Poor leap-frogging the rich?Vishy KurugantiApril 04, 20132 minsThe 1600 INR Pollinate lamp (Pic courtesy theatlanticcities.com) Just read an intriguing Mother Jones article on the adoption of solar power in India’s slums. The two solar startups profiled in the…
In praise of slums. Or why millions of Indians choose to live in urban squalorVishy KurugantiAugust 23, 20123 minsTook 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…
Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive TeamsVishy KurugantiJuly 02, 20124 minsAcare Institute 2012 – Students & Faculty (Pic: courtesy their Facebook page) [Editor’s Note: Last Friday I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 201…
The Invisible City Makers in BangaloreVishy KurugantiSeptember 14, 20115 mins*[Editor’s Note: When I was researching for this post on CSTEP, I came across an exhaustive 98-page report (authored in 2010) on the homeless in Bangalore. The research was done in collaboration with…