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An individual is the product of the society. All those who are blessed with good things in life should give a bit to make this world a better Place to live in. I feel that Gandhian view would make this very clear ( I am indebted to web resources on Gandhi) MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/onlinestores/onlinestores_videoclipsspeeches.htm http://www.mkgandhi.org/ WELCOME TO THE COMPLETE SITE ON MAHATMA BOMBAY SARVODAYA MANDAL * GANDHI BOOK CENTRE * GUJARAT VIDYAPITH, AHMEDABAD ADDRESS: 299, Tardeo Road, Nana Chowk, Bombay 400 007. INDIA. Tel. No. +91-22-2387 2061 Email: info@mkgandhi.org Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya 19 Laburnum Road, Gamdevi, Mumbai - 400 007 INDIA. Tel. No. +91 22 2380 5864 Fax No. +91 20 2380 6239 Email : info@gandhi-manibhavan.org Working Hours 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on all days Working Hours - Library The Library is open on all weekdays, from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm. It is closed on 2nd & 4th Saturdays and public holidays. PER...

Life of people on the margins of the society all over the world, more or less remained untouched by the development agenda of the First and Second Sectors. This necessitated the emergence of alternative strategies to draw the marginalized to the mainstream. Third Sector that encompasses a range of initiatives that fall in between the state and the private enterprise is one such alternative. Social entrepreneurship is a newly emerging concept within the Third Sector, which is gaining ground in North America and Europe . Though the experiment of Mohammed Yunus is quoted in debates on social entrepreneurship to give it a universal significance, the concept is largely grounded in the experiments, experiences and research works in the developed part of the world. A traverse through the terrains of the existing works on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ reflects the dominance of the strong under currents of the ‘spirit of business enterprise’, and in the European context the dominance of the refle...