knock knock knock – By Meghana Raveendra “Networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with people, people with ideas, and people with opportunities.” – Michele Jennae And now imagine, if these people are ethical social change makers! Wouldn’t that bring about spice in different parts of the world? COVID-19 has […]
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Water, water everywhere… Recently, something remarkable happened in our lake Vellayani. Here is the tale from two perspectives. The shishyan perspective (Shishyan means disciple in malayalam, ശിഷ്യൻ) By Salini John, Admin and Academic Supporter “I love to be at the beach, at waterfalls and riversides, but I was very fearful to go into the water.
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Learn to say “no” in order to say “yes” at the right time. by Chacko Jacob People often wonder why Trivandrum was chosen as the location for kanthari. Why not a big city like Mumbai or Delhi? There is something different about the state of Kerala. It constantly ranks high when it comes to
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Micro-credits – a blessing… or a curse? Part 5 “Whenever I see a Problem, I start a business to solve it.” – Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, and poster-boy for all who believe that doing good and getting rich in the process is not a paradox. Just like in the last chapter, my
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Microcredit, a blessing… or a curse? – A multi-series essay about microfinance, Part 4 – by Sabriye Tenberken Last week I had thought that today’s chapter to be the final one in this series, but the more I dive into the topic of microfinance, the louder my alarm bells ring. I cannot help but vent
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Microcredits, Blessing or curse – A multi-part series about the pros and cons on micro finance, Part 3 by Sabriye Tenberken After having examined the opportunities and challenges of micro finance in the first two blog entries, in Chapters 1 to 4, I will now focus on possible motives of the lenders and their business
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Microcredit, a magic wand to fight poverty or profitable business at the cost of the poor? – Multi series on microfinance, part 2 by Sabriye Tenberken “The poor themselves can create a poverty-free world. All we have to do is to free them from the chains that we have put around them.” – Muhammad Yunus,
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Microcredit, a magic wand to fight poverty or profitable business at the cost of the poor? – A multi-series blog with proponents and critics of micro finance by sabriye tenberken A springboard to get out of poverty “Things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find
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Investigative Journalism – The marginalized 4th pillar. By Chacko Jacob It is hard to comment on journalism as a whole, as it is too wide a profession. There are types of journalists that have a regular schedule, there are types who’s lives are at risk for what they report about, and a thousand other variants.
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Why should you scale up? by Chacko Jacob Growth is inherent in everything around us. The universe is constantly expanding. Most lifecycles of organisms involve mitosis which leads to an increase in size and strength. Humans refer to striving towards personal betterment as growth. Increased revenue through expanding geographical area of operations and customer base
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