Saturday, April 14, 2012
There's often a pattern A pattern of dots that mark the journey of a non-profit Sometimes there's a pattern with several such non-profits - the dots are like landmarks predictable with every such new non-profit in town Sometimes the pattern is uneven from usual non-profits cos it's different dots... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
fw: Make Blog, Not War
MAKE BLOG NOT WAR A Freedom of Expression Training for Bloggers An initiative of the Internet Democracy Project Are you a blogger and interested in deepening your understanding of Internet censorship and freedom of expression as they play out in India? Would you like to know more about the ways in... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Once a profit met a duffit...
Once a profit met a duffit on a protest turf Said the duffit to the profit Will you let me surf Surfing through my outfit What will people say If you want to marry me Let it be the profit way (holds good for some non-profits!) Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 23, 2011
People people a people's profit
People people a people's profit People people a nation People people the world But when 'Development' comes, profit profits profiteers and profits profit a corporate State People don't profit and profits don't people but the nation without people profits! Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
There are non-profits today which are like corporations...big
and highly funded. They are as good or bad as the business corporations. Their language is the same. I am sure given a chance they will opt for corporations to be treated as persons, bringing with it all the malaises that such a corporatisation of humanity brings. What say? Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Haiku on People's profit
People profit Corporates grumblit and we blog about it Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
People's profits come in various kinds...some claim to be non-political
others say they are political but not party political and still others say they are apolitical. At the end of the day, everyone's making decisions and taking stands by acts or omission. So is there really something such as apolitical or non-political? Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Peopleton...should perhaps be the name of a new non-profit
required to be set up as a people's initiative to expose the mutual fund scams and redefine the concept of mutual funds. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Are there pristine issues where the stand on one issue has no bearing on
the stand on another issue of concern/ Can any non-profit be like an ostrich in the sand and be completely oblivious to the other concerns? yet, also how can it achieve the balance of focussing on its area of concern while being in solidarity with other concerns? Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
What happens when people from non-profits betray their causes by
acting in a manner not consistent with the causes they stand for? For example, what happens when a person who stands against harassment of domestic helps and is in a non-profit that advocates safe and just work for domestic helps, actually harasses his own domestic help? What happens when a person... Sign in to see full entry.