Devinder Sharma

When the going gets tough

Posted on March 25th, 2010 in Agribusiness, Agriculture Research, Devinder Sharma, India Shares, When the going gets tough

We were earlier told that “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. I grew up when this saying meant something. Then I saw a variant of this in a TV advertisement. It said “When the going gets tough, the tough go naked.” I felt amused, but thought how apt the underlying message was. After all, this is what [...]

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In response to Devinder Sharma’s questions

Posted on January 12th, 2010 in Devinder Sharma, India Shares, Lokesh Singh, Microfinance Debate, Microfinance Negative Effects, Miscellaneous, Sanchetna Microfinance

Devinder Sharma has replied to Lokesh Singh’s post on his blog here.
Given below is Lokesh Singh’s Response
Dear Mr. Sharma,
Thanks a lot for acknowledging my response to your article.
As you have divulged in your response that there are some concerned microfinancers as well who share your concern about providing low cost finance available to the [...]

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Response to Microfinance Article of Devinder Sharma

Posted on January 01st, 2010 in Criticism of Microfinance, Devinder Sharma, India Shares, Microfinance Article, Microfinance Articles

Lokesh Singh, CEO of Sanchetna Microfinance responds to Devindar Sharma’s article on Microfinance
Dear Mr. Sharma,
Though as much I like the sympathy that you have for the poor of the country I could not disagree more with you. The article that you have been writing show the shallow knowledge that you have about the entire dynamics [...]

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Devinder Sharma’s negative assessment of microfinance institutions

Posted on November 26th, 2009 in Corporate Moneylender, Criticisms of Microfinance, Devinder Sharma, India Shares, Microfinance Articles, Microfinance India, Moneylender, Sahukar

Devinder Sharma is an Indian journalist, writer, thinker.He is well-known and respected for his views on food and trade policy. Trained as an agricultural scientist, Sharma had been the Development Editor of the Indian Express, the largest selling English language daily in India at that time. He quit active journalism to research on food [...]

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