Ingrid Srinath
@ingridsrinath.bsky.social
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Philanthropy geek, civil society advocate, verbivore. Blog:
https://substack.com/@ingridsrinath
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Jonathan Edward Durham
3 days ago
Maybe your computer keeps asking if youâre a robot because itâs just looking for a friend? You ever think about that? No, of course not, because you only think about yourself. Typical human.
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âThere is no uniquely deviant âEpstein class.â Instead, we have something far worse: a system that can create deviance in nearly anyone and everyone, if the incentives are right.â
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The âEpstein Classâ and Philanthropy
What are we learning from the Epstein scandal, if anything, about U.S. elites?
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/the-epstein-class-and-philanthropy
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I enjoyed this wide-ranging conversation with Gagan Sethi and Minar Pimple on the state of
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#CSR
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Episode 6: Civil Society at Crossroads with Ingrid Srinath
YouTube video by UnMute Podcast
https://youtu.be/PkpEDBoGQXQ
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I enjoyed this wide-ranging conversation with Gagan Sethi and Minar Pimple on the state of
#civilsociety
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#philanthropy
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#CSR
in India and how we might collectively address it. Bonus: thoughts on how activists of âa certain ageâ might gainfully deploy their experience. đ
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Episode 6: Civil Society at Crossroads with Ingrid Srinath
YouTube video by UnMute Podcast
https://youtu.be/PkpEDBoGQXQ
5 days ago
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ISHR
10 days ago
NGO Committee revokes status for accredited groups through arbitrary, gravely concerning process. In a setback for civil society, members of the Committee on NGOs moved to strip two organisations of their consultative status, with more NGOs likely to face similar action.
https://ow.ly/MkII50YguPB
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Susan Rinkunas
11 days ago
âThere are now more places to sell plasma than there are Costco stores [in the US] â and more are popping up in solidly middle-class neighborhoodsâ
add a skeleton here at some point
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âThe stock marketâs Magnificent Seven chase growth. The charitable sectorâs Magnificent Seven protect people. In moments of pressure and threat, that mission is not something to soften or hide. It is something to defend â clearly, collectively, and without fear. Itâs long past time to stand up.â
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Time To Stand Taller, Together - The NonProfit Times
Time To Stand Taller, Together: They ainât heavy; Theyâre my brothers and sisters Wall Street loves its shorthand. The âMagnificent Sevenâ has become a near-mythic label for Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, M...
https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/time-to-stand-taller-together/
11 days ago
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Jonathan Edward Durham
12 days ago
Wait till they hear about people who donât go to parties at all
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A quietly remarkable Indian businessperson, philanthropist and citizen.
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Anu Aga's quiet triumph over tragedy at Thermax
A woman of quiet efficiency and understated energy, Anu Aga embodies the Parsi entrepreneurial spirit tempered by social consciousness.
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/anu-aga-thermax-turnaround-leadership-resilience-business-acumen-11770887056617.html
13 days ago
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Superb takedown of the McKinsey report on philanthropic leadership by the always on point
@philxbuchanan.bsky.social
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McKinsey Report Misses Mark on Foundation Leadership | The Center for Effective Philanthropy
A newly released report from McKinsey & Company on foundation leadership misses the mark, argues CEP's Phil Buchanan.
https://cep.org/blog/mckinsey-report-misses-mark-on-foundation-leadership/
16 days ago
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âThis is how democratic censorship often works today. It does not silence by decree. It silences by changing the costs of speaking.â
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When Universities Become Sites of Silent Repression
When philosophical disagreement over caste, feminism, or political thought is shifted from classrooms and seminars into committees and complaints, something fundamental changes in how democratic insti...
https://thewire.in/rights/when-universities-become-sites-of-silent-repression
17 days ago
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Where is Lynne Truss when you need her?
18 days ago
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PM-CARES: Neither fish nor fowl, escapes the scrutiny owed by both public and private entities.
