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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…

India's Social Enterprise Landscape – Findings from Intellecap Study

Vishy KurugantiApril 25, 20123 mins

Another day. Another PDF (this time a 66-pager). Where’s my ‘Executive Summary’ hat? Ah… there – I found it! At the recently concluded Sankalp Forum, Intellecap released a comprehensive study on India…

Why some blog posts have a longer gestation period

Vishy KurugantiApril 23, 20122 mins

[Editor’s Note: I couldn’t make up my mind on where to publish this post. Taking the easy way out by first publishing it on uLaaR and now here.] Pic: courtesy jamiecarie.com Years ago, during my days…

(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…

Hunger Alleviation Lessons from Belo Horizonte

Vishy KurugantiApril 12, 20123 mins

[Editor’s Note: (Sep 12, 2012): According to this Newslaundry editorial, Samar Halamkar (on whose column I based this post) might have indulged in plagiarism. Until I figure out what action I need to…

Five Reasons to be Excited about Sankalp Forum 2012

Vishy KurugantiApril 10, 20123 mins

At the outset I need to mention that I’ll be missing out on this year’s action at Sankalp Forum. Due to a last-minute personal situation, I had to cancel my plans. Instead of live-tweeting with gusto…

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 #…

Ragpicker Chronicles: how a cooperative transformed their lives

Vishy KurugantiApril 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…

This Week in Impact Investing

Vishy KurugantiApril 05, 20121 mins

Pic: courtesy giirs.org Aavishkar and Cisco Cisco announced that it will invest in Aavishkaar’s Aavishkar II fund – a Mauritius based US$120 million fund. The funding will be part of Cisco’s…

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