Ten years ago, Rang De began with a small seed idea to see India poverty free. We didn’t just want to make access to credit easy for the under-served but we also consciously wanted to lower the cost of borrowing. Along the ten-year journey, we have had our fair share of ups and down. Despite […]
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We are always grateful for the support of the members of Rang De’s community. Nothing brought this home like the 2nd edition of the Run to Empower. Around 200 people turned up to participate in the 3 km run, held on a Sunday morning on 18 November, at the Indian Institute of Management Campus […]
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Cultivating coffee beans is a tricky proposition. With the steady rise and popularity of coffee across the globe, its retail price has steadily increased over the decades. Even as the average consumer pays more for her daily cup of coffee, this has not necessarily translated to better prices for the coffee growers. This year, […]
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A recent report by the World Bank indicates that female participation in the workforce in India has actually decreased over the past decade, with an estimated 20 million women ‘dropping out’ of the workforce between 2005 and 2012. This, even as serious efforts over the past several decades have pushed up female literacy and […]
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In the first week of November, I was in rural Uttar Pradesh, sitting down with a group of women, interviewing them about the loans they had taken through Rang De. I was accompanied by four staff members from our partner organisation, who were there to facilitate the conversation. Two of these staff members were […]
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“They only live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive” – Swami Vivekananda On 4th October, I joined the Rang De team on a Field Trip to meet a community of borrowers in Warangal, associated with the Sarvodaya Youth Organization (SYO). We were a group of 12 members and we reached […]
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On 25 September, the Supreme Court of India struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act of 2016, the full text of which is as follows: Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the use of Aadhaar number for establishing the identity of an individual for any purpose, whether by the state or […]
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Conferences are dime a dozen in the development sector. As a creed, we do love to talk perhaps because we cling onto the belief that the fight for progress and change begins with the free exchange of ideas. Mostly, I tend to ignore these notifications about conferences – they tend to become old quite […]
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“Finishing a marathon is a state of mind that says Anything is Possible!” It is that time of year again! The Tata Mumbai Marathon, India’s biggest and most high-profile running event is set to take place on 20 January 2019 and we, at Rang De, are calling on all runners to show […]
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In August 2018, I was in Gujarat, visiting two of Rang De’s partner organisations in Surendarnagar and Dahod districts. A month prior to that, I had spent a few days in southern part of Udaipur district in Rajasthan visiting our partner organisation in Kotra block, and I couldn’t help but reflect on the […]
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