Category Archives: Social Change

Social Entrepreneur Profile: Gary Slutkin

Click here to read my profile on Ashoka Senior Fellow Gary Slutkin, founder of Ceasefire, one of the most successful violence prevention initiatives in the world.  

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Social Entrepreneur Profile: Bill Pace

Click here to read my profile on Ashoka Senior Fellow Bill Pace, the driving force behind the creation of the International Criminal Court.  

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Social Entrepreneur Profile: Dr. Devi Shetty

Click here to read my profile on Ashoka Senior Fellow Devi Shetty, world-famous heart surgeon, Mother Teresa’s personal physician, and driving force behind Narayana Hrudayalaya, the world’s largest heart hospital.  

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Social Entrepreneur Profile: John Marks

Click here to read my profile on Ashoka Senior Fellow John Marks, founder of Search for Common Ground, the world’s largest peacebuilding NGO.

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How You Play the Game

About a year ago, my friend and colleague Mille Bojer invited me to write an essay for a booklet she was compiling on “Changing the Game”. The booklet was based on an article written by Mille in which she argues … Continue reading

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Reviving Ethics in Strife-Torn Kashmir

My essay in Changemakers.com on the pioneering work being done by Susheela Bhan to restore the ancient Sufi concept of Kashmiriyat in modern-day Kashmir.

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The Social Entrepreneur

Excerpts from a longish article I wrote for the National Human Resource Development Network’s newsmagazine. This was about what it’s like to be a social entrepreneur, and about the organization that’s pioneered the concept of social entrepreneurship. —————– The Social Entrepreneur … Continue reading

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