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Synopsis The Delhi Handbook 2006 has been the result of enthusiasm and curiosity of yet another energetic group of students who have braved the reluctance and indifference of the government officials, cover vague and far-flung distances of office locations and talk to people who are affected by these offices. The Handbook would not have been possible without perseverance, dedication and zeal of these students. The students came from all academic backgrounds, architecture, science, economics, law, journalism, indicating the significant contributions that youth can make in raising pertinent questions about serious issues like governance. Susmita Pratihast provided the overall conceptualization, supervision and coordination of the whole project. She canvassed for student-researchers, inducted and trained them, and gave constant guidance and encouragement to help them through the ups and downs of this type of grassroots research. She herself conducted a significant proportion of primary research and wrote most of the chapters in the Handbook. Despite all these, she found the time to brainstorm policy reforms and compile the ubiquitous Top Ten Findings…Manjula Lal edited some of the chapters and made them more elegant. The support from the program team of CCS as well as office administration team of Joginder and Bhupinder made the process easier. The publication of the Handbook 2006 has been supported by John Templeton Foundation but the responsibility of the veracity of research and policy prescriptions lie solely with the authors. The Delhi Citizen Handbook 2006 is an effort towards igniting informed and participative citizenry.