kishor Jagirdar

Well What can I say, this was a researched topic that I had first published in 2009 post 2008 global recession in  NOWPUBLIC.com . A media publication portal which now seems defunct and closed. The red shirt movement in Thailand that started in 2007 was the first sign then gradually that alerted the world on the overheated conditions of the societies across the globe and the pressure that was gradually altering the nature of the communities burdened by the disparity in the income and excessive expenditure. Inflation in essentials was almost a phenomenon across the globe mainly sparked by spiraling fuel prices having an adverse effect on the food market. The red shirt movement primarily was an outcry of public opinion basically trying to voice against the military led Government for focus   the UDD organized counter demonstrations, which would sporadically result in injuries and deaths. After Prime Minister  Abhisit Vejjajiva  took office, the UDD led m...

I have been watching the debate around   “the case against CSR”   with interest. The fundamental point where we all seem to get stuck is around “the role of business.” Economists and many CEOs argue that the role of business is to  maximize  shareholder profits, whereas the CSR community talks about contribution to society for the greater good. I believe that the essential problem about the role of business cannot be resolved within our current framework of thinking unless we add another element – “The element of Trusteeship.” The TATA group of companies is based around this principle. Trusteeship is the model of responsibility that best describes the group founder – JRD Tata’s view of himself and his role in the world. It was a view that JRD essentially derived from Gandhi. Gandhi talked frequently about the role of business as being that of a trustee or a steward for what you hold. Gandhi’s view of trusteeship was based on the belief that we do not really ‘ow...

Some of the thoughts Shared with me by TANA from Unbound Organisation on Gandhis thoughts in line with Hind Swaraj “For me, it is enough to know the means. Means and end are convertible terms in my philosophy of life. “ Young India, 26-12-’24, p. 424 “The means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.” Hind Swaraj, (1962), p. 71 “They say ‘means are after all means’. I would say ‘means are after all everything’. As the means so the end…There is no wall of separation between means and end. Indeed the Creator has given us control (and that too very limited) over means, none over the end. Realization of the goal is in exact proportion to that of the means. This is a proposition that admits of no exception. Young India, 17-7-’24, p. 236 “The clearest possible definition of the goal and its appreciation would fail to take us there, if we do not know and utilize the ...