What A Small Village In Arunachal Taught Me
By DEBABRATA SAHA —- MY journey started as a manager of a cellular firm. Precisely, my primary job was to…
Economic Growth vs Climate Security: We Can Have It All
By BRITT GOOSMAN & RICHIE AHUJA —- IF as a country you want to provide a healthy economy for your…
Poverty And The Apathetic Indian
By SANJANA PEGU | NEWSLAUNDRY —- THE Indian state currently recognises me as an NRI which, as any non mainland…
‘Our Only Assets Are These Hands And Legs’
By PURUSOTTAM THAKUR | PARI —- BHAGAULI Sahu walks from Shankardah village to Dhamtari town nearly every day, carrying two bundles…
Animal Rights: Legislation is Not Enough
THE world today recognises that animals are conscious living beings and feel much like we do. Globally, we see more…
How To Make Employee Volunteering Work
MOST companies, and especially those with significant CSR budgets, have dedicated time and resources to running employee volunteering programmes. Yet,…
What Standard Tests Don’t Tell Us About Learning
By NILESH NIMKAR —- THE brick kilns of Sonale were bustling with activity: children running around, indigenous technology being used, and…
Women On The Move: Fearless And Free
By ANCHITA GHATAK —- THE Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, recently announced that women could use state run public…
Of Limited Means But Unlimited Generosity
By Kushal Biswas —- WHEN it comes to giving and generosity, the first name that springs to my mind is…
Youth Employability…Beyond Job Placements
By PRIYA AGRAWAL —- LATA’s expression that day was a mix of delight, surprise, disbelief and pride. She had made…
Museums Can Teach Our Children Well
By TEJSHVI JAIN —- IN 2012, I was at the V&A London (the world’s largest museum for decorative arts and design)…
Social Sector’s Failure To Talk About Failure
By ROHINI NILEKANI —- A LOT of ink is spilled, and awards are bestowed celebrating the success of the social…
Sex, Death And Charity
By SARA ADHIKARI —- STRUNG together, these three words seem like an odd combination or, at best, click bait. But…
Taking Greenwash Route to Fix Plastic Crisis
By NIVEN REDDY —- THE issue with plastic is evident for everyone to see: it fills our streets and waterways…
Football: Game Changer On And Off The Pitch
AISHWARYA and Yuvraj are among the first team members of Shining Stars Football Club, a not for profit programme of…
How To Build Our Own Silicon Valley
By ABHIJIT BHADURI —- FROM 2010 to this year, venture capitalists invested $168billion in firms in the Bay Area which…
Fundraising Is Selfless – Just Do It!
By MICAH BRANAMAN SHARMA —- THE festive season is here once again! As families come together to celebrate a variety…
A Clean Wardrobe, a Cleaner Conscience
By KARUNA EZARA PARIKH —- THE first images of the Kerala floods I saw were not on the evening news…
Prometheus Unbound: Fire And Optimism In India
By CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA —- EVEN in the United States, a country that’s no stranger to monumental acts of philanthropy, Azim…
Goonj: Ordinary people, extraordinary power
THERE’S a recent image that will remain etched in our collective memory for a long time: 40,000 farmers from Nashik…
Privilege And Bias Affect Our Empathy: Alex Gabbay
By ALEX GABBAY —- IN 2001, I moved to Kathmandu to produce three films for UNICEF. Whilst making them I…
When Fundraisers Become Fun Raisers
AS a professional fundraiser in a previous life, we all strive for that ONE idea that will set our fundraisers…
Are We Oblivious To Caste Discrimination?
IF you think that caste bias is a thing of the past and India has moved into the 21st century…
Addressing Masculinity In India
By RENUKA MOTIHAR —- IN the early years of my career, I worked at CEDPA (now Centre for Catalyzing Change),…
More celebs need to be real-life heroes
By CHIRAG MALKANI —- BONO, the rockstar and activist, acknowledges the power of celebrity, saying: “It’s silly, but it’s a kind…