Oh! The Joy of Giving! The great Joy of Giving week! Recently the Joy of Giving week was celebrated..and everybody dug into their cupboards, wardrobes, shelves…and one can see a flow of things going from the people who have either outgrown it or cannot use it anymore. One thing though which can never be ‘second’ […]
Hi, Just got this information from a reliable source to be passed on. …..I hope he has done the necessary research about the credibility… If you have come across any bright students coming from poor financial background who have finished their 10th standard this year and scored more than 80%, please ask them to contact […]
One big fascination for me is ‘Charity’ – right from who does it, how, why, etc. Even at the philosophical level I keep asking people whether giving away something that you do not need is charity or not a charity! One friend uses all his points in his credit card usage (and that includes a […]
Akshayapatra (www.akshayapatra.org) is now a reasonably large organization. True to Gandhian values they believe that they should aim high, work high and talk less. One recent achievement is that they are now feeding upwards of a MILLION (11,86,206 if you are an accountant!) children everyday in some school in India. India, of course, has many […]
Today is Micchami Dukkadam – the Jain way of saying ” To commit mistakes is human, hence I request your Forgiveness, if I have hurt you unintentionally by my words or Action”. Like the American concept of Thanksgiving this too is a fantastic concept. It actually makes you introspect on all the negative actions that […]
A few days back while watching a dance reality show on TV I saw a girl – whose name I am not sure – sounded like “Hart Kaur” (in fact it kept sounding like hard core). I just happened to stop on that channel and this girl was narrating what she saw in 1984. She […]
I have no clue as to how many of the readers of this blog are from India. However, Bihar has had a major calamity – and I am sure most of the readers of this blog are sensitive – one reader has pledged Rs. 1.25 Lakhs to akshayapatra (www.akshayapatra.org). So here is another appeal: […]