tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19131701860865415362024-02-18T23:28:24.416-08:00FYI PleaseKrunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-71896573132482646952016-03-29T08:52:00.003-07:002016-03-29T08:52:24.769-07:00Business with a purpose..<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Business with a purpose..</span><br />
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<br />Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-15704811136650105432012-12-24T11:02:00.000-08:002012-12-25T00:22:31.268-08:00A battle to be fought on two fronts!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A battle to
be fought on two fronts! </span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US">- on Legal / Political front and on an Individual
front</span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On one hand
the incident represents a complete failure of police, law, and political
leaders and on the other hand it is a social failure – failure of our society. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">From the
current movement we can assure that people have realized the importance and
need of fighting the battle at legal and political level. On this front we need
to fight against the Hitlerism of Govt., open ‘Gunda Raaj’ of Police force, and
loss democratic rights. Hence, we will not discuss it here. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But we must
also realize at the same time that it is a social failure. What do we mean by a
social failure..?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Social
failure is a phenomenon where different individuals fails to do their work –
parents, friends, teachers, sisters, wives, mothers, brothers, and peers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Failure of
parents to inculcate values (respecting dignity of an individual without
gender/caste/social status) in their children – not referring to girls but the
boys (individuals) who commit such crimes.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Failure of
friends to discourage such thoughts / discussions / activities which eventually
lead to such major crimes. (Here not only boys but girls can also contribute significantly
– we are sure that each one of us know what we talk and encourage in our talks)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Failure of teachers
to create an environment where each individual is given due respect – starting
from teachers giving due respect to students (without any discrimination). </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Failure of
sisters / mothers / wives to raise their voice against every instance of
domination, especially from males in the family/society. Raise voice and not
tolerate domination from a male whether he is her brother / father / husband or
son. A female doesn’t need to fight (in literal sense) with their family
members but talk / explain / convince / <u>negotiate with</u> them to give them
due respect.</span></div>
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brothers / peers to guide / talk / stop their peers at each and every occasion
whenever they feel the need. Also, there is a failure of each male in the
family/society to support females in getting their due respect. When a
sister/mother/daughter is fighting for their rights it is responsibility of the
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<span lang="EN-US">Failure of
an individual to be a ‘human being’ – ignoring crimes / victims / incidents
until they affect him/her directly. </span></div>
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friend of someone in the society and after all a human being. And when they
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Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-20316992822892526272012-04-07T21:21:00.003-07:002012-04-07T21:25:19.073-07:00Oh ri Duniya...Oh ri duniya, Oh ri duniya,<br />Aye duniya, aye surmayee aankhein ke pyaalo ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Surmayee aankhein ke pyaalo ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Satrangi rango gulalo ki duniya oh duniya -2 times<br /><br />Alsaayi sejo ke phoolon ki duniya oh duniya re,<br />Angdaayi tode kabootar ki duniya oh duniya re,<br />Aye karwat le soyi haqeeqat ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Deewani hoti tabiyat ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Khwahish mein lipti zaroorat ki duniya oh duniya re,<br />Heyyy insaan ke sapno ki niyat ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Oh ri duniya, oh ri duniya, oh ro duniya, oh ri duniya,<br />Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai? – 3 times<br /><br />Mamta ki bikhri kahani ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Behno ki siski jawani ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Adam ke hawwa se rishte ki duniya oh duniya re<br />Heyyy shayar ke pheenke labzo ki duniya oh duniya,<br />Ooooo…oooo…hoooo….hooo…ooooooooo…<br />[Gaalib ke maumin ke khawabo ki duniya,<br />Majazo ke un inqalabo ki duniya] – 2 times<br /><br />Faize firako sahir umakhdum meel ki zoku kitabo ki duniya,<br />Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai? – 3 times<br /><br />Palchin mein baaten chali jaati hai hai,<br />Palchin mein raaten chali jaati hai hai,<br />Reh jaata hai jo sawera wo dhoondhe,<br />Jalta makaan mein basera wo dhoondhe,<br />Jaisi bachi hai waisi ki waisi, bacha lo yeh duniya,<br />Apna samajh ke apno ki jaisi utha lo yeh duniya,<br />Chitput si baaton mein jalne lagegi, sambhalo yeh duniya,<br />Katpit ke raaton mein palne lagegi, sambhalo yeh duniya,<br />Oh ri duniya, oh ri duniya, wo kahen hai ki duniya,<br />Yeh itni nahi hai sitaaro se aage jahan aur bhi hai,<br />Yeh hum hi nahi hai, wahan aur bhi hai,<br />Hamari hare k baat hoti wahin hai,<br />Hume aitraaz nahi hai kahin bhi,<br />Wo aayi zamil pe sahi hai,<br />Magar falsafa yeh bigad jaata hai jo,<br />Wo kehte hai…aalim yeh kehta wahan ishwar hai,<br />Faazil yeh kehta wahan allah hai,<br />Kamil yeh kahta hai,<br />Manzil yeh kehti tab insaan se ki,<br />Tumhari hai tum hi sambhalo yeh duniya,<br />Yeh ujde hue chand baasi charago,<br />Tumhare yeh kale iraado ki duniya,<br />Ohh ri duniya, oh ri duniya…<br />Hoo ri duniya…<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">source: http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/duniya-lyrics-gulaal/</span>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-32724255681412888052012-04-07T11:22:00.005-07:002012-04-09T02:34:12.078-07:00Reading List - Education<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> 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Narayan)</span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">How Children Fail (John Holt)</span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">Divaswapna (Gijubhai)</span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">Tottochan (Tetsuko Kuroyangi)</span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">Summerhill (A.S Neill) </span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">What did you ask at School today? (Kamala Mukunda)</span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">Deschooling Soceity (Ivan Illich)</span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">The Open Classroom (K. Margaret) </span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">Redesigning Education (Lynn Stoddard)</span></li><li><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">Proust and the Squid: The Story and the Science of the Reading Brain (Maryanne Wolf) </span><a style="mso-comment-reference: U_1;mso-comment-date:20120111T1927"><span style="line-height: 115%;Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-INfont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Swami & Friends – R.K.Narayan</span></a></li><li><span style="mso-comment-continuation: 1"><span style="line-height:115%;Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-INfont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >The English Teacher – R.K.Narayan</span></span></li><li><span style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" >Bachelor of Arts – R.K.Narayan</span></span></li><li><a href="http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/36children.pdf"><span style="mso-comment-continuation: 1"></span></a><span style="mso-comment-continuation: 1"><a>36 Children</a></span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:8.0pt;" lang="EN-US"><a class="msocomanchor" id="_anchor_1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1913170186086541536&postID=3272425568141288805&from=pencil#_msocom_1" name="_msoanchor_1"></a></span></span></li></ol>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-73716962123102146792011-06-03T06:44:00.000-07:002011-06-03T06:51:02.076-07:00Super 30Super 30, a distinctive programme that coaches students for the IIT entrance exam, has seen unparalleled success in the number of students that make it into the prestigious IITs each year. Its founder, Anand Kumar, selects 30 students from economically weaker families, provides them with food and boarding, and tutors them for a year as they prepare for the IIT JEE.<br /><br />By 2011, 236 out of 270 Super 30 students made it into the IITs. We bring to you an exclusive interview with the man behind the success of Super 30. Pioneer, visionary and guru, Anand Kumar, as he talks of his inspirations, his plans for the future, his take on education in India, and the Indian Teaching Service he hopes to see become part of India’s blueprint for education.<br /><br /><strong>How does it feel to see the running success of Super 30?<br /></strong>It makes me extremely happy. Many of these children left their homes, their villages, to come follow their dream; and to see this kind of result makes me very glad. This is the chance they need to break out of poverty and build a future for themselves.<br /><br /><strong>What has been your inspiration to set up Super 30?