What is the return on investment in a poor feeding charity program? Can we put it in Rupees and paisa or do we look at the soft side too? What about – a kid saying “I can feel my skin”, “I do not have to beg for food” “I now feel like studying” etc. are [...]
If you see some of the comments on my blog, Mr. Iyer has said that “kanyadan” is the highest form of donation – only thing is many women have said this is not true. After all, my daughter is not my asset – is it not? I do not know, but i like the www.akshayapatra.org [...]
I have really been overwhelmed by the response to my postings on charity. So I thought I will do one more posting on the same. Many people find it very difficult to believe that a bunch of middle class friends can get together to build a temple, or set up a poor feeding initiative. That [...]
Continuing my Art of giving, I decided to look into our mythology to find some interesting stories. The first story that I was reminded of was a story of Duryodhana, Karna and Lord Krishna. Duryodhana was a big hearted guy and did a lot of charity. However, he was a little upset that only Karna [...]
I met a person over lunch on Saturday. He works miracles. He is a part of a movement called akshayapatra. They do have a website and is http://www.akshayapatra.org. The amazing things this organisation does is actually very simple – they feed upwards of 8.5 million children EVERYDAY. Come to think of this. 8.5 million children [...]