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The Efficiency Factor

Madhavankutty Pillai

Why the Akshaya Patra midday meal debate is not a veg versus non-veg one

Ida Scudder Lived Here

It began 100 years ago out of one woman’s kindness. V Shoba chronicles the evolution of the Christian Medical College in Vellore into a unique institution that combines charity, teaching and medical service

Colour of the Cash

What matters is the quality of work, not the source of NGO funds

Origins of Altruism

Artificial evolution lends support to a formula proposed in 1964 to explain the phenomenon

Do-Gooders Inc

India has already eclipsed other BRIC nations in giving. But matching the US will take time

Charity Gets an Image Makeover

There’s something Biblical about the usual ways of ‘doing good’ by your less fortunate brethren. It can be a lot of fun too. Meet the innovators.

The Volunteer Trap

Foreigners who shell out good money to do social work in India often go back feeling cheated, misled and sometimes just ignored.

The €2,000 Autorick Ride

Rallying for a cause, rallying without a cause, rallying for fun and sun and a taste of India in a teaspoon

 

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