Tag: Bono

  • 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 of currency, and you have to spend it wisely.” That is, if you spend it at all. Yes, there are famous personalities who, like Bono, have aligned themselves to social causes – but are there enough of them,…

  • Danger Of Putting Social Sector On A Pedestal

    EARLIER this month, U2 lead singer and philanthropist Bono took a dig at the world of “impact investment”, to which he also belongs. He said “it was full of good people making bad deals” – a comment that highlighted the lack of real ways to measure a good deal, in this case in the social…