<br /></strong>Growing up, I had a keen interest in Mathematics, and spent many hours working on my subject. After graduation, I applied and got admission into the University of Cambridge. But my financial situation, and my father’s medical condition were factors that held me back, and I had to let go of the opportunity. It made me realize that there were many students in India facing the same situation. Despite being gifted students, with a strong academic inclination, poverty and inaccessibility to quality education held them back. If there was a way to help them, I knew I had to find it.<br /><br /><strong>Who has been your role model?<br /></strong>There have been many, but most outstanding in my memory, remains my father, Rajendra Prasad. He passed away around the time that my admission into Cambridge came through. He always said – Son, whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly. Put your heart and mind into it. He had a good heart, and encouraged in us, the idea of giving back to society.<br /><br /><strong>What advice would you give our readers that are aspiring IIT-ians?<br /></strong>I would advise them to read voraciously, and be thorough with the basics. One must never memorise or “ratto”; that is not learning. Instead, study the basics, and understand them fully. As you develop on this, use your imagination and then apply to new learning.<br /><br /><strong>If you could be India’s Education Minister, what changes would you bring into the system?<br /></strong>To begin with, everyone must understand that education is not a commodity to be bought and sold. Right now, there are expensive private schools, and there are Government schools, and there is a great divide between them. Quality education is being sold to the highest bidder. That has to change. Education - quality education - must be accessible to everyone. Government schools must impart education of the same standard available at private schools. And excellence in quality of education must begin right from primary schools.<br />Secondly, the IITs that now allow only 2 attempts at entrance admissions, must make allowances for children from less privileged backgrounds, and give them 3 attempts at clearing the IIT entrance exams. You spoke of primary schools; what changes do you think we need to see in this sphere of education? As I said, the quality of education must improve, and this begins right at primary school level. Most importantly, we have to attract and retain good teachers. It is the teacher that can transform a student, and it is imperative our schools have good teachers. We need to change the existing policies, and re-look at the salaries we give them, the facilities and tools to aid them in the classroom. Why don’t we have something similar to the IAS, and IFS? The ITS – Indian Teaching Service. Something as prestigious, to attract and build talent in the education sector.<br /><br /><strong>In your opinion, why aren’t there more schools like yours? Is this a difficult model to replicate?<br /></strong>Super 30 is a school that takes no donations. In this sense, yes it can be hard to sustain. But we have created a prototype, and we encourage the government, and corporate business, to replicate this model. In fact, several State governments have expressed interest in setting up something similar, drawing inspiration from the success of Super 30.<br /><br /><strong>Any plans to expand Super 30 into Super 50 or Super 100?<br /></strong>Yes, why not? Super 30 started as an experiment with 30 students who showed potential. We had no idea the name would become so popular. If there are more children with the talent and determination, then there is always room for more.<br /><br /><strong>What do you see yourself doing over the next few years? Any plans beside Super 30?<br /></strong>Well, it has been a dream of mine to run a school for children from lower income families, and from villages where quality education is not available. I plan to set up this school, for children from the 6th to the 12th standard. I am looking for land right now, for the school premises, and for a hostel for the children to stay. I want to give them a chance to think of going abroad, to study medicine, to attend Olympiads, and meet other students excelling in different fields of academics.<br /><br />source: <a href="http://in.education.yahoo.com/news/yeduyahooindia/super-30-founder-start-school-20110603">http://in.education.yahoo.com/news/yeduyahooindia/super-30-founder-start-school-20110603</a><br /><br />more @ http://www.super30.org/Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-12029350143311918302010-10-01T11:42:00.000-07:002010-10-01T11:48:32.183-07:00Join Hands with Aastha Parivaar<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Join Hands with Aastha Parivaar </span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">Aastha Parivaar –a federation of 14 community based organizations by sex workers across Mumbai and Thane –is an organization formed by, of and for sex workers. Living in shadows, these are women who aspire for a dignified, empowered existence and violence free society. Paradoxically, Mumbai and its satellite town Thane are hubs of large migrant population as well as sex trade. Aastha Parivaar, an umbrella organization of male, female<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">and transgender sex workers, does serious work for the community, from finding alternate means of sustenance to meeting their health care needs, working toward HIV prevention.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">But Aastha Parivaar is a young organization and it needs your support! For the first time ever, sex workers across Mumbai and Thane, are coming together to put forth an edutainment program, Anand Utsav – an array of skits, songs, folk dances and children’s performances – now on </span><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:#9A3300;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language: MR">12</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:#9A3300;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language: MR">th </span><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:#9A3300;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language: MR">October 2010</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language: MR">. The event is open to general community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language: MR"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(154, 51, 0); ">Passes already bought will still be valid.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">Donation passes are available for `1000/-, ` 500/ and `200/-. The proceedings from the donation passes will go towards the education of sex workers’ children. They are marginalized not only because they are children of sex workers, but also because several are themselves infected or affected by HIV. Intervention for sex workers’ children is vital for they are also most prone to enter the profession.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 15px; ">Show your support to Aastha Parivaar. Be there for the event!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">We look forward to a long term relationship with you. Let </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:#9A3300;mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">Anand Utsav </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">be the beginning!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Venue: Hotel Rangsharda, Bandra Reclamation </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Date: 12th Oct, 2010</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Time: 7 pm onwards.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">Email at </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">manager@aasthaparivaar.org.in</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">Tel: 2368 6636 / 2659 2350<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black;mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">Visit us at </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria; color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:MR">www.aasthapartivaar.org</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language: MR">.</span></p></div>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-33233574992228049402010-09-11T06:43:00.000-07:002010-09-11T06:50:35.162-07:00SAHAYATA - Collection Drive for Leh Victims<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrh-vYjIpWylOgVoNU872emee7wgZqMrlGUO2QW4u3a4DiCZzcB5OPCJiPoDMJU1VscFF-9IcWk_jEWxSUjkwbes3Eg3jtGm_nDtWBoMMJ6S39FXi3xZj-64dZYyoWucsqAO6W_5vobGQ/s1600/Sahayata_Email_White.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrh-vYjIpWylOgVoNU872emee7wgZqMrlGUO2QW4u3a4DiCZzcB5OPCJiPoDMJU1VscFF-9IcWk_jEWxSUjkwbes3Eg3jtGm_nDtWBoMMJ6S39FXi3xZj-64dZYyoWucsqAO6W_5vobGQ/s400/Sahayata_Email_White.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515652306572737026" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(126, 34, 23); font-weight: bold; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The recent cloudburst in Leh has created havoc on the lives of all those affected. Hundreds of lives have been lost, houses have been destroyed and people have lost everything they have. According to Mr. Anshu Gupta (Founder, Goonj) who recently visited the site - "180 recovered dead bodies, 400 missing people, hundreds of houses totally crumbled, heavy loss to crop, cattle and property is not a small loss. Many families have been wiped out completely; even the dead bodies are still under the 6- 7 ft. of mud, which suddenly entered their homes as they were sleeping. The prime concern is the upcoming winter. In winters the temperature of Leh goes down to -20 degree celcius. There is also a bigger question of food security as the affected people have lost the stocks they created to use in the 6 months of harsh winters.</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(126, 34, 23); font-weight: bold; "><div id="contentmain" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: url(http://pankhudifoundation.org/images/bggblue2.