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16 June

A kurta without a stitch: 39th Shodhyatra

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A kurta without a stitch: 39th Shodhyatra Imagine wearing a kurta in which there is no stitch, it would be difficult for us to think of it. But, a weaver Karna Mehr had actually woven a...

grassroots inn, handloom, india, innovation, kurta, learning, odisha, policy, tradition, walk 2 Comments

19 July

Mr @NarayanMurthy complains too much!!!

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Mr @NarayanMurthy complains too much!!! Making money is good. Making a lot of money is even better. But while doing so, if one does not invent, develop new heuristics of compassion, collaboration, creativity and connectivity then...

breakthrough, iim, iisc, IIT, india, infosys, innovation, narayan murthy, techpedia 6 Comments

18 September

Why Indo-China cooperation is a historical necessity for the Global Good?

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Why Indo-China cooperation is a historical necessity for the Global Good? Why is China so keen to build durable, economic and political relations with India and vice versa is a question everybody is asking in both...

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16 September

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: building upon past mistakes

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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: building upon past mistakes An extremely appreciable focus on providing toilet in every school can be a game changing intervention for improving public sanitation and in directly for educational enrolment and retention, particularly...

adaptability, bharat, cleanliness, education, gandhi, india, learning, mistakes, public policy, sabarmati, sanitation, school, swachh, toilet, uniform design, water 1 Comment

30 July

scaling up grassroots innovation to millions: China Innovation Network, partner of HBN at TUFE shows the way

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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=648945252 just returned from china, met some very interesting example of partnership between informal sector grassroots innovator like liu (who failed three times in scaling up his innovations, or maturing them)...

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29 July

BRICS by Bricks: need for new values and ethos for BRICS development bank

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BRICS by brick: An emerging new pole in the world Recent agreement, among BRICS nations [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] to develop a new development finance institution is a highly welcome step. A unipolar...

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20 July

BRICKS by brick: an emerging new pole in the unipolar world

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22 June

Primary Education reforms that India cant wait for

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Primary education reforms that India can’t wait for There is a considerable anxiety and a little bit of cynicism at all levels of educational systems about the seriousness with which government really wants...

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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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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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