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This week in Indian Social Enterprise Jobs – Volume 2

Vishy KurugantiMay 07, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy myboxad.com A few months ago, I wrote Social Enterprise Jobs in India – Who’s Hiring – a first look at the social enterprise job landscape in India. Since then, I’ve been on the lookout…

Putting Bangalore’s Mayoral Election in Perspective

Vishy KurugantiApril 27, 20126 mins

Bangalore’s newly minted mayor (Venkatesh Murthy) and outgoing mayor (Sharadamma) - Pic courtesy thethindu.com [Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Namma Bengaluru Foundation‘s…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 10

Vishy KurugantiApril 25, 20121 mins

Before (and after Spotfix) at Bagmane Lake; 8547 cups cleared - 16 bags of 500 cups each + another 47 to top it off. It’s been a while since I did an Ugly Indian update. To be precise, three months…

(Meta) Refreshing Indian Government Websites – Occupy Movement Style

Vishy KurugantiApril 17, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy HasGeek.in It’s 2012 – eight years since Flickr showed the world how to design a pleasing, aesthetic and easy-to-use website. The new design patterns (popularly known as Web 2.0) were…

Firang Invasion of India’s Social Enterprise Ecosystem

Vishy KurugantiApril 13, 20123 mins

As you are reading this, an impassioned group of 500+ individuals from various walks of life would have descended upon Taj Land’s End, Mumbai for Sankalp Forum – India’s largest social enterprise…

3 Pictures, 1 Video and a Superpower Wannabe

Vishy KurugantiApril 07, 20121 mins

You can probably surmise what the 3 pictures are all about. Scroll down just a bit and any lingering doubts will be dispelled by the 10 second video. Picture #1 Picture #2 Picture #…

Undesign patterns of Koramangala's Street of Shame

Vishy KurugantiApril 03, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a series on Koramangala’s Street of Shame.] Ugly Spot #3 (open dump) on 1st Cross Rd, Koramangala 5th Block It’s been 16 days since I posted the last picture in this…

A Time to ISR!

Vishy KurugantiMarch 15, 20122 mins

ISR = Individual Social Responsibility V. Ravichandar, individual social responsibility practitioner extraordinaire I first heard this acronym when I met V. Ravichandar (“Ravi”) 6 months ago…

Returning to the Migration Meme

Vishy KurugantiMarch 09, 20123 mins

Pic: courtesy IndiaToday.in In the past week, three conversations with three different migrants in Bangalore (all working as security guards) reminded me why I need to devote more time (and blog space…

Koramangala's Street of Shame – Ugly Spot #3

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 27, 20123 mins

This is Part 2 of a series on Koramangala’s Street of Shame. Ugly Spot #3 is the unofficial open dump where the BBMP truck does its garbage pickup. It’s at the intersection of the road leading to…

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