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House of Dignity: Mighty Madiath's Life Mission

Vishy KurugantiMarch 25, 20132 mins

Pic courtesy meerasanyal.wordpress.com Gram Vikas (GV) is my favorite Orissa organization. Heck, if I ever curated a Top 5 pan-India list, it would probably be in it. When I asked Bangalore’s…

The Last 500 Feet

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20138 mins

[Editor’s Note: Paul Polak, social entrepreneur and author of Out of Poverty, wrote this highly informative narrative of the problems (and some proposed solutions) in the rural transportation area…

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…

Health Insights from Banerjee Duflo's Poor Economics

Vishy KurugantiAugust 03, 20113 mins

Joe Madiath, Founder of Gram Vikas (Pic: courtesy socialprotectioncommunity.in) This is Part 3 of our series of insights from Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics – culled from Chapter…

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…

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