New Orleans A week ago I was in Boston. Knowing I would be in Cambridge at the Harvard Coop, I sent an email to my friend and colleague, Tim Costello, suggesting he come over if he had a minute and visit and pick up a book. The weather was miserably cold and wet, so I …
Tag: India
Boosting Employement of Indian Rural Poor
New Orleans Using the weekend to catch up on old papers, magazines, and whatever, allowed me to stumble on some head scratchers. Newsweek has a new format in order to try and survive as a news-based magazine in the cutthroat environment of the internet and the 24-hour news cycle. Sometimes they try to stir the …
Rag Pickers Innovation
New Orleans There’s a 10 ½ hour time difference from Mumbai to New Orleans, and to ACORN India Mumbai’s director, Vinod Shetty, it was a surprise when earlier today, a delegation including the consul general himself and political director for Mumbai showed up as part of a delegation that wanted to see what ACORN India’s …