Welcome to Homo Giftus
Sarita kare na paan, vriksh na fal chaakhe kadi, Khet na khave dhaan, parhit neepjey sekhra The river never drinks its own water. The tree […]
Economy
The Way of Gifts
Other Worlds, a woman-driven education and movement building collaborative offers many essays and insights in their website www.otherworldsarepossible.org. This article shows that other worlds are […]
By Hand: The Looms that can Lead India
The artisan weaving cotton textiles on the handloom has been unfairly relegated to a peripheral status in the textile industry. Not only does handloom still […]
Roots of Change
The fundamental problem we have as modern societies is the scale and pace of the global economic system. Globalisation is transforming unique individuals into mass […]
Busting the Forest Myths: People as Part of the Solution
The long-held contention that rural forest communities are the prime culprits in tropical forest destruction is increasingly being discredited, as evidence mounts that the best […]
Buddhist Economics
E.F. Schumacher was one of the pioneers of the movement towards sustainable living and a follower of Gandhiji. His classic book “Small is Beautiful”- Economics […]
Paving the Way for Corporate Agriculture
With public sector investment drastically falling over the past few decades, agriculture was left to the mercy of the rain gods. Protecting every single grain […]
Dismantling Development
Seeking equity and wellbeing – rather than economic growth – will be the new corner stone of the post development age, writes Wolfgang Sachs, editor […]
Beyond Labels: India’s Scientific and Technical Traditions
The very word “development” was first used in its present meaning only around 1950, and the word “scientist” first appeared in circulation in 1833 and […]
Blue Economy
We need a new economy that encourages entrepreneurs to bring to the market innovations inspired by the way ecosystems work and modelled on the blue […]