Future generations might remember this era of humanity as a time when most of the sports we played necessarily had to have a winner and one or many losers. This is so deeply ingrained in our culture that feels like a hard rule, a given that cannot be tempered with. …

Over the last year, I and my team at Wisdom Tree worked with 15 not-for-profits in different capacities and durations. Here’s a snapshot of what we are learning. These are not absolutes, there are nuances. Disagreements would be worthwhile, especially when expressed as comments on this post :) 1. First…

Over the last month, I participated in three pro-democracy spaces. The first was the World Forum for Democracy (WFD) in France, where we were presenting our work on deep democracy. The second was the Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY). And the third was a local process, Nafrat Chodo Samvidhan Bachao (NCSB). …

The #metoo conversation will be incomplete without seeing what the current model of “growth and development” is doing to us. If more empowered girls only end up creating more consumers, they will join in the havoc being wrecked on the planet. Maybe a demand will come from some corner to monetise parenting. If paid for parenting, women will have greater economic power and freedom after all. And the busy-ness at…

I disagree with Twitter suspending Trump’s account. I agree that - His account was a nuisance evoking people to riot. - Twitter accounts have terms and conditions which were violated. - As a company, Twitter is free to do what it pleases with its accounts. - In a civilized society…

If only more of us would think this way, lesser and lesser of us would have to think only of themselves! Happy MLK day….great to see MKG’s inspiration cross borders, while some of us here are trying to vilify him…. Some of these people, their true value will become evident…

In a world obsessed with measurements and metrics, gatherings like this may seem suspect. It may seem like a group of young people are just coming and hanging out, talking a bit about their work and going home. This is far from the truth. Here are some points on why…

The deep history of India (more the Indian subcontinent) is fascinating…..here are some nuggets I found myself unconsciously projecting the map of India onto this video, only to realise that the video starts at 2600 BCE. …

One of the promises of the internet was a beautiful, borderless, world. Now with this situation, we are reclaiming that promise, partly :) I remember early days of Internet and BBSes….it was exciting to reach out to people and the thrill of being on a new medium…text HTML loading (the…