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Sujata Khandekar

Grassroots leadership: Six things we learnt from Sujata Khandekar

From leaving your assumptions, to checking your own privilege—important lessons for anyone working with marginalised communities.

by Prakriti Singh | 1 min read

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The largest study on India's everyday giving market

The first-ever in-depth attempt to quantify everyday giving in India, a new report aims to shine a spotlight on the ways in which Indians can contribute to the country's social development.

by India Development Review | 6 min read

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Want social change? Give communities more agency

No external force can bring about real change in society. Only the community itself can.

by Ashif Shaikh | 7 min read

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Philanthropy & CSR

The most accurate data on FCRA today

This report makes sense of, and simplifies the publicly available numbers and trends in FCRA.

by India Development Review | 4 min read

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The social innovation paradox: Why it’s hard to be both innovative and scalable

"Many interventions and businesses find themselves in a Catch 22: They need to show that they’re both innovative and scalable – but being scalable makes it harder for them to be innovative."

by Bright Simons | 6 min read

Are social change and scale mutually exclusive?

"As the clarion call for scale increases in volume, it is worth always asking, what is it we want to scale? And how will it enable social change for those who have been kept at the bottom of the pyramid?"

by Arun Kumar | 5 min read

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Sujata Khandekar

Grassroots leadership: Six things we learnt from Sujata Khandekar

From leaving your assumptions, to checking your own privilege—important lessons for anyone working with marginalised communities.

by Prakriti Singh | 1 min read

Everyday people walking on a street in a city in India_everyday giving

Philanthropy & CSR

The largest study on India's everyday giving market

The first-ever in-depth attempt to quantify everyday giving in India, a new report aims to shine a spotlight on the ways in which Indians can contribute to the country's social development.

by India Development Review | 6 min read

Jan sahas-community moblisation

Want social change? Give communities more agency

No external force can bring about real change in society. Only the community itself can.

by Ashif Shaikh | 7 min read

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