Lotus and red water lily stand out against whiteness of Sharat

Whiteness above and whiteness below that is what Sharat or Autumn is all about. In popular perception the floating clouds like scattered clusters of snowy cotton in the sky and sheuli (night-flowering jasmine) together with undulating catkins below stand out to make the season special. Whiteness represents purity and innocence...

Nurturing Financial Inclusion Strategies to empower MFIs

Once, banks catered exclusively to well-off entrepreneurs, with their doors hardly accessible to those most in need of financial resources to build a better future. This left small investors and farmers at the mercy of local moneylenders, known as 'Mohajon,' who exploited them with high-interest loans secured against collateral, often...