandini Sundar -- Making democracy perform / Peter Mayer -- Is social capital a meaningful and measurable concept at the Indian state level? / Renata Serra -- Social capital and protest movements / Ashok Swain.