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; float: left; width: 900px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><div class="article_leh" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; width: 550px; height: 1764px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; "><div class="centertxt" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></b></span></div><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">To offer whatever assistance we can in their time of need, Pankhudi Foundation is doing a collection drive for the victims of the floods. We are collecting money and other items that will be needed by the victims to now and in the coming months to re-build their lives.</p></b></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">Material Contributions:</p><div class="indented" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 50pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 50pt; "><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Good quality woollens and blankets (Important)</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Tarpaulins and thick plastic sheets</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Export surplus or Cotton cloth for making sanitary napkins</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Cooking and water storage utensils or buckets</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">School material- toys & games, stationary, notebooks etc.</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Lanterns, candles, matchbox, torch & batteries</li></ul></div></b></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">Material contributions must be packed in plastic gunny bags to make storage and transport easier. All contributions will be sent to Goonj for further distribution in Leh.</p></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">Monetary Contributions:</p><div class="indented" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 50pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 50pt; "><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Monetary contributions must be in the form of CHEQUES / DRAFTS ONLY in the name of “GOONJ”(No cash accepted).</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">All your Monetary contributions are eligible for Tax Exemption under 80G.</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">For receipts purposes, Please write the following information behind your cheques/drafts – Name, Address, Phone No. and PAN No.</li></ul></div></b></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">Taking material to Leh is costly and difficult therefore GOONJ will be using the money we raise to buy materials from cities near Leh.</p></span></b><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">The LAST DATE for sending in your contributions is <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><blink style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">10th SEPTEMBER 2010 </blink></span>.</p><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">For contributions please provide your details <blink style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFN0T0pNNkpqMlIzTUZ4T1pmUDhFNkE6MA" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">HERE</span></a></blink>.</p><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.2em; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; ">Or contact one of our Sahayata representatives in your city:</p></span></span></b><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><table width="580" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><tr class="tblheadrowbg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(6, 88, 175); font-weight: bold; color: white; "><td width="80" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">City</td><td width="180" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Name</td><td width="130" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Contact</td><td width="194" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Email</td></tr><tr class="tblrowbg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 245); height: 17px; "><td height="19" class="rowhead" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(6, 88, 175); ">Bangalore</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Mr. Anuj Bhargava/ Ms. Chhavi Arora</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+91 9739137485 / +91 9740375954</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+91 9971006580 / +91 9310121285</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org</a></td></tr><tr class="tblrowbg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 245); height: 17px; "><td height="19" class="rowhead" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(6, 88, 175); ">Hyderabad</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh/ Mr. Ramesh Kolluri</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+91 9704165208/ +91 8008099898</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org</a></td></tr><tr class="tblrowbg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 245); height: 17px; "><td height="19" class="rowhead" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(6, 88, 175); ">Mumbai</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Mr. Abhishek Shenoy/ Mr. Aditya Karandikar</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+91 9920396422 / +91 9004991505</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org</a></td></tr><tr class="tblrowbg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 245); height: 17px; "><td height="19" class="rowhead" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(6, 88, 175); ">Pune</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Mr. Shrikanth Iyer/ Mr. Sachin Agrawal</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+91 9730580513/ +91 9604895693</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org</a></td></tr><tr class="tblrowbg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Calibri, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 245); height: 17px; "><td height="19" class="rowhead" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(6, 88, 175); ">Other locations</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Mr. Rohan Honawade</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">+91 9986203352</td><td height="19" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">sahayata@pankhudifoundation.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">www.goonj.org</a>): Goonj is a recognized non-profit with initiatives running across 20 states in India and several awards to their credit including 'Indian NGO of the year' in 2008. They played a huge role in bringing relief to the victims of the Bihar Floods in 2008 and the Karnataka and Andhra Floods in 2009. </p></b></span></span></b></div></div></span>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-16503840974210905412010-07-03T09:47:00.000-07:002010-07-04T10:08:41.331-07:00Can Meena Build An Indian Google?<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; COLOR: rgb(39,39,39)font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Regular', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13;" class="Apple-style-span" > <p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;"><img style="POSITION: relative; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 1em 1em 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 620px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" class="size-medium wp-image-192560 alignleft" title="Roshni Academy Students" alt="" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/faceshomepage_1-thumbnail.jpg?w=300&h=207" width="300" height="207" /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;"><br /></span></div><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px">Meena wants to become a computer engineer. She believes that if she works hard enough, she can build her own “big business”—maybe a Google. So she is determined to complete her schooling and earn an engineering degree. Young girls like Meena, just 16 years old but with the ambition and confidence to enter the tech world, are a <a style="COLOR: rgb(0,159,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/07/silicon-valley-you%e2%80%99ve-got-a-gender-problem-and-some-of-your-vc%e2%80%99s-still-live-in-the-past/">rare commodity</a> even in Silicon Valley; but Meena lives in a slum in New Delhi. Her father works as a day laborer. He used to spend half his income on alcohol, and would come home drunk every night and make so much noise that Meena could not do her homework. He considered Meena a liability, saw no value in her education, and had nothing to be optimistic about.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px">Sana Azmi too lives in a Delhi slum. She is determined to become a lawyer. Sana has long had this ambition, but her unemployed father had made the decision to withdraw her from school this year, when she turns 16. His plan was to get her married as soon as possible, and he believed that if Sana received too much education, it would be difficult to find a suitable groom in their socioeconomic community. Moreover, they simply couldn’t afford to educate her. Sana begged her Dad to find a way; she told him that without higher education she would be like an “empty room”.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px">Meena’s father has now stopped drinking and is working long hours to save money for her education. He considers Meena to be the pride of the family, and is hopeful that she will lift the family out of poverty. And Sana’s parents are no longer on the lookout for potential grooms for their daughter. Instead, they are supporting and encouraging her efforts to complete high school and continue on to university.