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Big mandates: Bigger Vision and Even Higher Compassion

When society gives big mandates to parties and social standpoints, it also expects  magnanimity and inclusiveness in the same measure. I want to list some of  the reforms that are crying for

Presidency 2012-17: A Legacy of Inclusive Grassroots Innovation

What is common among Santosh Pachar, a lady farmer from Rajasthan, Paresh Panchal, a mechanic from Gujarat, Akash a tenth class student from Tamil Nadu, Shalini, a student from Patna

Rapid Prototyping Multiple Futures, given Global Uncertainty

With the exorbitant hike in UK visa fees and Brexit, globalization got its first blow.  With the transition in US government, a very big question mark has been put on

Masti ki Pathshala: Why Cannot We Let More Such Innovations Take Place?

It is well known that in many states, economic development does not always lead to educational development. Why should ranking on economic and social indicators vary so much? One reason,

Coping with Climate Fluctuation: Policies that Empower

Almost everybody has experienced one or the other examples of odd climatic event: sudden temperature rise followed by drop in winter, unseasonal rains, long dry spell or too much rain

When smartphone is not very smart! Youth beware!

I happened to meet several groups of young students and scholars in NIT and IIT’s during last week. One of the concern I have is that large number of very

How to Volunteer? : Voluntering for an Inclusive Innovation Movement

You may be a writer artist, small or big investor, entrepreneur, academic, school teacher, ecologist, food technologist; agricultural, veterinary, human or microbiological  scientist, engineer, fabricator, student, a vendor on the

Sankranti : a time to let seasons change, dreams kites fly

If we had our way, we will all live in an yesterday land, and that too not just any ‘yesterday’ but the one that we liked the most. But Sankranti/Pongal

If you don’t teach me something new, you are not my friend

What could be a good mantra to welcome the new year than to insist on making relationships also learning bonds? If there are three circles or venn diagrams, learning, loving and

Demonetisation: Can a crisis be converted into an opportunity?

There has been a deep debate in the country about the inconvenience caused to common people, unfortunate death of those elderly in queue who should have been treated better, and