People to stop asking me: do you earn a salary? – Jinal Sanghavi
I want donors to suddenly decide that their reporting formats are too complicated and just ask for a 1-pager. – Laurette Cucuzza
I want people to stop asking me to take up a “real” job and do “social work” on weekends. – Ravneet
Relatives who understand what I do. – Anindita Ravikumar
Nationalised education system. Is that to much? Permanent office and printer would be nice. Raghav Sagar
Funders and nonprofits role-swap for a month. – Harish Srigiriraju
All I want for Christmas is a happy ending to this story: “Dear FCRA, main aur mera program, aksar ye batein karte hain. Tum hoti to kaisa hota…” – Arjav Chakravarti
More people working in the social sector. – Swapneel Rane
Dear Santa, This Christmas I want a Logical Logic Model please! – Amira Shah Chhabra
Also more IDR articles by Arjav Chakravarti – Karan Malik
Real coffee with real milk in office. ? #CappucinoDreaming – Ingrid Srinath
An intern. – Aditi Seshadri
A 10 day break every quarter! – Pooja Taparia
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I want unrestricted funding. And World Peace of course… ? – Zarir De Vitre
15% overheads. No questions asked. – Kusum Mohapatra
That unending supply of caffeine be allowed as a budget line item. – Sidrah
Unrestricted funding. – Safeena Husain
This Christmas I want to understand why I do what I do for a living. – Anand Raj
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* Disclaimer: This is a shortlist compiled from the responses we received.
