31 Jan 2010
Rotary, Delhi South West,  had arranged fora Poster Painting Competition for children Civil Services sports Ground.
Rotary South – West organizes this event every year for  motivating the children.
Our Children from Vasant Kunj also participated in the event.

It was a wonderful sight to see hundreds of children from 4 years to 17, in colourful [...]

Municipal Corporation of Delhi had in the biting winter cold  in a most heartless manner broken up a night shelter occupied by over one hundred homeless poor.
Delhi Catholic Archdiocese, St. Michael’s School, stepped into help the hapless poor.
And not for the first time either.
A School Turns Classrooms Into Night Shelter
Ambika Pandit | TNN
New [...]

THAT’S THE SPIRIT
She Helps Those Lodged In Jail
Sruthy Susan Ullas | TNN
Bangalore: While others are pondering over how to celebrate Christmas and New Year, Sister Adele Korah is busy contemplating what to gift her 5,000 friends for X-mas, all of them in the Central Prison, Bangalore. Sister Adele Korah works 24 hours for this neglected [...]

There are over 100 children in two villages, with 3 teachers, who get together for 2 to 3 hours a day, learning Oriya, arithmetic, English, GK etc. They also learn poems, songs and play games.
These photos were taken in Nov 09.
This is a part of Srijan Foundation’s Literacy Campaign for the under privileged children,

Mr Watwani has sent this message for all
Just smile pleaseeeeeeee
Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart.
A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime
There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but [...]

NGOs start activity centres for child domestic workers
M Ramya | TNN
Chennai: After the case of 10-year-old Rameshwari Jadhav being beaten and scalded by her employer — a small-time TV actor in Mumbai — came to light, the labour ministry is trying to curb the practice of employing children as domestic workers.
But not many people are [...]

FES

FESTIVAL TIME: The faithful converged at the Annai Vailankanni Our Lady of Good Health Church in Besant Nagar for the annual fest. It is held as part of the birthday celebrations of Mother Mary. The celebrations began at the church on Saturday with the hoisting of flag. The annual fest begins with a 9-day Novena [...]

Control freak wreaks havoc in education

Is Govt Taking Its Anger Out On Non-SSC Schools For Challenging Earlier Orders?
Anahita Mukherji I TNN
Mumbai: The state government’s latest diktats on school education seem to have born out of an urge to get even, say non-SSC schools and parents of kids who study in these schools. These institutions [...]

Club for a CAUSE
The Monday Charity Club, Which Helps People In Need
Priya M Menon | TNN

This group of housewives gets together once a month, always on a Monday. And though they do take the time to catch up on each other’s lives, their concern extends to a larger section of society — the needy [...]

Puri Rath Yatra festival 2009 June 24/.

KEEPING TRADITION ALIVE:
A priest at Uttaradi Mutt in Basavanagudi performs ‘Mudra Dharane’ on the occasion of Prathama Ekadash
Pilgrims get their foreheads marked with a ‘tilak’ on
Aashadi Ekadashi at Pundhalik temple in Vitthalwadi on Friday