Category Archives: Magazine

It’s a Story of Ants Fighting the Elephant – The RTI Story: Power to the People

In his foreword to the book Gopalkrishna Gandhi writes: “On the dust-laden street of revived spirits, gutsy agitations, arduous marches – for a new championing of rightful claims of rightful…

We Need Transpersonal Leaders for Global Sustainability

In our new book “Leading Beyond The Ego: How to Become a Transpersonal Leader” we define transpersonal leaders as being radical, ethical, authentic, emotionally intelligent and caring, yet still focused on…

JLF Has a Green Touch – India is Killing Ganges, Ganges is Killing India

The 11th edition ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, that ended late January 2018, had a strong hue of green. The organizers believe that literature could play a significant role in influencing…

Zero is a Nice Number

Of the many crusaders for a new world order in the last hundred years Muhammad Yunus seems to be one of the most persuasive. His idea of a new world…

India’s Coal Story

India’s Coal Story – From Damodar to Zambezi by Subhomoy Bhattacharjee, (Sage Publications India, April 2017) is an entertaining as much as an informative read. But to say that ‘Choose…

Total Recall – The Untold Story of Akshaya Patra

A few corporate stars associated with Akshaya Patra ensured that it got excellent press in recent years. The media has been lapping up the stories of how more than a…

Informative, But Weak on Wish List

State of India’s Livelihoods Report 2016 By Girija Srinivasan & Narasimhan Srinivasan, March 2017, Sage Publication he second State of India’s Livelihoods (SOIL) report is highly informative and offers rare…

Is There a Vision for a Healthy India?

This is the story of India in almost all fields – pockets of excellence but rank callousness in everything else. Perhaps primary health is one of the worst, followed by…