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Touch of Success

Bettiah, Bihar, 1968

A man observes a small boy being chased by an angry bull. He joins the crowed which is running to save the boy’s …

Rural route

As the flight touched down at the Goa airport, holidaymakers rushed out to fill in the hotels and guest houses all over the state. …

Steering Social Entrepreneurship

Global organization Ashoka defines social entrepreneurs as ‘individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems.’ The organization was founded by Bill Drayton in …

Queen Bee

Vijaya Pastala always knew she wanted to work in the ‘livelihoods’ space. She just didn’t know how till she read a National Commission of Farmers …

Waste Not!

Imagine running an enterprise where earthworms are your primary workers! And you have to protect them from birds and rats. Going a step further, you …

Serial Effect

Shahnaz Makbulbhai Vora runs a cutlery and provision store in Memdavad, a small village in Patan district of Gujarat. In 2002, Vora enrolled for a …

A Macro Look at Micro

After working for over 20 years in financial services, Rangan Varadan found himself veering away from the corporate world towards social development. When Varadan, Co-founder, …

Goodwill Hunting

Growing up in a traditional Rajasthani family, Meenakshi Nayar was painfully aware that the women in her community had only two things to look forward …

Return to the Roots

Dr. Tara Thiagarajan was a neuroscientist in the United States when her father suffered a stroke in 2004. Forced to return home to streamline issues …

Industree-ous

More than halfway through her course in product design at National Institute of Design, in 1986, Neelam Chhiber suddenly discovered that her work was being …