Brij Kothari

The writer is a social entrepreneur and is on the faculty of IIM-Ahmedabad

My Stories

Apr 25 2012, 2234
Empowering informal workers
India’s workforce is around 500 million. Only 40 million are in the formal sector including government employees and the private sector
Mar 14 2012, 2225
The woman who makes black gold
The Kambha is Daily Dump’s gift to India ” a customer is reported to have observed. One begins to understand why when one sifts through comments left by customers
Feb 15 2012, 2227
At the forefront of development
The hardware is rudimentary. An ordinary mobile phone connected to a laptop with a cable
Jan 18 2012, 2012
Superman of the talented and poor
Around 500,000 applicants appeared for IIT-JEE in 2011 with a dream of securing one of the 10,000 coveted spots in an Indian Institute of Technology. One in 50
Dec 14 2011, 2259
Informing the lawmakers of India
Say you are a member of Parliament (MP), one of the 545 in the Lok Sabha or the 245 in the Rajya Sabha. Your primary job is to

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Bad bets
Why state-owned companies attract poor valuations
As reported in this paper on Tuesday, there is a major variance in price earnings multiples that various sectoral indices are fetching under present m

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