The climate-change proposals that deserve a place in Elections 2019
Elections 2019 is happening right now, in a flurry of rallies, speeches, promises, mudslinging matches, and competing manifestoes. Expectedly, the two most-talked-about manifestoes belong to the two biggest political parties of the country. While the Congress’ well-received (by the liberal establishment) manifesto tried
Inconvenient truths: Harassment and discrimination in the development sector
Current discussions and debates on social issues related to race, caste, gender and religion in progressive circles have somehow managed to trickle into popular discourse. This means that even as many people are railing against the ‘revised’ norms of what is considered as
CSR by PSUs: The ‘statue of disunity’ and the statute of wasteful expenditure
Aside from being the world’s largest democracy and (currently) the country with the second highest number of poor people, India can now also claim to have the tallest statue in the world – the Statue of Unity, or the Sardar Patel statue as
Recycling: How’s India doing?
It is a testament to the mainstreaming of climate change that people are now aware of the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle. While the first two Rs are yet to take off in terms of scale and popularity (although they are much more
Max India Foundation: Model CSR for a model village
An evaluation of a CSR intervention was recently conducted by Team CauseBecause (CB) with regard to Max India Foundation’s (MIF) adoption of Dhakrani village in Uttarakhand. The assessment was done to evaluate the impact of interventions carried out in the operational area and
CB throwback: Organisations that avoid queries on their social responsibility
Since the second half of 2015, CB has run over 40 features on multiple sectors such as banking and finance, retail, real estate, FMCG and healthcare, not to forget the non-profit sector. One of the key parts of any such article is to
CSR in airports: Stuck in terminal limbo?
The civil aviation industry in India has been one of the fastest growing industries in the country in recent years. India is currently the world’s third largest domestic civil aviation market and expected to become the largest in the next 10 to 15
The path less taken: Alternative education in India
‘Our education system is broken’ is a refrain heard nearly everywhere. But unlike other throwaway observations, this one has more than a kernel of truth in it. That our system is only capable of mass-producing identical worker bees with little creativity or originality
Namami Gange: Holy river, unholy practices
The Clean Ganga or Namami Gange programme is, as the name suggests, a massive, central government-led initiative for the holiest of all holy rivers in India. One of the flagship programmes of the BJP government (even if it’s a continuation of previous efforts),
Individual social responsibility: Changing the world, one sustainable act at a time
That climate change and pollution are two of the biggest problems afflicting the planet are indisputable facts. Also undeniable is the critical role of governments, corporations, civil society and institutions in combating their worst effects. If there has to be some hope for