by jackie | Apr 16, 2013 | Blog, Thoughts and Ideas
We’ve recently been setting up a new accounting software – Xero. As we’ve gone through this process, we’ve received a fair amount of push back in India. People are used to using a software called Tally, and we’ve had to justify why we...
by jackie | Feb 23, 2013 | Blog, Thoughts and Ideas
While reading a Jalopnik article reflecting on the Indian car market, it struck me that the Indian car market is really not that different from the market for essential technologies. The author, Jason Torchinsky, a car blogger and first-time visitor to India, hit on a...
by Essmart | Jan 12, 2013 | Blog, Field Notes, Thoughts and Ideas
You can’t completely understand the problem until you learn about it from the people who know it best. This has been a personal philosophy that has grown stronger over the past couple of years. It’s been reinforced even more this winter. I’m Jen, and I’ve been working...
by diana | Oct 13, 2012 | Blog, Thoughts and Ideas
A few months back, Selvan met a Dasra representative at a conference held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. She told him about the Dasra Social Impact Program, an executive education program that trains decision makers of leading nonprofits and...
by jackie | Oct 4, 2012 | Blog, Thoughts and Ideas
“An outsider’s understanding of local conditions in India.” This is something which both Diana and I, as co-founders of Essmart, have been told we have. I cannot argue with this statement. I am not Indian, I did not grow up in India, I am not aware of all the...
by Essmart | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes, Thoughts and Ideas
Both of the images below are taken from a weekly market in a village 15 km from Pollachi. People living in villages around this market come here every week to buy essential household items. This market primarily sells fresh farm vegetables, but a large number of...
