A form of venture funding, which uses the profit motive to create social change, is slowly making its presence felt in India.
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07 May 2010Hanif Kureishi on writing, racism and radical Islam.
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Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.