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px"><a style="COLOR: rgb(0,159,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/saima.jpg"><img style="POSITION: relative; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em 1em; MAX-WIDTH: 620px; FLOAT: right; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-192589" title="Saima Hasan" alt="" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/saima.jpg?w=164&h=216" width="164" height="216" /></a>How did these transformations happen? Through a non-profit group called <a style="COLOR: rgb(0,159,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://roshniacademy.org/">Roshni Academy<img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/theme/silver/palette.gif); POSITION: static; MIN-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 14px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; MAX-WIDTH: 2000px; BACKGROUND-POSITION: -1128px 0px; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 12px; VISIBILITY: visible; MAX-HEIGHT: 2000px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; TOP: auto; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 1px; LEFT: auto" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" class="snap_preview_icon" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/t.gif" /></a>, which identifies, trains, and mentors brilliant girls from socioeconomically underprivileged communities. Founded by Saima Hasan when she was a junior at Stanford in 2007, and funded by Silicon Valley business leaders and philanthropists, Roshni has already transformed the lives of more than 500 underprivileged girls, in seven districts of Delhi.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px">The Roshni formula is simple: empower smart girls with self confidence, critical thinking skills, basic social skills, and life skills—and make them realize that they can succeed by working hard and taking risks. Roshni girls, all of whom live below the poverty line yet maintain top academic standing, undergo intensive education through three training modules over a six-month period. The curriculum covers 25 subjects, ranging from public speaking to conflict management to hygiene. Students are also taught computer and internet basics. At the end of each training season, 60 top-performing students are granted scholarships by the Nurul Hasan Foundation to pursue their secondary and higher education.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px"><img style="POSITION: relative; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em 1em; MAX-WIDTH: 620px; FLOAT: right; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-192566" title="Bazla Ambareen " alt="" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/screen-shot-2010-06-25-at-11-28-00-am.png?w=172&h=180" width="172" height="180" />I was blown away by the energy and enthusiasm of the Roshni students I met on my recent trip to New Delhi. They were as confident as the students I teach at Duke and Berkeley. They bombarded me with great questions—they had a deep hunger to learn. And they were amazingly optimistic. Like the techies I know, they believed they could change the world. What surprised me the most was that that each of them claimed to have learned English through the Roshni program. This didn’t make sense given the short duration of the course. It turns out that even though they had studied English in school, these girls had never had the opportunity or confidence to speak it. Watch the video below of 15-year-old Roshni student Bazla Ambareen (and the other videos) to understand what I mean.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px">Conditions for the poor in India are dire, and people live at the extremes; but, sadly, things aren’t always that much better in some parts of the U.S. and in other parts of the world. You don’t have to go as far as Harlem, NY, or Durham, NC, to see poverty and disfranchised youth. In Silicon Valley, you can just visit schools in East Palo Alto or Oakland. In fact, Saima Hasan says that she got the idea for developing the Roshni program while tutoring students in East Palo Alto. That’s where she hopes to pilot, next year, an American version of her program.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px">My conclusion: if Roshni girls can rise above poverty, alcoholism, gender bias, domestic violence, marriage pressures, religious oppression, and a wide range of complex social and economic obstacles through pure hard work and determination, so can underprivileged communities in the U.S. There is nothing to stop us from lifting our minorities out of poverty and fixing the societal problems such as those that I’ve previously <a style="COLOR: rgb(0,159,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc2010023_986637.htm">written about<img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/theme/silver/palette.gif); POSITION: static; MIN-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 14px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; MAX-WIDTH: 2000px; BACKGROUND-POSITION: -1128px 0px; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 12px; VISIBILITY: visible; MAX-HEIGHT: 2000px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; TOP: auto; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 1px; LEFT: auto" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" class="snap_preview_icon" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/t.gif" /></a>—American girls being left out of the tech world.</p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 1em 0px"><em><strong style="COLOR: black">Editor’s note:</strong> Guest writer <a style="COLOR: rgb(0,159,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/vivek-wadhwa" target="_blank">Vivek Wadhwa <img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/theme/silver/palette.gif); POSITION: static; MIN-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 14px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; MAX-WIDTH: 2000px; BACKGROUND-POSITION: -1128px 0px; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 12px; VISIBILITY: visible; MAX-HEIGHT: 2000px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; TOP: auto; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 1px; LEFT: auto" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" class="snap_preview_icon" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/t.gif" /></a> is an entrepreneur turned academic. He is a Visiting Scholar at UC-Berkeley, Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School and Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University. You can follow him on Twitter at <a style="COLOR: rgb(0,159,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://twitter.com/vwadhwa" target="_blank">@vwadhwa<img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/theme/silver/palette.gif); POSITION: static; MIN-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 14px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; MAX-WIDTH: 2000px; BACKGROUND-POSITION: -1128px 0px; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 12px; VISIBILITY: visible; MAX-HEIGHT: 2000px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; TOP: auto; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 1px; LEFT: auto" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" class="snap_preview_icon" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/t.gif" /></a> and find his research at<a style="COLOR: rgb(0,159,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.wadhwa.com/">www.wadhwa.com<img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/theme/silver/palette.gif); POSITION: static; MIN-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 14px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; MAX-WIDTH: 2000px; BACKGROUND-POSITION: -1128px 0px; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 12px; VISIBILITY: visible; MAX-HEIGHT: 2000px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; TOP: auto; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 1px; LEFT: auto" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" class="snap_preview_icon" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.35/t.gif" /></a>.</em></p><p style="MARGIN: 1em 0px"><i><br /></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 1em 0px"><em><br /></em></p></span><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/spiDbZpEuJ8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/spiDbZpEuJ8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><div></div>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-59394301584501294192010-03-29T01:03:00.000-07:002010-03-29T01:05:03.791-07:00India: Tribal Area Medical Program Traditional & Modern - Gender<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 120pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -120pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">WUNRN</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.wunrn.com/">http://www.wunrn.com</a></span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Women's Feature Service<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.wfsnews.org/">http://www.wfsnews.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">India - New Delhi</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">"India - Another SEARCH intervention has been in improving the hygiene of the traditional Gond 'korma' - the rather dark and dirty hut in which women are isolated during menstruation. While it has been difficult to convince the community to do away with this practice of isolation, SEARCH health workers have managed to at least improve the 'korma', turning it into a clean, comfortable place, with perhaps a bed and a tiled roof. The 'korma' has, in fact, been transformed into a 'women's room', where women meet during their difficult days, rest and share experiences."