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Exclusive | Citing rules, PMO tells Lok Sabha Secretariat: No questions on PM CARES, relief and defence funds
The reasoning for questions and matters not being admissible in Lok Sabha given by the PMO, it is learnt, was that the corpus of these funds is constituted entirely with voluntary public contribution ...
https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/citing-rules-pmo-tells-lok-sabha-secretariat-no-questions-on-pm-cares-relief-and-defence-funds-10521470/
18 days ago
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Another day, another instance of Indian women achieving the impossible by attempting the previously unthinkable.
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Inside the journey of India's women's ice hockey team | BBC News India
YouTube video by BBC News India
https://youtu.be/-pRuaXM3wMQ
21 days ago
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Pedro SĂĄnchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, makes a non-ideological case for immigration.
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Opinion | Iâm the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/spain-migrants-europe.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
21 days ago
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Abhijeet
29 days ago
The original recipe for samosas is quite dire
abhijeetmakesthings.com/2025/01/17/n...
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Nativist Samosas
[JUMP TO RECIPE] Thereâs a shop at the corner of Ryan School Road and Kundanahalli main road in Bengaluru that sells North Indian style samosas with fried chillies and sweet-ish tea begging for a câŠ
https://abhijeetmakesthings.com/2025/01/17/nativist-samosas/
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#HolocaustMemorialDay
about 1 month ago
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
If you are unlawfully killed by the authorities, you posthumously become a terrorist.
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To the values that our republic is founded on.
about 1 month ago
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Omair Ahmad
about 1 month ago
"Indiaâs cowardly and short-sighted foreign policy has robbed the world of a vital voice to fight against discrimination, racist bigotry, and imperialism, failing not only itself, but also the world." My piece.
m.thewire.in/article/dipl...
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AWID
about 1 month ago
The 2026 AWID calendar: 12 months of dreaming a better world featuring feminist art from around the world. Each month brings you dreams of resistance, healing and radical imagination. Download via
https://bit.ly/4a8XyBv
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Reminded today of the treaty commemorated by this plaque on the Treasury building in Washington DC. It prevented a war between the USA and Canada over territory in New Brunswick / Maine almost 200 years ago.
about 1 month ago
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Remembering Gene Sharp, one of my all-time heroes, on his birth anniversary.
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A Lifetime Waging Non-Violence
Gene Sharp is one of the most singular people I have had the privilege to meet. His study, with books lining the walls and teetering precariously in piles on every available surface, emphasised his sc...
https://ingrid.stck.me/post/15463/A-Lifetime-Waging-Non-Violence
about 1 month ago
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Scroll
about 1 month ago
Gitanjali Angmo said that the matter was an âopen and shut caseâ and said the detention reflected the âstate of democracy in the countryâ, where power was being used to illegally detain âpeople who have been working for this countryâ. Read more:
scroll.in/latest/10900...
#SonamWangchuk
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#MLKDay
about 1 month ago
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McSweeney's
about 1 month ago
"We have checked our inventory thoroughly, and we no longer have any shits left to give. We only had a small amount of shits left at the end of last year, and now weâve found that the most recent news cycles have completely emptied us out."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
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FAQ: The Status of the Shits Women Have Left to Give
Q: I was wondering: how much of a shit do women give about what conservative old white dudes say about them? A: Thanks for contacting us. We have c...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-the-status-of-the-shits-women-have-left-to-give
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Schrödingerâs fund: public when it comes to fundraising, private when it comes to accountability.
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Delhi HC Observes PM CARES Fund has Right to Privacy Under RTI Act
The court observed that privacy under the RTI Act may extend to juristic entities; the matter will be heard next in February.
https://thewire.in/law/delhi-hc-observes-pm-cares-fund-has-right-to-privacy-under-rti-act#
about 1 month ago
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âIf philanthropy wants to remain relevant in a world where civic space is shrinking, courage cannot remain an aspiration. It has to appear in what is resourced, how long support is sustained and which risks are shared rather than quietly displaced.â
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Too political to fund - Alliance magazine
What happens when philanthropy confuses neutrality for safety? In Kashmir, where I grew up, safety was a lesson we learned early. My childhood memories were shaped by curfews, school days interrupted ...
https://www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/too-political-to-fund/
about 1 month ago
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Happy birthday, Joan Baez.
about 2 months ago
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Nothing to see here. Just another right being rolled back.
