Small Talk with Percy Ghaswala
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
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…
You Can Make Others’ Wishes Come True!
GLOBAL giving trends show that hope and empathy inspire most donors to give – and the holidays, including the end-of-year…
King of Kindness
NOVEMBER 20th was Universal Children’s Day, a day set aside by the United Nations to promote the welfare of children…
‘Our Grandparents Wouldn’t Use Toilets’
OUR Small Talk for this week is a tad different. We are celebrating ‘November For Kids’ at Small Change, focusing…
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…
Dharavi boys join beach clean-up wave
SPARKED by one man, Afroz Shah, and joined by thousands, Mumbai’s Versova beach clean-up – the largest in the world…
India’s Growing Sustainable Food Movement
SUSTAINABILITY. It’s a popular catchphrase these days in the development sector that now includes food and agriculture. But what does…
Small Talk with Neichute Doulo
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
5 Creative Fundraising Campaigns
INDIA’s tenth Daan Utsav just ended with tens of thousands of people celebrating the giving festival by donating their time,…
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…
Don’t Stare: Breast Is Best!
WHAT do you think when you see a woman feeding a child? Disgust, contempt, lustfulness? No? Then why does breastfeeding…
Small Talk with Manju Vyas
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
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…
A Fresh Look At What We Eat
IT was the autumn of 2004 when Canadian environmentalists Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon discovered a diet that would start a…
‘Bridge From Misery To Hope’
IN a country which is home to the largest number of illiterate adults in the world, the story of a…
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…
To Child Refugees, With Love
DESPITE the world having the most number of displaced people in history, migration is still a controversial topic. There are…
Bollywood Stars Are Turning Green
WE all love to read about what our favourite celebrities are up to, but it’s always nice to hear that…
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…
The Princess Of Charity
MEGHAN MARKLE, actress, philanthropist, activist, humanitarian, World Vision ambassador, UN Women’s advocate for political participation and leadership, now has another title:…