</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "> </p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">________________________________________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><img border="0" width="288" height="216" src="http://www.wunrn.com/news/2009/05_09/05_25_09/052509_india_files/image001.jpg" shapes="_x0000_i1025" shapes="_x0000_i1025" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Dr Rani Bang has successfully introduced modern medicine and practices of hygiene into tribal lifestyle. (Credit: Shekhar Soni\WFS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br /> <b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><ns0:country-region><ns0:place>India</ns0:place></ns0:country-region>: Tribal Area Medical Program Traditional & Modern - Gender</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">By Shoma Sen</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Gadchiroli (Women's Feature Service) - Deep in the forests of Gadchiroli, a tribal area of eastern Maharashtra, live the Gond 'adivasis' (tribals), some of the poorest and most neglected people of the state. The region is considered dangerous because large parts of it have come under the sway of Maoist rebels, also known as Naxalites, who have taken up the challenge of organising the Gonds to fight for a society they claim is based on justice and equality. The ensuing conflict between the rebels and the state has turned the region into a "police state", where anti-insurgency security forces are constantly on the vigil, storming Maoist hide-outs and eliminating suspects. The word 'encounter' - a euphemism for such extra-judicial killings - has become a part of local vocabulary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The forest is usually not a place where one would expect to find qualified doctors, especially ones who have studied at the world renowned <ns0:placename>Johns</ns0:placename> <ns0:placename>Hopkins</ns0:placename> <ns0:placetype>University</ns0:placetype> in the <ns0:country-region><ns0:place>US</ns0:place></ns0:country-region>. But then Dr Rani Bang and her husband, Dr Abhay Bang, who are both in their fifties, founders of the Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SEARCH), are not "usual". They were determined to take the road less travelled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Rani Bang (nee Chari), daughter of a doctor and the granddaughter of a prominent Congress Party Member of Parliament (MP) from Chandrapur, met Abhay, the son of the famous Gandhian, Thakurdas Bang of Wardha, at Nagpur's Government Medical College. Abhay was involved in the Sampoorna Kranti (Complete Revolution) movement initiated by political leader Jayaprakash Narayan. On returning from Johns Hopkins, where the couple had gone to pursue higher studies after their marriage, Rani and Abhay resolved to put their powers of healing, as gynaecologist and physician respectively, in the service of government Primary Health Centres (PHCs) for the benefit of ordinary people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">In 1985, the couple set up SEARCH, a multifarious village within a village. Located in Shodhgram, about 15 kilometres from the district headquarters of Gadchiroli on the Dhanora road, SEARCH is a hospital, a de-addiction centre, a voluntary organisation that runs various projects on tribal welfare, health, adolescent sex education and so on. It is also a research institute that has brought out many publications. Reminiscent of a tribal village, it is equipped with all the modern amenities necessary to meet its objectives. Mud houses amidst trees built around a common courtyard, hutments for in-house patients to live in with their families, a temple dedicated to Danteswari Devi, worshipped by the Gonds, and other symbols of tribal culture, are around to make patients feel at home. "We asked the people what kind of a hospital they would like and then designed this facility," says Dr Rani Bang. Of course, the funds to do all the good work come from various government schemes and donors like the Ford Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The greatest achievements of the SEARCH project have been to bring about a fall in the maternal mortality rate (MMR) of the area through improved neo-natal childcare. This has been done by introducing modern medicine and practices of hygiene into the tribal lifestyle, through camps, visits to villages, training of birth attendants and health workers from among the community and by encouraging city-trained doctors to work in the area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">According to Sunanda, Women's Health Coordinator, SEARCH, maternal mortality has been high in this region because childbirth is carried out at home in the most primitive way. "Women arrive at the hospital only in cases of an emergency, due to factors such as lack of transport, finances and, initially, a lack of faith in modern medicine. But this is gradually changing." This positive behavioural<span> </span>change - including a growing preference for institutional deliveries - is largely because workers of SEARCH take the pains to explain the danger signs to pregnant women so that they understand when they must go to a hospital. "We explain about the anatomy, nutritious food and convince the mothers-in-law to feed the pregnant women well," elaborates Sunanda, who has been with the project for 15 years. Sunanda is originally from <ns0:city><ns0:place>Nagpur</ns0:place></ns0:city> and has done her MA in Sociology. She and her husband are both social workers employed by SEARCH.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Local customs are the reason for infant deaths, too. Traditionally, Gond mothers starve themselves for an easier birth, don't nurse for three days after their babies are born, and don't clothe the newborn for five weeks. As a result, pneumonia kills a large number of infants. In an attempt to address this concern, SEARCH has been encouraging mothers to check the weight of their newborns, among other measures. SEARCH has also trained birth attendants (TBAs), who can be any committed person who has attended to around four child births in the village.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Another SEARCH intervention has been in improving the hygiene of the traditional Gond 'korma' - the rather dark and dirty hut in which women are isolated during menstruation. While it has been difficult to convince the community to do away with this practice of isolation, SEARCH health workers have managed to at least improve the 'korma', turning it into a clean, comfortable place, with perhaps a bed and a tiled roof. The 'korma' has, in fact, been transformed into a 'women's room', where women meet during their difficult days, rest and share experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Elucidating the SEARCH approach to improving the well-being of the Gonds, Sunanda speaks of the need to understand the essentials of Gond culture and build on their tribal heritage. "We don't laugh at the tribals, their beliefs or superstitions," she says. "Their medicine is mainly herbal medicine and black magic practised by traditional healers. We tell the people that they should also take our modern medicine. We encourage them to bring their healer along and try to train him in modern medicine. Now the traditional healers trained by us carry malaria slides and give tablets."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">At the other end of the spectrum, Rani Bang has been working on the Gond tribal medicine, conducting scientific experiments to ascertain their veracity. She feels that the use of asafoetida (hing) to treat fungal infections of the skin; garlic for vaginal infections; and boiled guava leaves for anal fissures probably have a sound scientific basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Her book 'Goin', a Gondi word for 'friend', has a study of the flora of the area as seen through the eyes of Gond women and traditional healers. Her research has introduced her to a wealth of tribal knowledge and anecdotes. Yet, despite her wide exposure to tribal customs, there are times when she is left startled. Once she was taken aback when a woman casually pointed to a plant which she claimed was useful to "kill a husband"!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">But how can people work so selflessly in an area of conflict? Don't Rani Bang and her colleagues sometimes feel intimidated by their difficult circumstances? Says Rani, the recipient of the National Award for Women's Development Through Application of Science and Technology, 2008, as well as many national and international awards, "What is there to fear? After all, everybody has to die some day?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "> </p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">source: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.wunrn.com/news/2009/05_09/05_25_09/052509_india.htm">http://www.wunrn.com/news/2009/05_09/05_25_09/052509_india.htm</a></span></p></div></span>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-14295407182857415702010-02-17T09:09:00.000-08:002010-02-17T09:10:40.269-08:00Why Mumbai belongs to all of us...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); line-height: 15px; "><h1 class="sub-article-head" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-family: Georgia; ">Why Mumbai belongs to all of us</h1><p class="submitted" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "><span class="author-name-title">By <a href="http://www.mydigitalfc.com/columnists/Tushar-Gandhi" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 11px; ">Tushar Gandhi</a> </span><span id="submitted-on-date">Feb 07 2010</span><span id="submitted-on-place"></span></p><div class="terms" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); ">Tags: </span><a href="http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; ">News</a></div><div class="content clearfix" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><div class="cont-inner" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div class="article-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; ">The “Mumbai for Ma rathi Manoos” wa r cry has once ag ain been raised to shore up the sagging political fortunes of the Thackeray family. When the Shiv Sena-BJP combine came to power in 1993, under the guise of reverting to the original name they replaced Bombay with Mumbai. I wonder when they will discard the anglicised Thackeray and revert back to their original Marathi surname Thakre?<br /><br />According to ancient history, a grouping of seven islands comprising Colaba, Mazaga on, Old Woman's Island, Wadala, Mahim, Parel, and Matunga-Sion formed a part of the kingdom of Ashoka the Great of Magadh, ironically in North India. The Bhaiyas and Biharis whom the Thackerays accuse of being outsiders in Mumbai, come from the region, which was a part of Ashoka the Great’s empire. We judge everything according to history and the history of Mumbai proves that its earliest known ownership was with a North Indian.