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Harnessing the power of human imagination for social change

Art can change the social contract with society and shift the power of imagination into collective development.

by World Economic Forum | 1 min read

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Fundraising & Communications

Could amending the FCRA backfire?

The amendments to the FCRA can have unforeseen implications. Here is how it may play out.

by Meenakshi Batra | 5 min read

Social Business

Let’s talk about burnout

Why cultivating well-being is one of the most essential skills a social entrepreneur can have.

by Mary Ellen Matsui | 5 min read

Ground Up

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Environment

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An axe to grind

by Raja Muzaffar Bhat

Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir

Diversity & Inclusion

Best of both worlds

by Urvashi Dev Rawal

Jamui district, Bihar

Gender

Patriarchy without men

by Shruti Vinod

Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand

Water & Sanitation

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Who owns the lakes?

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Chitradurga district, Karnataka

#FarmActs2020: Perspectives | Ramesh Panghal on the concerns of farmers

Ramesh Panghal, a national award-winning farmer from Haryana, speaks about farmers' concerns on contract farming, and why Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) and Minimum Support Price (MSP) are critical.

#FarmActs2020: Perspectives | Abhimanyu Kohad on the apprehension of farmers

#FarmActs2020: Perspectives | Puneet Singh Thind on the impact on FPOs

#FarmActs2020: Perspectives | Ritu Verma on the impact on agriculture

#NEP2020 | Raj Gilda on the scope of vocational education

#NEP2020 | Biswanath Sinha on inclusion of linguistic minorities

#NEP2020 | Anjela Taneja on equity and inclusion

#NEP2020 | Natasha Joshi on the concept of school complexes

#NEP2020 | Anurag Behar on the principles that underscore the NEP

#NEP2020 | Rukmini Banerji on primary education

Social stock exchange 101

P Sainath talks about the agrarian crisis

P Sainath on India's agrarian crisis

Kamla Bhasin on listening to the communities you work with

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History of social action in India: From 1947 onwards

Dr Fernandez on urban health

Kamla Bhasin on feminism

A day in the life of

Frontline workers and first responders share their insights from working at the grassroots.

Health

"We didn't know what a sero survey was"

A day in the life of a sero survey field manager, whose work in the slums of Mumbai helped us understand the extent of COVID-19's spread.

by Naziya Faiz Shaikh | 6 min read

Rights

Delivering citizens' rights to their doorsteps

A day in the life of a Haqdarshika who has helped 600 citizens access government schemes and entitlements—often ones they weren't even aware of.

by Kiran Mandle | 6 min read

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Advocacy & Government

Revitalising local self-governance

A day in the life of a mukhiya, or panchayat head, who works closely with his team of elected representatives to ensure sustainable development for their community.

by Kamakhya Kumar Singh | 6 min read

Failure Files

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Social change leaders chronicle their failures and lessons learnt.

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Leadership & Talent

Failure can look like success

What happens when work becomes the only measure of self-worth?

by Shruthi Iyer | 6 min read

Leadership & Talent

Mixing the personal and professional

Why it is not enough to build a business relationship on trust alone.

by Bernadette Muyomi | 5 min read

Leadership & Talent

When failure is part of the feminist process

In the midst of difficult changes, the head of a media house struggles to make new meaning of the values her organisation stands for.

by Disha Mullick | 7 min read

IDR Interviews

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“Only when villages become self-reliant and self-governing units, will India become a true republic.”

Rajendra Singh
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“Civil society institutions are the seismographs of society. They give early warnings for major catastrophes that can happen.”

Vijay Mahajan
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“Development evolves from within; when you do it to others, it needs a different name. I would just call it colonisation.”

Vandana Shiva
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Insights and analysis of specific sectors in the development arena—what works, what doesn't, and what needs to change.

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Health

Harnessing the power of human imagination for social change

Art can change the social contract with society and shift the power of imagination into collective development.

by World Economic Forum | 1 min read

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Livelihoods

Rural livelihood nonprofits must reinvent themselves

We will need to embrace technology and markets, and improve farmer incomes exponentially to stay relevant in a rapidly changing agriculture sector.

by Anish Kumar | 7 min read

Education

Connecting inner and outer well-being

Why social innovation education programs need to develop students’ inner well-being alongside their knowledge of the field, and five principles to help lead the way.

by Stanford Social Innovation Review | 1 min read

Themes

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Approaches and ideas that cut across sectors and counter the dominant narratives around us.

