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Grassroutes: A New Model for Rural Tourism

Vishy KurugantiApril 06, 20116 mins

[Editor’s Note: Last week I had an engaging phone conversation with Inir Pinheiro, co-founder of Grassroutes, an innovative rural tourism social enterprise which aims to unveil the hidden India by…

The various connotations and implications of BOP (Bottom of Pyramid)

Vishy KurugantiMarch 31, 20113 mins

Pic: courtesy borderbuster.blogspot.com India has a formidable chunk of its population at the Bottom of Pyramid (BOP), the poorest socio-economic group. Ever since BoP was defined by Professors C.K…

Primer on Micro Financing Institutions (MFI)

Vishy KurugantiMarch 29, 20114 mins

When the idea for this blog was still in an early stage and I was socializing it with close friends, I was frequently asked about which “verticals” of social enterprises I’d be focusing on. My answers…

Why India needs to give more love to off-grid power

Vishy KurugantiMarch 21, 20112 mins

The vote garnering slogan for leading political parties in the 1960s and 1970s used to be roti, kapada, makaan (food, clothing, shelter). In the past decade or so, the slogan has been replaced with…

Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor: Who Gains, Who Loses, and Why?

Vishy KurugantiMarch 19, 20116 mins

As I researched the back story on Babajob, I learned that the main inspiration for Sean Blagsvedt (Babajob CEO) was a Duke University research study. The study [Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor: Who…

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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