Tag: Education
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GiveAssured – Built with Integrity, Executed with Compassion
In one of my earlier jobs, when I raised an objection to something wrong being done, one of my colleagues had adviced, “If you want to advance in your career, you need to keep your middle-class values aside.” I tried to do it too but in the end, decided that those values are the principles…
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Be Kind, It’s Natural
By AARTI MADHUSUDAN —- IT was 42 degrees. The sun was beating down with a vengeance at 12 noon. I was late to pick up my son from his playgroup. He was a two and a half year old reluctant nursery goer. I couldn’t run any faster from the end of the road where all…
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Small Talk With Virendra ‘Sam’ Singh
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we get one leader to answer four quirky questions. This week we catch up with VIRENDRA ‘SAM’ SINGH, the founder of Pardada Pardadi…
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Small Talk With Shukla Bose
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we get one leader to answer our four quirky questions. This week we catch up with SHUKLA BOSE, the founder of the Parikrma…
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Small Talk With Kiran Bir Sethi
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we ask one leader to answer our four quirky questions. This week we catch up with KIRAN BIR SETHI, the founder of Design…
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What It Takes To Be A Mindful Giver
By CHAITHALI PISUPATI —- THE conventional list of basic needs of a human being is food, water, clothing and shelter and the lack of these means poverty, which seems simple enough to comprehend. I am often faced with a lot of questions regarding my work with underprivileged people. A common one that makes me very happy…
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One Small Spark
By Kelly Munro IN a tiny village on the outskirts of Mumbai, one organization is making a huge difference. For over 29 years Vidhayak Sansad has been working with the most neglected and abused people in Thane district, educating them on their rights and their freedom to fight back. Through their dedication to make a…
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Dreams of a Child
HEADING into Bihar, I wasn’t scared; I was anxious. Most people fear kidnapping, but seeing as I’ve been kidnapped before I felt my chances of survival were high. My concerns lay with visiting the Daudnagar Organisation for Rural Development, to make sure that our donations were being put to good use. I’ve traveled far and…