<br /><br />The seven islands of Mumbai passed through many hands, the sultans of Gujarat, the Portuguese and the Bri tish. Every ruler left behind proof of residence in Mumbai. The Mauryans left behind the Kanheri, Mahakali and the caves of Gharapuri more popularly called Elephanta. The sultans of Gujarat built the Dargahs at Mahim and Haji Ali, the Portuguese built the two Portuguese churches, one at Prabhadevi and the other St Andrews at Bandra. They built forts at Sion, Mahim, Bandra and Bassien.<br /><br />The Portuguese named the group of seven Islands ‘Bom Baia’, Good Bay.<br /><br />The British built a city out of the group of seven islands and called her Bombay.<br /><br />The original settlers of the seven islands, the Koli fishermen, worshiped Mumbaidevi, her temple still stands at Babulnath near Chowpatty.<br /><br />The Kolis called the island Mumbai, ‘Mumba, Mother Goddess’.<br /><br />In 1662, King Charles II of England married the Portu guese Princess Catherine of Braganza, and received the se ven islands of Bom Baia as part of his dowry. Six years later, the British Crown leased the seven islands to the English East India Company for a sum of 10 pounds in gold per annum. It was under the Engli sh East India Company that the future megapolis began to take shape, after the first war for independence Bombay on ce again became a colony of the British Empire. History has forgotten this but the first Parsi settler came to Bombay in 1640, he was Dorabji Nanabhoy Patel. In 1689-90, a seve re plague epidemic broke out in Bombay and most of the European settlers succumbed to it. The Siddi of Janjira attacked in full force. Rustomji Dorabji Patel, a trader and the son of the city’s first Parsi settler, successfully defeated the Siddi with the help of the Kolis and saved Bombay. Gerald Au ngier, Governor of Bombay bu ilt the Bombay Castle, an ar ea that is even today referred to as Fort. He also constituted the Courts of law. He brought Gujarati traders, Parsi shipbu ilders, Mu slim and Hindu manufacturers from the mainla nd and settled them in Bombay.<br /><br />It was during a period of four decades that the city of Bombay took shape. Reclamation was done to plug the br each at Worli and Mahalakshmi, Hornby Vellard was built in 1784. The Sion Causeway connecting Bombay to Salsette was built in 1803. Colaba Ca useway connecting Colaba island to Bombay was built in 1838. A causeway connecting Mahim and Bandra was built in 1845. Lady Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, the wife of the First Baronet Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy donated Rs 1, 57,000 to meet construction costs of the cau seway. She donated Rs 1,00,000 at first. When the pro ject cost escalated and mo ney ran out half way through she donated Rs 57,000 again to ensure that the vital causeway was completed. Lady Jamsetjee stipulated that no toll wou ld ever be charged for those using the causeway. Today Mumbaikars have to pay Rs 75 to use the Bandra-Worli Sea link, conne cting almost the same two islands. Sir J J Hospital was also built by Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy.<br /><br />The shipbuilding Wadia family of Surat was brought to Bombay by the British. Jam shedji Wadia founded the Bombay Port Trust and built the Princess Dock in 1885 and the Victoria Dock and the Mereweather Dry Docks in 1891. Alexandra Dock was built in 1914. A Gujarati civil engineer supervised the bui lding of the Gateway of India. The Tatas made Bombay their headquarters and gave it the iconic Taj Ma hal Hotel and India’s first civilian airlines, Air India. The Godrejs gave India its first vegetarian soap.<br /><br />Cowasji Nanabhai Daver established Bombay’s first cotton mill, ‘The Bombay Spinning Mills’ in 1854.<br /><br />By 1915, there were 83 textile mills in Bombay largely owned by Indians. This brou ght about a financial boom<br /><br />in Bombay.<br /><br />Although the mills were ow n ed by Gujaratis, Kutchis, Parsis and Marwaris, the wo rk force was migrant Mahrashtri ans from rural Maharashtra. Premchand Roychand, a prosperous Gujarati broker founded the Bombay Stock Ex change. Premchand Roychand donated Rs 2,00,000 to build the Rajabai Tower in 1878. Muslim, Sindhi and Punjabi migrants have also contributed handsomely to Mumbai. Mumbai is built on the blood and sweat of all Indians. Apart from its original inhabitants, the Kolis, everyone else in Mumbai, including Thackeray’s ‘Marathi Man oos’, are immigrants.<br /><br />The writer is founder president, Mahatma Gandhi Foundation.</div><div class="article-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; "><br /></div><div class="article-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; ">source: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><a href="http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/why-mumbai-belongs-all-us-365">http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/why-mumbai-belongs-all-us-365</a></span></div></div></div></span></span></span>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-58777167288759763472010-02-11T10:19:00.000-08:002010-02-11T10:20:19.505-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">Towards a self-dependent life</span></h2><h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">TIMES NEWS NETWORK </span><br /></h4><br /><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">Pune: Asha school for mentally and physically challenged students, run under the aegis of the Army Wives’ Welfare Association (AWWA), Southern Command, has decided to impart vocational training to its students above the age of 18 years, to make them self-dependent.<br /> Sunita Khanna, president, AWWA, Southern Command, said, “We plan to offer vocational training to these youths in the future. Many of our students are competent enough to be taught skills, which will then help them move towards self-reliant lives.”<br /> Khanna was speaking on the sidelines of the annual day programme of the school organised at the Armed Forces Medical College on Tuesday. The theme of this programme was ‘Journey of evolution, from stone age to modern age’. Drama and singing performances were given by the students of the school. </span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><br /> Speaking to TOI, Chhaya Naware, principal, Asha school, said, “There are nearly 15 youths above the age of 18 at the school, who can get trained for vocational works.” Highlighting details of the training, she said, “Emphasis will be on vocational training, which will enable the students to earn their own money. They will be taught how to make candles, chalks, greeting cards, wrapping papers, carry bags etc. From the next academic session, we will also impart computer skills to select students.” </span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><br /> Naware said at present there are 133 students in the school. Out of this, 35 are students are wards of civil personnel. The students — including those with cerebral palsy, mentally challenged, autistic and hearing impaired — are provided with individualised training programmes.<br /> Parent of a special child, Bhagvan Kanyal, said, “The society really needs schools like this. Thanks to AWWA, education for such children at a low cost is now possible.”<br /> Started in 1993, the school reaches out to mentally and physically challenged children from families with civil and defence forces backgrounds both. It is</span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">equipped with several teaching aids for the development of special children. It runs on the guidelines of the Asha school, Delhi. Asha school, Pune, was registered in 1998 by the state government and recognised by the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment. </span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><br /><b style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Physiotherapy for students<br /></b>In an attempt to make its students healthier, the Asha school is planning to rope in a physiotherapist for the students. Trainers from various parts of the country, including Jaipur, will impart the training. TNN</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">source: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIPU/2010/02/11&PageLabel=6&EntityId=Ar00602&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T">http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIPU/2010/02/11&PageLabel=6&EntityId=Ar00602&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T</a></span></span></span></div>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-617399615499908522010-02-11T10:12:00.000-08:002010-02-11T10:13:25.922-08:00Sathi reunites 42 kids with their parents...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><div name="textContainer" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">Sathi reunites 42 kids with their parents</span></h2><h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">Laxmi Birajdar | TNN </span><br /></h4><br /><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">Pune: Lots of play and a 30-day de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation programme helped the 42-odd children, who were picked up from the Pune railway station, in coming back to a healthy lifestyle and have a positive attitude towards life. The camp was held last month by NGO Sathi at Khanapur, near here. <br /> Picked up by Sathi, which works towards rescuing missing children, they were reunited with their parents at a function held at the Don Bosco Youth Centre, Koregaon Park, on Wednesday. <br /> The camp put the children through various sessions like exercises, meditation, reading, moral values, sports and cultural activities. “The camp helped me realise the ill-effects of consuming tobacco, alcohol, whitener and gutkha. I realised that one becomes bad because of bad company,” said Saddam, a teenager who lived on various railway platforms all over the country for over six months before being rescued by Sathi. </span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><br /> Thirteen-year-old Mohammed Shakeel from Orissa went missing after staying with his mother in Mumbai for 15 days. Fourteen-year-old Vikas Jadhav from Pune had been staying on various railways