The Rationality of Underdevelopment Dorothy L Sayers took a rational view of the world and stressed the causal nature of the universe. She wrote: /War is a...
Friends Lemme introduce myself; I recently came upon Rajesh's Emergic weblog and through him the deeshaa ventures. Congratulations on this wonderful idea. I...
The HMS Titanic */Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic./* What an absolutely evocative expression. I cannot get that out of my head every time I muster...
Numbers Exponential growth can be a terrifying thing. We all know the story of the king who was foolish enough to grant a boon to one who was familiar with the...
HMS Titanic -- 2 The *HMS Titanic* was a giant of a ship. It was doing 21 knots that fateful night. /Now it was 9.40pm, and still the ice warnings came. At no...
The Convent and Cloyne Court As a graduate student, I decided to spend my first term at UC Berkeley at the University Students' Cooperative Association. The...
Social Capitalists FastCompany <http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/78/social_intro.html> has announced its *Top 20 groups that are changing the world.* Social...
Numbers -- 2 A few years ago, my college at UC Berkeley was searching for a dean. Prof. Joel Cohen was invited to check out the College of Natural Resources. I...
HMS Titanic -- 3 Those in charge of the Titanic disregarded the warnings. And those who were not in charge were blissfully unaware of the fact that those in ...
I wonder if anything has happened since the Club of rome did their massive simulation to come up with their document "Limits to Growth" I'd be curious to see...
HMS Titanic — 4 In the last few days I have been trying to understand what caused the Titanic to sink. To belabor the obvious I must admit that I consider...
[Krish, the real numbers at last. This mail contains images. If you are not able to see them, check www.deeshaa.org on the web] Numbers -- 4 No one reading...
Suhit ... the ... I am sure you have come across this blog :) .. http://www.thehomelessguy.blogspot.com/ oops maybe the homeless person does have drinking...
Dear Deeshaa members, I want to know: Apart from Agri-Watch Newspaper, Is there anyother Agricultural Newspaper/Magazine available in the market, which can...
Varun Mishra
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Jan 14, 2004 3:53 am
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FARM VIEW Now, call centres for farms New initiatives promise to leverage IT for agriculture, says Surinder Sud ...
Knowledge and Information One of my basic convictions is that symbol manipulation ability is what distinguishes intelligent entities from non-intelligent ones....
Hi: The idea to make a difference in the social sector is important. More important is to make that idea work. This needs efficient management of resources. It...
Dear Suhit, You have raised a very important and relevant issue. Many of the NGOs with relevant cause, correct strategy and dedicated individuals / team have...
deepan bhatt
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Jan 21, 2004 4:48 am
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Suhit, I do agree with you. I feel the RISC Model can be inroduced in Rural India through a social enterprise. Rural Indians may be sceptical or resistance to...
... Dear Deepan: You have raised a valid point. In fact Varun from Drishtee has also expressed similar views. Employees of a NGO need to paid. Lets look at an...
... Arnab: Very good and valid points. We need what in computer terms is called a "killer app". The one or a minumum number of services for which the villager...
Dear Deeshaa Members: Social Edge is a wonderful place for discussion on social enterprises and not-for-profit groups. If anybody is interested please...
Green Money : Introduction Money is mostly equated with Wealth. Currency always means a National currency. Both these statements are true and not true. There...
Green Money : What is Money? In order to understand and value the use of a new /alternative, community currency/ there is a need to understand the meaning of...
Green Money : 4. Historical Precedents Local Currency in the time of the Great Depression in the US. FEDERAL currency was in short supply during the Great ...
Here is one good read for those who fear money muscles will edge out their enterprise , read : A mini case study by professor Donald N. Sull and co-authors on...
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