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Why Bill Gates's Toilet of the Future might be too First Worldy

Why Bill Gates's Toilet of the Future might be too First Worldy

March 09, 20142 mins

Almost two years ago, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation declared Caltech as the winner of Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. Caltech’s Toilet of the Future (pic webpronews.com) A solar-powered toilet that…

Less Jugaad, More Real Innovation

Less Jugaad, More Real Innovation

June 10, 20134 mins

[Editor’s Note: The World Bank’s Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grants program that surfaces and funds innovative projects with high potential for development impact that are scalable…

House of Dignity: Mighty Madiath's Life Mission

House of Dignity: Mighty Madiath's Life Mission

March 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…

Decades after White Revolution Gujarat gearing up for Blue Revolution

Decades after White Revolution Gujarat gearing up for Blue Revolution

July 03, 20124 mins

All revolutions don’t have to be red in color. Milk is white and water is blue. – Old jungle saying [Editor’s Note: Meera Sanyal, CEO of RBS India who contested parliament elections in 2009 as an…

Ragpicker Chronicles: how a cooperative transformed their lives

Ragpicker Chronicles: how a cooperative transformed their lives

April 05, 20125 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on a unique urban cooperative organization – an evolution from a ‘Convention of 800 Ragpickers’ to a registered trade union and finally to its current…

Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)

Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)

April 05, 20122 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a 3-part series on a unique urban cooperative organization – an evolution from a ‘Convention of 800 Ragpickers’ to a registered trade union and finally to its…