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Bursting With Creative Energy! (And the Dark Side?)

November 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

Nowadays “creativity” has become such a buzzword, it’s no longer something relegated to the fringes of society, but becoming more and more an integral aspect of surviving in a tough economic climate. Whether it’s innovating a new solution to an old, pesky problem to writing a blog post, to even traditionally analog activities like drawing–creativity [...]

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Tags: culture · education · empowerment · health & well-being · human development · leadership

Nonprofit networking in Jaipur part 1

September 30th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Since I’ve come back, I’ve been inspired to put into action what I learned from the Networked Nonprofit in Jaipur. This is not an easy task, considering that Jaipur is pretty technologically prehistoric. Nonetheless, I have had a fun time trying to put all of the scattered pieces together… As I posted last week, I [...]

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Tags: activism · empowerment · environment · leadership · media · rural india · technology

Social Good Day recap

September 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Despite the short notice, we had a great turnout and discussion yesterday for Social Good Day, presented by Mashable and (RED)! We started out with a brief overview of social media concepts (conversation, sharing) and tools. After admitting that the social mediascape is much different in India than in the West, we were able to [...]

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Tags: activism · empowerment · globalisation · leadership · media · technology

Hilarious Delhi-rium

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Caught up in the race of cars, thoughts and rats. Continuous comparison, city life of crowds and competition no space to hear yourself think others breathing down your neck the heat grit smoke dust choking all life around. The seat of government and diplomacy, madness and no mercy. To thrive: a miraculous task; most just [...]

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Tags: activism · culture · economic development · environment · GOI · health & well-being · human development · leadership · legal issues · me · politics

Causecast covers Isha Foundation in Huffington Post

April 15th, 2010 · No Comments

[youtube 5y0fmuka3Ks] Isha has been highlighted in Huffington Post Impact section (what a great surprise!): For today’s Volunteer Spotlight (and since Earth Day is just a week away), we want to recognize the incredible achievement of the Isha Foundation, who organized over 400,000 volunteers to plant two million trees on a mountain in India in [...]

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Tags: activism · empowerment · environment · Isha US · leadership