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OverTea - Retired! 27 Sep 2009 | 05:09 pm
It has been over four years since I started blogging and OverTea is the first platform on which I have started expressing my views. Now the time has come for me to let my dear friend go. Started as a...
Obituary: YSR 3 Sep 2009 | 06:42 pm
It has been sometime since I have blogged in this site. But now is a good time to restart the discussion OverTea. After about a day's mystery finally we know that CM of Andhra Pradesh YSR has died in ...
Comment on WSJ's observation on NREGA 23 Jun 2009 | 05:57 pm
From ThinkChange India I read an article on Wall Street Journal about India's poverty and specifically about NREGA. I commented in TC-I about the article which I am reproducing here. Two things about...
My verdict on the election 27 May 2009 | 03:21 pm
Now that the dust around the elections are beginning to settle after a surprise result at virtually every corner of the country, what has really come of it? A UPA government without the "support" of t...
Going green should be easier to cause desirable impact! 25 Apr 2009 | 12:38 am
I have come across enthusiastic appeals to contribute towards saving the environment by modifying the way I go about my everyday life. For example, I am piling up dozens of used batteries simply becau...
Taking the plunge 9 Jan 2009 | 01:52 am
After taking a stab at various way of social intervention it seems that the way ahead seems to get slowly and clearer. I have a school near my work that is looking for teachers. I have my idea of doi...
Is targeting the poor alone always efficacious? 16 Dec 2008 | 05:43 pm
With my on and off involvement with centers close to social development, I find one attitude that may have to be changed for better efficacy of social initiatives. Let me have the first stab at defini...
Terrorism in, parochialism out ... for now at least 5 Dec 2008 | 10:12 pm
I am not interested in going deep into the Mumbai terror strikes, which is already over-analyzed in all spheres. But the one silver lining that I see out of this unprecedented and audacious act is tha...
Face-to-Face with Comat technologies 20 Nov 2008 | 07:34 pm
Cross-posted from ThinkChange-India TC-I Fundwatch has recently reported a Rs. 60-crore investment by Omidyar Network and Unitus Equity Fund (UEF) on Comat technologies, a profitable social enterpris...
Live accident report: Are we learning anything? 12 Oct 2008 | 06:34 am
The picture didn't turn out to be clear...but two things it still delivers the message for once I am glad it didn't since the real scene was terrifying and nauceating (literally one more minute and ...