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How India Quietly Rolled Back the Legal Right to Disaster Relief
The deletion of key provisions from the Disaster Management Act, 2005 undermines humanitarian principles and decades of institutional progress, yet it has gone almost unnoticed.
https://thewire.in/government/how-india-quietly-rolled-back-the-legal-right-to-disaster-relief
about 2 months ago
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Are we starting to write eulogies to academic freedom in India?
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Indiaâs academic openness under strain
India, which has always projected itself as a civilisation rooted in dialogue, samvad, must not turn its back on this tradition
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/indias-academic-openness-under-strain/article70478537.ece
about 2 months ago
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Journal of Democracy
about 2 months ago
Modi is demonizing critical thought in India. It offers a vital warning for other countries where higher education is in danger.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average workerâs yearly pay by noon on 6 January
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FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average workerâs yearly pay by noon on 6 January
High Pay Centre calculates bosses will pass milestone on third working day of 2026 with median pay of ÂŁ1,353 an hour The bosses of FTSE 100 companies will have made more money in 2026 before midday on Tuesday than the average worker will all year, according to figures laying bare the yawning income gap. Median annual pay for FTSE 100 chief executives is ÂŁ4.4m, the High Pay Centre thinktank calculated, 113 times higher than the ÂŁ39,039 earned by the median full-time worker. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/ftse-100-ceos-earn-more-than-average-worker-yearly-pay-by-noon-on-6-january-2026?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Define rogue state.
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
"Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance..." Shirin Neshat, Iranian artist
#WomensArt
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The mass fantasising
@bhanupratap.bsky.social
describes here is made possible by the silencing or co-opting of media, civil society, and the academy.
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: A new year wish for India in 2026 â Let sober realism be the guide, not political fantasy
We are told that historical anxieties can be healed by deepening communal antagonism, as if recasting contemporary politics as an epic struggle between Hindus and Muslims were the path to renewal. In ...
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pratap-bhanu-mehta-writes-a-new-year-wish-for-india-in-2026-let-sober-realism-be-the-guide-not-political-fantasy-10450580/
about 2 months ago
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#WorldIntrovertDay
Donât call us.
about 2 months ago
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Thought for the day. đ€
about 2 months ago
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Al Jazeera English
about 2 months ago
Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.
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Palestine was the deadliest place to be a journalist in 2025: Media union
Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/1/palestine-was-the-deadliest-place-to-be-a-journalist-in-2025-media-union?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse
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May Your Rice Bowl Always Be Full
2025 was the year I learned abundance.
https://open.substack.com/pub/ingridsrinath/p/may-your-rice-bowl-always-be-full?r=395vy&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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Rafale (French pronunciation: [Êafal], literally meaning "gust of wind" or "burst of fire" in a more military sense)
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Why caste is central to Indiaâs âcivic senseâ problem
Civic behaviour is shaped by a society conditioned to outsourcing the labour of cleaning to lower castes and women.
https://scroll.in/article/1089183/why-caste-is-central-to-indias-civic-sense-problem
2 months ago
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Ouch!
2 months ago
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Delighted that marking celebrations and commemorations by gifting a contribution to CRY is now so much easier.
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CRY Gift Cards: Support Child Rights with a Meaningful Gift
Explore CRY Gift Cards and make a meaningful impact by supporting child rights. Choose a gift that helps create a brighter future for children in need.
https://www.cry.org/gift-cards/
2 months ago
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In the tropics we have to make our own snow.
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All set for Jólabókaflóðið?
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A manifesto from
@resourcealliance.bsky.social
for fundraisers, campaigners, philanthropists, and changemakers at this critical juncture for those we serve.
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https://www.resource-alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IFC-2025-Manifesto-for-Change.pdf
2 months ago
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Unexpected visitor.
2 months ago
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