# IndiaFOSS 2026 - Planning **URL:** \ **Category:** IndiaFOSS 2026\ **Created:** [15 January 2026 13:44 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/indiafoss-2026-planning/7055 "2026-01-15T13:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Badri\_Sunderarajan](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/badri_sunderarajan/32/3758_2.png) [@Badri\_Sunderarajan](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Badri_Sunderarajan)\ **Post date:** [18 April 2026 19:10 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/indiafoss-2026-planning/7055/13 "2026-04-18T19:10:35Z")
> [@ansh](#): > > How do we engage avg citizens to care about this? _Tap into the cultures_ to propagate FOSS. I’ve been mulling the idea of giving talks to the general public about “how to take control of your technology”. I feel people have a vague sense about things like “Instagram does not have my best interests in mind” or “Why does my phone running out of space every 2 years” but don’t have the power to do anything about it. Even if we just peel back the top layer and put in the idea of (for example) looking at _who_ is behind an app, rather than just going by looks and features, that could be a start to reclaiming control and making informed choices without having to dive too deep into technical details. I don’t know where such talks would fit in though—do we invite the “general public” (i.e. people not necessarily in tech/tech-adjacent fields) to some sessions of IndiaFOSS? Or maybe there are some non-tech-oriented events which we can plug in to and give a few general interest talks like this, like a FOSS outreach kind of thing? Just throwing in some ideas 💭 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/indiafoss-2026-planning/7055)._