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Knowledge

Read to gather knowledge. This is a blog mostly about stuff I have learnt.

Role Models for Gender Parity

In the week that the women’s reservation bill was passed in parliament, I read a book called “Heroines” by Ira Mukhoty (published in...

The Opposite Of Reservation Is Not Merit

I had just finished my post graduation degree when the then Prime Minister, Mr VP Singh, implemented the Mandal Commission report. Like...

We Need To Rethink The Ethics of Debt

A few months ago, I heard an economist argue that we need to change the way we think of debt. I didn’t think much of it right then, but...

Management For A Sustainable World

Capitalism has let us down. In the second decade of the twenty first century, the world realised that capitalism was destroying the...

Will This Be the DNA Century?

Around two decades ago, I read a book called The Cosmic Serpent. It is a fascinating book written by an anthropologist, Jeremy Narby,...

#TIL - How To Be a Stoic

Remember the play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare? People of my generation who studied in ICSE schools, will have swotted over it...

#TIL - The Power Of An Inquisitive Mind

Where did I come from? From Mummy’s tummy. Where did Mummy come from? And her Mummy? Where did the first human come from? The first...

#TIL - Bandra Says Hello World

Bandra has grown from a little fishing village in the 1530s to a suburb with one million people today. More importantly, it is the third...

How Do You Reduce Drug Usage In Slums?

Drug addiction is a major problem in the slums of Mumbai. Children start at a young age and suffer huge consequences because of it. An...

Introducing Don’t Beg. Inspire.

Here is a video introduction to my book, that I did for a meeting that Samhita was having. It serves as a general introduction too.

The Best Books On Behaviour Change

Behaviour Change is one of the hot topics of this century. Ever since Daniel Kahneman won a Noble Prize in 2002, there have been a lot of...

A Snakes and Ladders Approach to Social Change

#ISDMMasterclass ~ To create lasting social change, we need to deeply understand the stakeholders with whom we seek to work. The video...