platforms for the last five years. Indulging in tobacco, gutkha and whitener, he would sweep trains and make Rs 50 to Rs 60 per day, which he would spend on his addiction. “I got into bad company and that’s what got me into bad habits. After undergoing the camp, I decided that I’ll never leave my mother again,” said Vikas, who now wants to pursue schooling. His mother, Nanda, couldn’t hold back her tears on being reunited with her son. “Vikas left home because his uncle used to beat him frequently. I tried to find him all these years, but to no avail. I will not to let Vikas out of my sight,” she said. <br /> The 30-day camp was supported by the Department of women and child develop</span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">ment. “These children are among the many we find on railway platforms regularly. The amount of time they have spent on railway platforms ranges from a month to over five years,” Arun Aravind, programme officer at Sathi, said. <br /> Chief guest at the function, Snehlata Godbole, assistant commissioner, Department of women and child development, said the responsibility of the rescued children now lies with their parents. “Do not remind the children of their past mistakes. Children make mistakes because parents go wrong somehow, somewhere. So it’s better for the parents to take responsibility of their children and give them lots of love without blaming them anymore,” Godbole said. The parents who had come to pick up their children were also counselled by a counsellor from the Muktangan de-addiction centre.</span></span></div><div><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; ">source: <a href="http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIPU/2010/02/11&PageLabel=5&EntityId=Ar00502&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T">http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIPU/2010/02/11&PageLabel=5&EntityId=Ar00502&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T</a></span></span></div></span>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-5764242441770220092009-10-25T12:50:00.000-07:002009-10-25T13:09:15.963-07:00~Sahayata: for flood victims<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://pankhudifoundation.org/Sahayata/FloodReliefPoster_2009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1240px; height: 1754px;" src="http://pankhudifoundation.org/Sahayata/FloodReliefPoster_2009.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="text-align: justify; "><span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As massive floods in <b>Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh </b>and <b>Maharashtra</b> swept through the three Indian states, destroying homes, crops and livestock, many survivors lost virtually everything, finding it difficult to restore even the simple lives they once knew..The situation is grim and millions of people are badly affected.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pankhudi Foundation</b> has launched "</span><b><span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sahayata</span></span></b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"- Collection Drive<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> for flood victims from all the states who are in need of help and support from everyone in the country. </span><b><span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sahayata</span></span></b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a nationwide collection drive led by all ~Pankhudi chapters (Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune) and starting from </span><b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">20</span><sup><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> October (Tuesday) - 30</span><sup><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> October (Friday) afternoon</span></b><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style=" ;color:red;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pankhudifoundation.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">www.pankhudifoundation.org</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://pankhudifoundation.org/campaigns.shtml#sahayta" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://pankhudifoundation.org/<wbr>campaigns.shtml#sahayta</a></span></p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pune Collection Centres:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Aundh</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Biswajith<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9730012420</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Kharadi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Amruta<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9850887477</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Shivaji Nagar</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; ">Wakdewadi<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shrikanth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9730580513</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Hinjewadi</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; ">Biswajith (IBM)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9730012420</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Murthy (Ansys)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9225652268</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shrikanth (Tata Blue Scope Technologies)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9730580513</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Pimple Saudagar</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; ">Murthy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9225652268</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Khadki</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dipika<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9923428470</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pallavi (CME-Khadki)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>020-30621687, 9730489506</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Vishranthwadi</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jimmi<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9011066997</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Neha<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9371123511</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Magarpatta</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Krunal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9881066492</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Viman Nagar</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nivedita<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9422105013</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Wakad<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Prajakta<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9860635407</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Sinhgad College</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Prasad<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9890714001</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Bhosri, Pimpri</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; ">Priti<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9970025192</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Parvati</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ruby<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9823239188</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>NIBM</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shareek<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9049930858</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Pune University</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Swapna<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9158900992</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Deccan</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Umesh<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9657702725</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Hadapsar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Yogesh<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>9011040424</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></p></span><p></p></div>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913170186086541536.post-69911129388266204142009-10-15T09:58:00.000-07:002009-10-15T10:04:55.829-07:00The youngest headmaster in the world...<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); line-height: 18px; font-family:verdana;"><div class="videoInStoryB" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- width: 448px; font-size:13px;color:initial;"><p class="caption" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; clear: both; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); display: block; font-size:0.85em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">source: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8299780.stm" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/<wbr>south_asia/8299780.stm</a></span></p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><b>Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because their families are too poor to afford to send them to school. In India, one schoolboy is trying to change that. In the first report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Damian Grammaticas meets Babar Ali, whose remarkable education project is transforming the lives of hundreds of poor children.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">At 16 years old, Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. He's a teenager who is in charge of teaching hundreds of students in his family's backyard, where he runs classes for poor children from his village.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">The story of this young man from Murshidabad in West Bengal is a remarkable tale of the desire to learn amid the direst poverty.