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It might sound astonishing but it is true, one time meal in a day is really a hard bargain for many. Sometime i feel surprised do all human being belong to the same species? Though genetically our root goes to the same ancestors but still there are contrasting differences among us. A newspaper report says that around 230 million people are undernourished in rural India, the figure might be different in actuality.If we talk about the children then the scenario is really horrible, want to know?, 50% of the child death in India is due to malnutrition. Can anybody answer where we are really heading for. What kind of development is this? If you turn your eyes in and around India you will find there have been two and three types of India growing within INDIA itself. So what measures should be taken to bridge this gap? Having a one time meal is everyone right. Lets make it a reality not just on paper but get it realized through smile of the people affected.. Share ur views........

Social entrepreneurship and social marketing have become the popular jargons for sustainable development and economic prosperity among social scientist. Though the world is witnessing a multitudinous development in all sphere of society,the world leaders and social scientist are advocating for development at grassroots level to bring the benefits of development to doorstep of every individual. But how this could be achieved.? The best suggested way is to involve the people at the primary level. The locals and the native are the best available resources to make this dream possible. We are far behind the goal envisioned by UN for millennium development. Many ways have been suggested to bring social equality and economic prosperity at grassroots level. The locals have their traditional resources and technique which can be used for creating a viable business atmosphere. The local businessmen and agro-companies can also be invited as partner in this regard. While the rural folk would provid...

Micro-finance is a common term in social dictionary these days, which has become a synonym with social revolution in rural communities. Some economist and neo-socialist term it as a tool for social development and economic uplift for the poor.In fact there are many inspiring stories which spoke a lot about a change in the lives of rural folks through this scheme. People get a small amount as a loan on nominal interest to start some work or find some way for self employment. Many times we also get confused as we think that everyone of the beneficiaries is a social entrepreneur. But that is not the case. Not everyone is reaping the benefits. A newspaper reports that the rural areas have suddenly been flooded with institutions which have come come forward to lend money. This sounds really miraculous and it seems it would wipe out poverty from the world,as institutions are providing small loan to people to start business on their own. But that is not the case,many of the organizations and ...