Hello,
I am from India. I read ‘Small is Beautiful’ by EF Schumacher in 1996. Deeply influenced by it, I was searching for a meaningful professional career. In 1997, I found that and joined an organisation, which was far ahead of its time, a sort of social engineering experiment. A listed company, with the ratio of highest wage to the lowest wage at 1:5 !! It rebelled against the stock market, made huge social impact (20,000 construction workers with fixed wages and medical benefits - something unheard then and now in India). And a cult brand in the housing industry (which was then not an organised market). Moderate salaries, simple life styles. The company started in 1978, while I discovered them in 1997.
But it all came crashing down by 2003, and I was left penniless (at age of 35). Since 2004, I was back at a regular corporate job, and rebuilt my life. But at personal level continued my life and lifestyle in line with my values.
An attempt to make a sense of world is my constant state of being, and that dictates what I read. I read Doughnut Economics and finished it in two days - the last two days.
I am keen to understand where will this take us and be part of it.
