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In praise of slums. Or why millions of Indians choose to live in urban squalor

Vishy KurugantiAugust 23, 20122 mins

Took me longer to pick a ‘suitable’ slum picture than to write the post. (Pic: courtesy inhabitat.com) If you saw a provocative title like this on Twitter, you would click on it, right? I’m glad I did…

A look at LGT Venture Philanthropy's India Investments

Vishy KurugantiJuly 17, 20124 mins

Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein (aka “Prince Max”) – CEO of LGT since 2006 LGT Venture Philanthropy is the philanthropic / impact investor arm of Princely Family of Liechtenstein/LGT Group. LGT…

Master of Social Entrepreneurship from Deshpande Education Trust

Vishy KurugantiJuly 11, 20121 mins

The Deshpande Education Trust (DET) feels that it isn’t doing enough to further the cause of social entrepreneurship in India. I’m so glad they felt that way. A week ago, DET announced the launch of…

RTE a smoke screen for India's real education problems

Vishy KurugantiJuly 10, 20123 mins

Earlier today, I caught a tweet with the intriguing title RTE: The Unasked Question. Glad I clicked on it because the linked article (by Jaideep Prabhu) made for a very interesting read. Prabhu is a…

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…

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 #…

Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)

Vishy KurugantiApril 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…

PPP in Education and other Insights from Krupakar Manukonda

Vishy KurugantiApril 04, 20122 mins

Most schools in India DO NOT look like this! (Pic: courtesy dooneducation.com) Yesterday, just as I was getting off the Twitter grid, saw this tweet from Nitin Pai: https://twitter.com/#!/acorn/status…

The poster children of social enterprises in India

Vishy KurugantiMarch 22, 20121 mins

My first post on Firstpost was published earlier today. I’m creating this wrapper post — with the link — purely for the benefit of this blog’s 180+ email subscribers. Here is that link – The poster…

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…

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