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Thoughts on philanthropy disruption

Vishy KurugantiMay 13, 20112 mins

World’s Top 2 Philanthropists posing a rare casual look (Pic: courtesy topnews.net.nz) Two panel discussions at Sankalp Forum 2011, both on impact investing, provided food for thought. One of them…

Selected Shorts from Sankalp Forum 2011 (Day 2)

Vishy KurugantiMay 10, 201110 mins

[Editor’s Note: The title of this post is a tribute to the popular NPR/PRI radio program Selected Shorts. This post is a sampling of of tweets that I found interesting on day#2. The list could have…

If I was looking for inspiration…I found it at Sankalp Forum

Vishy KurugantiMay 09, 20114 mins

Pic: courtesy newhottopics.blogspot.com When I was interviewing Sean Blagsvedt for this post, he casually asked if I was attending Sankalp Forum. “Say, what forum??” was my response. A subsequent…

Defining Social Entrepreneurship

Vishy KurugantiMay 04, 20115 mins

Pic: courtesy mccombs.utexas.edu The smart folks over at Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) have made a strong case for a rigorous definition of social entrepreneurship. They argue that social…

A monster in the making: the Babajob story

Vishy KurugantiApril 27, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last week, I drove down to Richmond Town, Bangalore to interview Sean Blagsvedt, Founder & CEO of Babajob. Babajob’s office is in the 3rd floor of an apartment-style commercial…

The Twentyfirst Century Kabuliwalas of India

Vishy KurugantiApril 19, 20114 mins

Pic: courtesy upperstall.com Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali poet, novelist, playwright, painter and musician) is renowned for so many works of art that it seems almost criminal to dwell on a personal…

Katuri's Question

Vishy KurugantiApril 07, 20112 mins

No! This is not the color scheme we picked. It’s almost a year since we purchased the Reva as our second car. The borderline-giddy post Hum do humare do…bina exhaust ke on my personal blog records…

The broad “canvas” for this blog

Vishy KurugantiMarch 15, 20113 mins

The tagline for this blog reads confluence of social startups & civil organizations in India. Before I outline what this blog will be about, it behooves one to define some relevant terms. At the risk…

Evolution of the Human Race

Vishy KurugantiMarch 11, 20112 mins

If you were to drop into a bookstore or a library looking for an Arthur C. Clarke book, you’d quickly be directed to the Science Fiction area. There is however one of his works that’s worthy of also…

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