Standing Rock and how to save the environment: Learning it from indigenous peoples
With the world facing impending environmental doom (doesn’t help that the world’s second highest carbon emitter has a climate-change denier for President) in the not-so-distant future, one would be wise to turn to Noam Chomsky for his views: ‘The only communities standing between
Environment and climate change – why Indians don’t care and why they should
Earlier this year, a lot of Indians heaved a sigh of relief when Delhi was downgraded by WHO from the top spot to the 11th position in the world’s most polluted cities list. It was one of those rare times when the word
CSR of hospitals: A few free heart surgeries and some mobile clinics. What else?
It would not be incorrect to state that healthcare and social responsibility go hand in hand. After all, few things are as important, essential and literally a matter of life and death as right and timely healthcare. The morally hazardous bit comes in
Financial inclusion: Of opt-out options, RBI diktats, and banks’ own foot-dragging
A policy cornerstone of every government in modern India, financial inclusion is the delivery of financial services in the ruraI areas and to the poor and marginalised sections at affordable costs – in other words, segments that banks would not normally serve had
Where is this useless, meandering talk on sustainability taking us?
‘Why worry about minor little details like clean air, clean water, safe ports and the safety net when Jesus is going to give the world an “Extreme Makeover: Planet Edition” right after he finishes putting Satan in his place once and for all?’
Things NGOs do for the sake of religion, in the name of religion
Think of NGOs and the mental image is usually of hard-at-work, dedicated people doing all they can to alleviate the suffering of others – animals, plants, environment and fellow humans. One usually doesn’t associate NGOs with divisive concepts such as religion. Secularism is
CSR and sustainability in India: Conversations, interactions, ideas, points of view, and challenges from Silver Circle Meet, Mumbai
It happens often. We talk, tell ideas, tinker with thoughts, meet people and pursue some, believing that we can make some difference together. And then we move on. We move on into the routine, the regular work”home life, the to-do-list life, consuming, observing,
CSR: Four and a half ways companies (mis)use funds
As is wont with Indian laws, with good intentions come expected transgressions. The 2013 CSR ruling is generally considered to be a right step towards a more equal society (with the occasional grumblings of some senior corporate officials and self-styled pundits) but
Interlinking of rivers, or the fallacy of development agendas
Governments in India may be known for their deep-seated corruption, megalomaniac leaders, and a tendency to divide and rule, but there’s no shortage of big, pompous projects. The Delhi” Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), part of the current government’s flagship programme Make in India,
Delhi”Mumbai Industrial Corridor: Development dilemmas
Forget about chasing unicorns (of the other kind). The real action in India is in the manufacturing and construction sector. The former is slated to receive a huge fillip in terms of investment with the government throwing its significant weight behind it