Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as 'of the people, for the people and by the people'. To make it a reality in a democratic society of twenty first century, planning should stand for not only 'of the people, for the people and by the people ; it must also be 'with the people'. Again in this age of globalization, advocacies like 'think globally act locally', necessitate a change in the perception of a planner to replace it with 'both think and act ...
