As published on Your Story on 14th March 2018 Newspapers scream stories of rape victims, stats build up on dowry cases. Hollywood uproars against the “casting couch” and social media campaigns #MeToo. The income disparity remains prevalent and men continue to dominate top positions in Industry. The most powerful country in the world rejects a female […]
Author: Aditi Balbir
CIRCULAR ECONOMIES
Imagine a place spanning miles and miles of the ocean, flanked by rolling green hills, spotted with wooden cottages disguised behind the foliage, through which rivers green and spotless flow. This forms a wide estuary with small islands in the middle overrun by the sea when in high tide. Fisherman, whose faces are lined less […]
I am not an Eisenhower Fellow
When I became an entrepreneur – fresh budding idealistic entrepreneur, I wondered how startups function in a policy vacuum. For the role of a startup is to disrupt the industry and if it does so, policies that govern them do not exist yet. So it must be a given that startups need government intervention. Which […]
Not Aesop’s Fables
The hare and the tortoise The fables say that when the hare and tortoise raced together the tortoise won. He won because he was consistent – and the hare lost because he was arrogant and had taken a nap. So who do you want to be? The hare or the tortoise? I’d still pick the […]
Micro Tourism
Big is not beautiful. As humans, we are driven by the concept of ‘Scale’. We believe that scale provides economies (of scale) and these are attractive to investors. And businesses are able to attract large money to build that scale. But we fail to notice the astonishingly negative impact that scale brings to the environment. […]
The Man who Wins
The man who wins is an average man Not built on any peculiar plan Not blessed with any peculiar luck Just steady and Ernest and full of pluck When asked a question he does not guess He knows and answers No or Yes When set a task that the rest can’t do He buckles down […]
10 reasons why travelling solo is the best way to learn more about life
As quoted by India Today on 5th November 2016 When I started travelling alone, I believed I would learn a lot. About life, about people, culture, local experiences etcetera. I did learn a lot. Only about myself. For solo travel isn’t about soul searching like the romantics have you believe – its about pushing your […]
The labour of leadership
As quoted on yourstory.com on 23rd September The word ‘leadership’ evokes thoughts of the likes of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and even Hitler! Those of us running companies associate leadership with the likes of Jack Welch, Jeff Bezos, and Jack Ma, and rightly so, for they have led revolutions and taken companies to […]
Women’s Entrepreneur Network- – How I turned into a Believer
My Comments on attending the Dell Women’s Entrepreneurship Network as part of the 200 most powerful women entrepreneurs in the world in South Africa in 2016. As quoted in Entreprenur.com dated 13/09/16 I am not a feminist – I feel women need not be conformed to these terms influenced by certain social movements and ideologies. I […]
Wine tours for men
As quoted on Askmen.com on 6th July, 2016 A sparkling crystal glass filled with golden bubbles usually sparks an image associated with the debutante. Wine, once a preferred drink for the ladies, is now becoming increasingly popular with our menfolk. Moreover our men even assume an interest in knowing more about this elusive beverage – […]
