Collaborations in nonprofit space One of the puzzles for me in the nonprofit space is low level of collaboration between different nonprofit organisations who work in same geography or those who work in similar domains. When an opportunity presented to visit Tamia to see the work that Parivar (https://parivaar.org) is…

Mera Gaon Meri Duniya Why do educated youth leave their villages and migrate to cities? What can be done to improve village ecosystem and support grassroot organisations? How do we strengthen govt school system in villages so that rural talent gets to know the opportunities? How to harness and channelize…

Anganwadi plays a crucial role in early childhood education. Till now, it was given low priority by the policy-makers. Anganwadi workers — mostly didis, were grossly underpaid and were not even considered govt employees. Anganwadi workers have also been used (like govt. school teachers) for anything and everything besides their…

My experiments with two DDs Today is the first of August 2022. One year back, my life went topsy turvy. I was feeling a bit tired for some weeks and going by the way my pants were sliding down from my tummy, err.. …

What does life mean to me? The meaning of life is a deep, deep question that I never ever thought that I shall attempt to address at this age. However, a random message from a facebook friend made me mentally wrestle with this question. …

Teaching-learning Maths (this was specifically written considering an average student at Manzil NGO but may have a wider applicability) Many surveys have been conducted to find out what school students feel about Maths as a subject and unsurprisingly, almost every survey concludes that amongst all the subjects, the most disliked…

I have been volunteering for the last 7+ years. I have lost count of the organisations I have volunteered but it must be more than 30! The volunteering journey started with iVolunteer. They had an initiative called Whiteboard where an experienced (actually older) volunteer is asked to help an NGO…

While most of us crave feedback, many of us find it difficult to deal with criticism or negative feedback. So, what is negative feedback? Negative feedback is given when somebody points out recipient’s deficiencies based on their perception. …

Mr K R Semwal passed away today. He was 90+. Whatever I have learnt about hard-core selling, almost everything was taught by him. He was one of those stalwarts who made Berger Paints (called British Paints in those days) a force to reckon with. I worked with him at Lucknow…