Tag Archives: Gandhi

[TCI TidBits]:Gandhi’s comments + ITC + Postal Life Insurance

By Santhosh Ramdoss | Published: June 10, 2009

Your daily dose of the headlines

How Gandhi would write a blog comment. [If you aspire to be a good commenter - read this post!]
Sanjeev Sanyal: Small-town India holds the key [Lets not

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Posted in ALL POSTS, Primary | Also tagged economic development, India, ITC, microinsurance, Post, Postal Life Insurance, Small Towns, Tidbits | Leave a comment

NYT Profiles Ela Bhatt and SEWA

By Vinay Ganti | Published: March 7, 2009

The New York Times carried a Saturday profile of Ela Bhatt and the remarkable organization she founded thirty-five years ago, SEWA. Here is an excerpt:

Mrs. Bhatt’s Gandhian approach is most evident in the way she lives. Her two-bedroom

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Gandhian, Grassroots Initiatives, Health, NYTimes, RAND, SEWA, Women's Rights | 2 Comments

Right to Livelihood Award Goes to Land Redistribution Efforts

By Shital Shah | Published: October 5, 2008

The 2008 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, was awarded this year to recipients in Germany, Somalia, and India. Krishnammal Jagannathan and Sankaralingam Jagannathan of LAFTI (Land for Tillers’ Freedom) won the…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged 21st century, Alternative Nobel Prize, Awards, Basic Rights, Bhoodan, corporations, Dalit, Dalits, Gandhian, Germany, Grassroots Initiatives, Krishnammal Jagannathan, Land for Tillers' Freedom, land redistribution, Livelihood, NGOs and Non-profits, prize, Right Livelihood Award, Sankaralingam Jagannathan, Vinoba Bhave | Leave a comment

Spinning Electricity With An E-Charkha

By Shital Shah | Published: August 16, 2008

Followers of Mahatma Gandhi are familiar with the charkha, a spinning wheel that produces a type of cotton known as khadi. A new twist on this old tool is that it can also be used to…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged charkha, cotton, electricity, Employment, Energy, Gandhian, Government, khadi, NGOs and Non-profits, Rural, self-reliance, The Hindu | 7 Comments

Sanitation on Wheels – All Aboard!

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: June 24, 2008

Earlier this month, I attended the inaugural ceremony of the “Nandini Mobile Van” at the Safai Vidyalaya (Environmental Sanitation Institute (ESI)), Sughad, an organization which is considered a pioneer in the sanitation sector, largely due to the principled and passionate…

Posted in Change-Agent | Also tagged Ahmedabad, Change-Agent, composting, Education, engineers, Environment, environmental sanitation institute, grassroots, Grassroots development, Grassroots Initiatives, Gujarat, Health, hygiene, ishwarbhai patel, leadership, Media, mobile van, nandini, NGOs and Non-profits, Policy, Rural, safai vidyalaya, Sanitation, sanitation on wheels, Social Entrepreneurship, Solar, Technology, toilets, travel, Volunteer | Leave a comment

The Talent Vacuum

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: May 9, 2008

Many of our prior posts have spoken to the urgent need to overhaul, or at the least, significantly revamp the education system in India, as evidenced by the massive rise in demand for both primary and higher education institutions…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Atan, Atanu Dey, corporations, deesha, deeshaa.org, Economist, Education, Effectiveness, engineering, engineers, Government, higher education, HUL, IIT, IITs, Incentives, infrastructure, Jobs, NASSCOM, New Delhi, Policy, Pratham, rahul gandhi, reservations, Rural, shortage, Singh, skills deficit, TIDE, Universities, VAMP, workforce | Leave a comment

Entrepreneurship Encouraged by the Government

By Shital Shah | Published: May 2, 2008

iGovernment reports that the Indian government is encouraging the growth of entrepreneurship in several different ways, from public private partnerships to employment generation programs. In its Eleventh Plan, macro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) clusters will be promoted.…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Artisans, eleventh five year plan, Eleventh Plan, Employment, employment generation, Entrepreneurship, Government, iGovernment, Indian government, infrastructure, khadi, MSME, partnerships, Public Private, public private partnership, SKS, SMEs, Universities | Leave a comment

Civil Disobedience Comes to Life in Traffic-Infested Bombay

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: May 1, 2008

Those of us who have lived in an urban area in India know how traumatizing (and potentially life-threatening) the pedestrian’s experience can be. Horns blaring, buses hurtling towards intersections at breakneck speed, motorcycles weaving in and out of traffic, ineffectual…

Posted in Change-Agent | Also tagged Ahmedabad, Bombay, cars, Change-Agent, civil disobedience, construction, English, Entrepreneurship, Government, grassroots, Grassroots Initiatives, Gujarat, Hindi, Indicorps, ISB, khadi, krishnaraj rao, languages, Mumbai, npr, PATH, pedestrian satyagraha, pipe, rains, rights, sahasi padayatri, satyagraha, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, traffic, waste, waste management, waste management system | Leave a comment

Midday Newsfeed

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: March 29, 2008

Weekend headlines for your leisurely perusal:

Inflation rates in India rose to a 13 month high of 6.7% for the week ending on March 15th. Economists predict a sharp rise in prices of food and energy following. In response, Congress

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged advertising, Agriculture, cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA), CCEA, Center for monitoring climate change, Chennai, climate change, Conference, construction, Economist, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance/Credit, funding for rural minority districts, Government, Health, HUL, iGovernment, Inflation, inflation rates, infrastructure, integrated child development services, Monitor, multi-sectoral development programme, NYTimes, Policy, public restrooms for profit, rahul gandhi, rice exports, rising domestic prices, Rural, Tamil Nadu, Technology, toilets, tractor, Trade, VAMP | Leave a comment

Midday Newsfeed

By Vinay Ganti | Published: March 26, 2008

How long does it take to discuss a deal involving nuclear technology? Apparently for US President Bush and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee just a little longer than an episode of Khanna Khazana.
Protests against

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Agriculture, Basic Rights, China, debt, debtors, e-governance, Education, Energy, Environment, Governance, Government, HUL, literacy, national mineral policy, nuclear power, OneWorld, Policy, PPP, Pranab Mukherjee, President Bush, Puducherry, rahul gandhi, ranking, RBI, Technology, Tibet, Utkal Alumina International Limited, youth | Leave a comment

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