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Ingrid Srinath

Book review Ingrid Srinath 5 September 2023

A Philanthropist’s Guide to Giving: Asia-based insights from Asia Philanthropy Circle

Reviewed by Ingrid Srinath, founder director, Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy, Ashoka University Asian philanthropists frequently lament the dominance of ‘western’ thinking and models in the sector and the lack of access to more …

Book review Ingrid Srinath 6 December 2022 For Subscribers

Towards Action: Islamic philanthropy for social justice in Indonesia

Reviewed by Ingrid Srinath, director for Social Impact and Philanthropy, Ashoka University The book provides a fascinating glimpse into the contemporary landscape of Islamic philanthropy in Muslim-majority Indonesia and seeks to answer the question of …

Book review Ingrid Srinath 31 May 2022 For Subscribers

Two books explore both sides of the philanthropy debate

Reviewed by Ingrid Srinath, founder and director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University, India ‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there,’ Rumi, …

Analysis Maria Chertok, Caroline Hartnell, Charles Keidan, Elika Roohi and Ingrid Srinath 31 August 2021

Bending the arc of philanthropy towards justice

Philanthropy has changed a lot, but you don’t see how your own child grows Our field has undergone profound shifts in the last 25 years amounting to a quiet revolution. Put crudely, international philanthropy a …

Analysis Ingrid Srinath 31 August 2021 For Subscribers

The explosion of online giving

Although online giving may have proliferated hugely already, its true potential lies in the years ahead When Alliance magazine ran its first feature article on e-philanthropy on 1 September 2001, it could not have anticipated …

News 1 Ingrid Srinath and Smarinita Shetty 29 September 2020

Bleak prognosis for Indian civil society following new foreign funding bill

The Government of India passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 on 23 September, less than 72 hours after it was tabled without any prior consultation, taking both civil society in India and the …

Book review Ingrid Srinath 4 December 2018

The Givers: Wealth, power and philanthropy in a new gilded age

Reviewed by Ingrid Srinath, Ashoka University, India What are the consequences of surging philanthropic resources and ambition when public spending is falling and disillusion with democracy is growing? It’s interesting to contrast the US perspective …

Special feature Ingrid Srinath and Preeti Mann 7 March 2017

India’s philanthropy sector is fit for study 

Long-standing traditions enjoin Indians across religion, ethnicity and class to give without consideration of return. ‘One who enjoys abundance without sharing with others is indeed a thief,’ says the Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse Hindu scripture.  …

Special feature Ingrid Srinath 6 September 2016

Realizing the power of philanthropy in India

As I write these words, news headlines in India are dominated by two themes: on the one hand, a growing wave of protest, from widespread student unrest and caste-based mobilizations to renewed militancy in Kashmir; …

Letter Ingrid Srinath 1 September 2014

Donors shooting for the seemingly impossible

 I was reminded of this article as I watched the remarkable fundraising drive for MAYDAY surge past US$5 million on the 4th of July. Billed as the super-PAC to end super-PACs, MAYDAY’s aims could not …