The need for democracy should ideally demonstrated at the college level. However, the realities in India have made more and more students turn away from seeking democracy and transparency from very early stage in their lives. Can anything be done to improve this? Along with the Liberal Youth Forum (LYF) in Delhi, we organised a one day seminar involving students from well-known educational institutions in Ahmedabad to explore what it would take for them to be involved more in the issues affecting them on their own campuses.