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Save The Flow – Protect nature, conserve water
The Bangalore Film Society and fellow organisations have no hammer. Still, for four days in early June, they hammered out a warning, with cinema as their tool. The purpose: to generate awareness about the vital importance of water, its destructive capacity generate awareness about the vital importance of water, its destructive capacity. View PDF
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Is Water the Next Oil?
Water is more vital for human life than oil – and environmentalists, corporations, communities and governments increasingly recognize its unequal distribution around the globe could lead to severe environmental degradation and intense conflicts in the years ahead. Anyone who cares about water should observe the management of oil during the past century and not repeat […]
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Kelvinator GR8! Women Awards 2007
ohini Nilekani started as a writer. She worked as a journalist for several years writing for many for leading publications such as Sunday and India Today. Her first novel, a medical thriller called STILLBORN was published by Penguin Books. She is Founder-Chairperson, Pratham Books, a non-profit publishing house set up to create high quality, low […]
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Breaking their shells
IN THE northern plains of Bihar, which are so used to being part of a flood economy that the railway stations have permanent stalls for flood relief personnel, we at Arghyam are supporting a small, yet bold, initiative in the districts of Madhubani, Sahara, Supaul and Khagaria. A small, but committed group of five NGOs […]
Interview
focus on philanthrocapitalism: myth or reality?
What Rohini Nilekani sees as innovative and different about the way she’s doing things is the way she has brought together the opportunities that coming into money has given her and her earlier work in the social sector, with ‘all its emotional charge towards equity’. View PDF
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Modern Womanhood
Modern Womanhood – Rohini Nilekani, Chairman of Argyam and Akshara Foundation, Bangalore. Social Services. View PDF
Others
Arghyam : Presentation to Planning Commission Feb 2007
Arghyam : Presentation to Planning Commission Feb 2007. View PDF
Book
The Moon and The Cap – Pratham Books
Do you like to wear a cap on a sunny day? Find out who else likes to wear a cap in this charming book. This is a Level 1 book for children who are eager to begin reading. View PDF
Book
Annual Haircut Day – Pratham Books – Pratham Books
Sringeri Srinivas had very long hair. He wanted it cut on Annual Haircut Day. Everyone was busy. You will never guess who helped him that day! Read and enjoy! This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help. View PDF
Interview
CNBCTV18 – Nandan helps me think logically: Rohini Nilekani
One wonders how different her life story would have been, had she not fallen in love and married one of corporate India’s brightest entrepreneurs. But Rohini Nilekani says while her bank balance may look very different, her outlook to life and her aspirations remain the same. For 26 years, she has given Nandan Nilekani the […]