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Much ado, but not much done
The first-ever UN Youth Climate Summit is now over. Will the self-proclaimed masters of the world at least attempt a global climate plan? September 24 has come and gone without the most ardent of climate activists recognising in any significant manner that they had no views on the Youth Climate Summit...
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The gains of sustainability
16 September 2019 | Vinayshil Gautam -
Treat the cause, not the symptom
03 September 2019 | Vinayshil Gautam -
An opportunity to reinvent
19 August 2019 | Vinayshil Gautam -
Why taking risks is essential
05 August 2019 | Vinayshil Gautam -
Nurture neglected businesses
22 July 2019 | Vinayshil Gautam -
It’s only about word play
08 July 2019 | Vinayshil Gautam -
From tribalism to tribalisation
24 June 2019 | Vinayshil Gautam
Reality and forecasts
Forecasting is a flourishing business that keeps thousands of people occupied. But it does not worry any one too much that it often goes wrong Everyone likes to know the future. The trouble with forecast is that often one does not know how much it will go wrong and in which...
Expressions of success
Accomplishment of a purpose will require being a light to oneself and that is as much a matter of personal growth as of external recognition Everyone wants to be successful. Almost everyone has some faith or belief in symbols and his/her socialisation orients him/her to read the meaning under the symbols...
Stem the rot within
It is disheartening that the credibility of our institutions stands eroded today. There’s a need to restore what’s lost through informed effort The state of many Indian organisations at best verges on being unprofessional and dubious. There was a time in the national arena when in popular psyche a public institution...
Rootless wonders of skill design
The time has come to restore some coherence in the skill formation system. This is one sector that the new Government has to address There is so much talk about start-ups, entrepreneurship, skill formation and employability — the list can go on — that they have almost lost sight and purpose....
Change for fulfilment
It is the process of life without which one can only be a victim of claptrap slogans and businesses, which exploit human frailties Change is an emotive word — much has been spun around it. In the American presidential electoral process for example, former US President Barack Obama romped home to...
Managing jurisprudence
The gradual and systematic erosion of credibility in the system must be checked. This matter is far too serious to be left to the Government alone All domains of activity require some organisation. From the kitchen to the space, there is no effort that can produce results without some kind of...
Redefine jobs and work
It’s time that the Indian economy and its assumptions were rooted in the ethos and the reality of the Indian way Several topics gain prominence in the media out of nowhere and again get lost in the cacophony of other unrelated issues, ranging from which UPA schemes were repackaged by the...
