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…
Small Talk With Ashif Shaikh
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
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…
Films to watch if you want to change the world
WANT to change the world but aren’t sure where to start? Get inspired by watching one of these documentaries: 1. The…
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…
The drama of social change
LIVE theatre has been a form of communication since ancient Greece and was a part of everything from festivals, religious rituals, academia,…
Small Talk With Kathy Walkling
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Is there a disconnect between donor giving and NGO needs?
AS a donor, do you have a preconceived notion of what your giving experience should look like? In today’s culture…
Small Talk With Maitreyee Kumar
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Be Kind, It’s Natural
By AARTI MADHUSUDAN —- IT was 42 degrees. The sun was beating down with a vengeance at 12 noon. I…
Small Talk With Nikita Gupta
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Working In Social Sector Similar To Parenting
By GAURAV SHAH —- WHILE there may be numerous ways of bringing up children out there in the world, there’s…
Small Talk With Poonam Bir Kasturi
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
A Realisation Of My Privilege
By WYONNA D’SOUZA —- WHEN I was in class 2, I remember breaking the shower while trying to fix it…
Can We Trust NGOs?
YOU might not have heard of this unusual form of measurement, but the Edelman Trust Barometer has been tracking trust…
Small Talk With Vishal Talreja
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Change Yourself, Change The World
By VENKAT KRISHNAN N —- I HAD an interesting conversation with a seasoned development professional some years back, as he held…
Giving Back On #GivingTuesdayIndia
By MICAH BRANAMAN SHARMA —- GROWING up in the US, the day after Thanksgiving is commonly known as Black Friday, the…
Acting On Empathy
THERE is a pervasive theory from people outside the development sector that those who work in nonprofits, charities, or field agencies…
Media Misses The Development Sector
THE 24-hour news cycle is our reality and newspapers now reflect that. When you open your paper or browser online…
Small Talk With Ajit Sivaram
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Working In The Impact Space: Three Under-Addressed Challenges
CHALLENGES. We all face them, regardless of where we work; however, they are more pronounced when it comes to the…
Got EQ? Here’s Why You’ll Be Valued In the Development Sector
EMOTIONAL Quotient: The magic ingredient that makes you a valuable addition to any organisation, especially in the impact sector. For years…