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02 June

Redirecting development: Some Lessons from 33rd Shodhyatra

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Redirecting development: Some Lessons from 33rd Shodhyatra Walking through the villages in Mahendragadh district, Haryana was very reassuring in certain aspects and bewildering in other. We did not come across even a single malnourished child...

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02 June

Beyond Gujarat model

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Beyond Gujarat Model There are many elements of gujarat model which haven't been studied enough. Gujaratis reached Africa much before British reached there. As Hirschman argued in a seminal paper on civilising influence of commerce, the...

africa, compromise, consensus, democracy, developemnt, dissent, entreprenurship, finance commission, frugal life, gujarat model, simple life, trade Leave a Comment

18 May

Ten things Modi can do to sustain enormous societal expectations:

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Ten things Modi can do to sustain enormous societal expectations: a) Champion Look East policy: visit USA after visiting China, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, S Korea, Ethiopia, Uganada, Kenya etc., President Mukherjee who triggered it earlier can...

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17 May

Time for change: an avalanche of expectations

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Time for change: an avalanche of expectations Never before so many people expected so much of change in such a little time. The election has given a clear verdict in favour of decisiveness, democracy and development....

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07 May

Third International Conference on Creativity and Innovations at Grassroots [ICCIG], January 19-22, 2015 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

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French Announcement Invitation for the Third International Conference on Creativity and Innovations at Grassroots [ICCIG], January 19-22, 2015 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Giving voice, visibility and velocity to creativity and innovative potential of common people...

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07 May

Ahmedabad Declaration issued on the concluding day of ICCIG 2, IIMA dec 2012: a plea for giving voice, visibility and value-add to the creativity and innovation at grassroots

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Ahmedabad Declaration Second International Conference on Creativity and Innovation at Grassroots December 2012, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India Grassroots innovations evolve in response to local problems but not always the ones faced by the innovators...

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04 May

an outstanding artist from keshod, gujarat and mobile phone inventors and a teacher who charges fine for absence, but no fees for presence

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met an outstanding sand artist using canvases for making sculptures and portraits G T Jhalawadia, at Keshod, Jungagadh district, thanks to arjun bhai innovator of fly ash and other brick making machines, we will have his...

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04 May

slaves and innovations –a good source

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http://louisproyect.org/2007/07/24/slavery-technical-innovation-and-the-sugar-plantation/ excerpted from above “Between 1760 and 1830, the Jamaican Legislature passed 49 bills granting patents for improved methods in sugar and rum production. Of these, 34 were for innovations in the infernal sugar crushing mills....

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28 April

Discourse, democracy and debate: Are we getting what we deserve?

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Discourse, democracy and debate: Are we getting what we deserve? The popular adage is that people get the government they deserve. I am not sure that the current tenor of the electoral discourse is either dignified...

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21 April

sristi: what does it stand for

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SRISTI SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions www.sristi.org), which means creation, was born in 1993, essentially to support the activities of the Honey Bee Network to recognize, respect and reward creativity...

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