Being the change you wish to see is easier said than done. Rebecca Abraham reports on two philanthropic initiatives that do just that.
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
In October 2010, Bijesh Thakker, who was then managing partner of Mumbai-based law firm Thakker & Thakker, announced that he was closing the firm and its three offices at the end of the year. As a result of this unusual occurrence, the more than 50 lawyers who were at the firm, which Thakker had set up in 1990, had to search for new jobs.
However, what was even more unusual was that Thakker was leaving behind his successful legal career to devote himself full time to a philanthropic initiative that he and his wife had been working on for the previous eight years.
Today they are the brains and the moving force behind SMART EcoPark, a 20-acre park located in Panvel, a thriving suburb of Mumbai.
