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Comment on The 5 Rupee Joy Formula by Sajid

Sajid — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:26:53 +0000

Great thinking process my dear friend. I appreciate your way of bringing a small moment of happiness in people’s life.

Keep up the good work…

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:31:28 +0000

beautiful stuff … thanks for sharing …

being from bangalore myself, i could relate to this at a very real level

Karthik

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by birju

birju — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:04:19 +0000

nice story!!! thanks for sharing

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by Guri

Guri — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:18:21 +0000

Hi Rahul,

What a beautiful thing to share with your cousins…it’s nice to see that although they were resistant at first, they eventually opened up. And I love the older uncle that just “gets it”. “=) I had similar experiences…it’s something about our generation that’s more skeptical and “exchange oriented” (esp. in India). For the elders, kindness is sort of just built-in, neighbors had to rely on neighbors in their times…the interdependence is more recognized/accepted.

Anyways, hope you’re well. Hugs to you and Asha

-Guri

Comment on 80 Rupees of Kindness in Bangalore by yoomilee

yoomilee — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:54:06 +0000

Yikes – you’re exposing your “lukewarm” cousin to Dinesh?!? Would love to see/hear his reactions to TBD.

Comment on America’s Hunger Problem by A (Really) Small Gift For A Big Occasion « beFirZst.com

A (Really) Small Gift For A Big Occasion « beFirZst.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:13 +0000

[...] occassions with a gift of service. And so, when two warriors of kindness — Rahul and Asha — got married in early May, it was no surprise that small groups of people everywhere [...]

Comment on “Stop” by Karmacy – Vote Obama! by The Power of a Gift « Ponticulus Indica

The Power of a Gift « Ponticulus Indica — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:40:44 +0000

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Comment on Winning Film Festival Awards and Inspiration Investment! by The Power of a Gift « Ponticulus Indica

The Power of a Gift « Ponticulus Indica — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:40:34 +0000

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Comment on Congrats to Divya & Avinash! by ARIVU RAJA.V

ARIVU RAJA.V — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:37:13 +0000

THE PUBLISHED PHOTOS ARE VERY CLEAR AND NICE, PLEASE PUBLISH SUCH PHOTOS IN THE COMING DAYS.

Comment on India’s National Innovation Foundation and Honeybee Network by anil gupta

anil gupta — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:45:21 +0000

dear Rahul

much of your criticism is valid and i can only say that if the issue was only dissemination, then you have done a good job of it. But then visit NIF and find out the stress under which a small team works days and night with highly limited resources,m static for last eight years( though in the same period, the number has swelled to more than hundred thousand practices, ideas, traditional knowledge practices, and of course innovations from over 545 districts ). May be you can be a valuable part of the solution rather than just finding out why much could not be done.

If you read Honey Bee newsletter, you will find in the last several issues in which we have published similar innovations which are found in China, Africa, and India.

I do not know about the right or wrong management at nif, but it is open management and colleagues are welcome to critique it, contribute to improve it ( every criticism helps in improving it) and take it forward.

there is no other public institution which has scaled up the knowledge about creativity and innovation in the country with budget going down in real terms in the last eight years.

we are always looking for mavericks who believe in making thsi ocuntry more creative, comassionate and collaborative,

may be you will also collaborate

all the best and keep critiquing because that indeed helps

anil