Simple as ABC, Art for Behavioural Change!
Author: Shyama Ramani
Governments worldwide have pledged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. But given the scale of the task, not even national governments can manage alone. This has sparked a new phenomenon: whereby non-governmental players – from start-ups to…
From cyclones in India to protests in France: Why systemic shocks need ‘solution design’
I was at this conference, and I caught sight of Prof. Carl Pray, internationally renowned for his work on agriculture in developing countries including India. Though I do not share his enthusiasm for genetically modified plant varieties or newer biotech…
Ending Open Defecation — Doing It Properly: SDG 6
FIN musings. I was walking with Shanmugan recently in Chennai and I was telling him how people usually react when I speak about what we are doing in FIN. But then, I had to shut up. This is why…. *********************************************************…
March 8, 2019 As we dream and work towards improving the lives of girls and women at Kameshwaram, let me share with you all a little story that I wrote many years back for Joanna. (Thank you!). There was this…
August 15, 2019 – On Indian Independence Day Feels so good – to be – 72 years – independent! But still, feel tied by – poverty, pollution, corruption, intolerance, unnecessary conflict, free-riding, injustice, inequity, garbage – Apathy, You got to…
Satyam Eva Jayete is the philosophy that most of us in India are brought up with. And over the years of my earthly wanderings across continents, I have realised that this is taught in many countries, in different tongues, illustrated…