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...
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- May 29
- 4 min
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...
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- Mar 10
- 4 min
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...
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- Mar 1
- 7 min
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...
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- Aug 25, 2022
- 10 min
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,...
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- Jun 23, 2022
- 5 min
#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...
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- Jun 5, 2022
- 11 min
#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...
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- Jun 1, 2022
- 10 min
#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...
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
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.
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- Nov 19, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Art Of Asking For Money
This article first appeared in BusinessWorld on September 25, 2018 http://www.businessworld.in/article/The-Art-Of-Asking-For-Money-/25-09...
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