What is the return on investment in a poor feeding charity program? Can we put it in Rupees and paisa or do we look at the soft side too? What about – a kid saying “I can feel my skin”, “I do not have to beg for food” “I now feel like studying” etc. are […]
If you see some of the comments on my blog, Mr. Iyer has said that “kanyadan” is the highest form of donation – only thing is many women have said this is not true. After all, my daughter is not my asset – is it not? I do not know, but i like the www.akshayapatra.org […]
I have really been overwhelmed by the response to my postings on charity. So I thought I will do one more posting on the same. Many people find it very difficult to believe that a bunch of middle class friends can get together to build a temple, or set up a poor feeding initiative. That […]
Many friends in the media will feel let down by this post! After all the media spends so much time and effort on the macro. Telling people that they should look at market cycles, inflation, demographics…. Warren Buffet says ” Ignore the Macro, Focus on the Micro”. Clearly business should be concentrating on what they […]
Continuing my Art of giving, I decided to look into our mythology to find some interesting stories. The first story that I was reminded of was a story of Duryodhana, Karna and Lord Krishna. Duryodhana was a big hearted guy and did a lot of charity. However, he was a little upset that only Karna […]
I met a person over lunch on Saturday. He works miracles. He is a part of a movement called akshayapatra. They do have a website and is http://www.akshayapatra.org. The amazing things this organisation does is actually very simple – they feed upwards of 8.5 million children EVERYDAY. Come to think of this. 8.5 million children […]