Stories from the grassroots | Thoughts on development
Traditional thinking associates leadership with authority and it is intuitively interpreted as having the power to lead people and organizations to bring about the change that one desires. Occupying positions of authority reinforces this understanding and people start relying more and more on the ‘power’ that goes with the position.… Continue reading
Read my latest article in the August 2019 of Civil Society magazine at https://civilsocietyonline.com/column/village-voices/bridging-the-trust-deficit/
When one reads the several tweets that are flooding the social media space about the ongoing political drama in the state of Karnataka, one worries on how people are interpreting ‘Leadership’ and how they see the state being led.… Continue reading
Living in Karnataka is like living in a world where each day reinforces one’s conviction in the existence of God. How else will one be able to explain the fact that the people are surviving and coping with what can be described as complete absence of state driven governance in managing the several crises that the State and citizens are facing.… Continue reading
This article appeared in my regular column on leadership in the Star of Mysore, dated 1 July 2019