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Gender

The problem with conditional cash transfers

Do policies that rely on women to improve social indicators empower them?

by Vedika Inamdar | 5 min read

Social Business

Let’s talk about burnout

Why cultivating well-being is one of the most essential skills a social entrepreneur can have.

by Mary Ellen Matsui | 5 min read

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Youth

Seek and you shall find

A day in the life of a student relationship manager in Varanasi, who equips young people with the skills required to be employed, especially during a pandemic.

by Sonali Singh | 6 min read

Expertise

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Skills and functions that are core to growing programmes and organisations.

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Monitoring & Evaluation

Are investors thinking about impact?

Impact measurement and management can help impact investors make better decisions at each stage of the investment life cycle.

by Ramraj Pai, Shriya Nene, Swasti Saraogi | 6 min read

Fundraising & Communications

Could amending the FCRA backfire?

The amendments to the FCRA can have unforeseen implications. Here is how it may play out.

by Meenakshi Batra | 5 min read

Leadership & Talent

Surviving a leadership transition

Succession planning in the social sector can be difficult, but it doesn’t have to be.

by Prabhir Correa | 7 min read

Photo of the month

An act of protest

October 2020 | Farmers protest the recent farm bills that seek to deregulate the agricultural sector without putting in place adequate safeguards for them. Photo: Aditya Srinivasan Singh, Flickr, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Unemployed

August 2020 | As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the nation's economy, the unemployment rate in India has seen a spike with unexpected terminations and fewer job opportunities available. Photo: Anand Sinha

PRIDE

July 2020 | The month of June is celebrated as Global Pride Month, however, physical distancing norms have put many pride parades on hold this year. We're looking back to last year where an LGBTQ community member posed with a rainbow flag during a pride march to celebrate the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India. Photo: Avijit Ghosh, Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Monsoon harvest

June 2020 | Paddy seeds are sown in June, in time for the kharif harvest. This year, with the national lockdown, many farmers—like the one featured in this image from Kerala—face severe livelihood insecurities as the kharif season approaches. Photo: Navaneeth Kishor, Flickr (CC-BY 2.0)

Where do we go from here?

May 2020 | Many construction workers are stuck because of the national lockdown. Neither do they have a way to contact the state, nor can the state contact them. And their contractors and principal employers take little responsibility. Photo: Jan Sahas

On lockdown

April 2020 | Bangalore, notorious for its heavily congested streets, lies unusually empty amidst the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Photo: Kinshuk, Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Standing tall and proud

March 2020 | Rajkala Devi, the first ever Sarpanch of Hingwahera gram panchayat in Alwar district, Rajasthan, motivates other women to stand tall and voice their opinion. Photo: UN Women/Ashutosh Negi

Shades of red

February 2020 | In Sehore District, Madhya Pradesh, women’s haemoglobin levels are tested by taking a blood sample from their fingertips and matching it to a colour card. The World Health Organisation (WHO) colour scale method is an inexpensive way to estimate haemoglobin concentration, before deciding whether to test for anaemia. Photo: ©Gates Archive/Mansi Midha

Bangalore is burning

January 2020 | Avijit Michael, director of Jhatkaa (jhatkaa.org), on a fact-finding mission around Bangalore on the practice of garbage burning, and how it causes catastrophic changes to the air quality. Photo: Hari Adivarekar

What's in a name?

December 2019 | Even though neighbouring villages also comprise of Adivasi communities, this village in Ganjam district, Odisha, is called 'Adivasi Colony', named after the community that migrated down from the hills to settle here. Photo: Anushka Dalal

Rural cartography

November 2019 | Women from the Village Organisation (VO) in Koimari (Rangjuli block, Assam) carried out a 'resource mapping' of their village, a two-day exercise facilitated by professionals from the development organisation SeSTA. The houses in this map are colour-coded to reflect which ones have piped water, sanitation, and so on. Having this information makes them better placed to demand improvements from their local government. Photo: Saahil Kejriwal

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