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" width="226" cellpadding="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><td style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46536000/jpg/_46536176_pupils_226.jpg" width="226" height="170" alt="Babar Ali's students" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 13px; " /><div class="cap" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; ">Babar Ali's 'school' has some 800 students</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Babar Ali's day starts early. He wakes, pitches in with the household chores, then jumps on an auto-rickshaw which takes him part of the 10km (six mile) ride to the Raj Govinda school. The last couple of kilometres he has to walk.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">The school is the best in this part of West Bengal. There are hundreds of students, boys and girls. The classrooms are neat, if bare. But there are desks, chairs, a blackboard, and the teachers are all dedicated and well-qualified.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">As the class 12 roll-call is taken, Babar Ali is seated in the middle in the front row. He's a tall, slim, gangly teenager, studious and smart in his blue and white uniform. He takes his notes carefully. He is the model student.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Babar Ali is the first member of his family ever to get a proper education.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><br />Raj Govinda school is government-run so it is free, all Babar Ali has to pay for is his uniform, his books and the rickshaw ride to get there. But still that means his family has to find around 1,800 rupees a year ($40, £25) to send him to school. In this part of West Bengal that is a lot of money. Many poor families simply can't afford to send their children to school, even when it is free."It's not easy for me to come to school because I live so far away," he says, "but the teachers are good and I love learning. And my parents believe I must get the best education possible that's why I am here."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Chumki Hajra is one who has never been to school. She is 14 years old and lives in a tiny shack with her grandmother. Their home is simple A-frame supporting a thatched roof next to the rice paddies and coconut palms at the edge of the village. Inside the hut there is just room for a bed and a few possessions.</p><div class="videoInStoryC" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; float: right; width: 256px; "><div id="emp_8302158" class="emp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; height: 179px; width: 256px; "><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/2.14.10344_10753/9player.swf?revision=11798" height="179" width="256" id="embeddedPlayer_8302158" flashvars="embedReferer=&embedPageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fsouth_asia%2F8299780.stm&config_settings_language=default&companionSize=300x60&companionType=adi&preroll=http%3A%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fpfadx%2Fbbccom.live.site.news%2Fnews_southasia_content%3Bsectn%3Dnews%3Bctype%3Dcontent%3Bnews%3Dsouthasia%3Badsense_middle%3Dadsense_middle%3Badsense_mpu%3Dadsense_mpu%3Breferrer%3Dnonbbc%3Breferrer_domain%3D%3Brsi%3D%3Bslot%3Dcompanion%3Bsz%3D512x288%3Btile%3D6&config=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fplayer%2Femp%2Fconfig%2Fdefault.xml%3F2.14.10344_10753_20090921133505&domId=emp_8302158&playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Femp%2F8300000%2F8302100%2F8302158.xml&holding=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F46532000%2Fjpg%2F_46532396_-1.jpg&config_settings_autoPlay=false&config_settings_showPopoutButton=false&autoPlay=false&config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType=eav2&config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_edition=International&fmtjDocURI=%2F2%2Fhi%2Fsouth_asia%2F8299780.stm&config_settings_suppressItemKind=advert%2C%20ident&config_settings_showUpdatedInFooter=true" quality="high" wmode="default" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></div><p class="caption" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.85em; clear: both; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); display: block; line-height: 1.3em; ">Chumki Hajra, a pupil at Babar Ali's school, describes her day</p></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Every morning, instead of going to school, she scrubs the dishes and cleans the homes of her neighbours. She's done this ever since she was five. For her work she earns just 200 rupees a month ($5, £3). It's not much, but it's money her family desperately needs. And it means that she has to work as a servant everyday in the village.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">"My father is handicapped and can't work," Chumki tells me as she scrubs a pot. "We need the money. If I don't work, we can't survive as a family. So I have no choice but to do this job."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">But Chumki is now getting an education, thanks to Babar Ali. The 16-year-old has made it his mission to help Chumki and hundreds of other poor children in his village. The minute his lessons are over at Raj Govinda school, Babar Ali doesn't stop to play, he heads off to share what he's learnt with other children from his village.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">At four o'clock every afternoon after Babar Ali gets back to his family home a bell summons children to his house. They flood through the gate into the yard behind his house, where Babar Ali now acts as headmaster of his own, unofficial school.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Lined up in his back yard the children sing the national anthem. Standing on a podium, Babar Ali lectures them about discipline, then study begins.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Babar Ali gives lessons just the way he has heard them from his teachers. Some children are seated in the mud, others on rickety benches under a rough, homemade shelter. The family chickens scratch around nearby. In every corner of the yard are groups of children studying hard.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Babar Ali was just nine when he began teaching a few friends as a game. They were all eager to know what he learnt in school every morning and he liked playing at being their teacher.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "></p><table cellspacing="0" align="right" width="231" border="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><td width="5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="5" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></td><td class="sibtbg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243); line-height: 1.3em; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); background-position: initial initial; "><div class="miiib" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; "><div class="arr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 18px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.8em; background-image: url(http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/arrow.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.3em; background-position: 8px 8px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Now his afternoon school has 800 students, all from poor families, all taught for free. Most of the girls come here after working, like Chumki, as domestic helps in the village, and the boys after they have finished their day's work labouring in the fields.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">"In the beginning I was just play-acting, teaching my friends," Babar Ali says, "but then I realised these children will never learn to read and write if they don't have proper lessons. It's my duty to educate them, to help our country build a better future."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Including Babar Ali there are now 10 teachers at the school, all, like him are students at school or college, who give their time voluntarily. Babar Ali doesn't charge for anything, even books and food are given free, funded by donations. It means even the poorest can come here.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">"Our area is economically deprived," he says. "Without this school many kids wouldn't get an education, they'd never even be literate."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Seated on a rough bench squeezed in with about a dozen other girls, Chumki Hajra is busy scribbling notes.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Her dedication to learning is incredible to see. Every day she works in homes in the village from six in the morning until half past two in the afternoon, then she heads to Babar Ali's school. At seven every evening she heads back to do more cleaning work.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">Chumki's dream is to one day become a nurse, and Babar Ali's classes might just make it possible.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">The school has been recognised by the local authorities, it has helped increase literacy rates in the area, and Babar Ali has won awards for his work.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">The youngest children are just four or five, and they are all squeezed in to a tiny veranda. There are just a couple of bare electric bulbs to give light as lessons stretch into the evening, and only if there is electricity.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">And then the monsoon rain begins. Huge drops fall as the children scurry for cover, slipping in the mud. They crowd under a piece of plastic sheeting. Babar Ali shouts an order. Lessons are cancelled for the afternoon otherwise everyone will be soaked. Having no classrooms means lessons are at the mercy of the elements.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; ">The children climb onto the porch of a nearby shop as the rain pours down. Then they hurry home through the downpour. Tomorrow they'll be back though. Eight hundred poor children, unable to afford an education, but hungry for anything they can learn at Babar Ali's school.</p></span></div><div><br /></div></span>Krunalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149483895653903995noreply@blogger.com0