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When Ashoka (www. ashoka.org) created Changemakers (www. changemakers.net) our goal was to amplify the rate at which social innovation goes to scale.
Peter Diamandis: Guest Blogger, Charlie Brown: Opening a New Door 2009
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Ashoka (www. ashoka.org) has been finding these solutions in the form of social entrepreneurs for nearly 30 years in every corner of the globe.
Peter Diamandis: Guest Blogger, Charlie Brown: Opening a New Door 2009
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"As models such as venture philanthropy, microfinance and social entrepreneurship are embraced by non-profit organisations, and corporations start to focus on social issues, the barriers between the business and non-profit sectors continue to erode," says -- www. ashoka.org "Social entrepreneurs blur the line between for-profit and non-profit to spur global social change."
Paige Donner: Greening Hollywood: Eco-Beauty Part 2: It's All About People 2008
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It stands Venkatesh Raghvendra is a representative of -- ashoka, I should say, this is an organization, an Indian-based organization that provides fellowships for people who run local NGOs.
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The act ends with the announcement that the ashoka-tree has blossomed.
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Wait here, O King, in the shade of the ashoka tree, till I have announced your coming to the sire of Indra.
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But before the queen's arrival, Malavika enters, sent thither by Dharini to touch the ashoka-tree with her foot, and thus encourage it to blossom.
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From the conversation of two maids it appears that a favourite ashoka-tree is late in blossoming.
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Much is lost to us who grow up among other animals and plants; yet we can appreciate his "bee-black hair," his ashoka-tree that "sheds his blossoms in a rain of tears," his river wearing a sombre veil of mist:
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ACT V. -- It now appears that Queen Dharini has relented and is willing to unite Malavika with the king; for she invites him to meet her under the ashoka-tree, and includes Malavika among her attendants.
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