Serving Humanity

  This NGO aims at helping people from all walks of life and aiming to provide a sustainable life desired and deserved by all.  

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ILLITERACY

A blind person cannot witness the captivating beauty of nature. Similarly, an illiterate person remains blindfolded to the charms of the world of learning and knowledge.

 If and when illiteracy will be removed completely, India will be a new country where 100% people can participate in all programs of economic development.

Illiteracy refers to the state of being unable to read or write. Illiteracy is a great hurdle for the economic development of India. It entangles a man or a nation and eats into the vital of life. Illiteracy is a scar in our national life. Millions of people in our country are still in the darkness of illiteracy and ignorance. They are deceived in every walk of life.

To eradicate this problem and to bring about social, economic and political improvements all educated persons need to take charge. The U.N.O. has been trying its best to remove this problem of illiteracy from the under-developed and developing countries like India. The year 1990 has been regarded as the International Literacy year.Postal stamps and calendars have been released for this purpose by the central government but these are not sufficient steps for promotion of literacy in a large country like India.More schools can be set up all over the country. There should be ample provisions in the Central and State budgets to fight illiteracy.Government should try to bring every child to school. Effective measures should be taken to stop child labor.

It is this illiteracy that seizes this land of ours like an Octopus and throttles her to death. Philanthropic organizations, both formal and informal educational institutions should help these poor people to read and write. They can play a vital role to make the illiterate literate.

Students should join hands together in all possible ways to eradicate illiteracy from our society. The efforts and tasks, now in progress, look really good. One has every reason to be optimistic at it. But the fact remains that the success of the schemes, enumerated above, entirely depends upon the honesty in endeavours; and if such honesty can be guaranteed in deeds, we will surely overcome the problem of illiteracy. If we want free India to march forward, we must see that all her children are educated in the true sense of the term. It is only then that they will develop into ideal citizens devoted to the service of Motherland.

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"Teaching is not just another profession. It is a divine responsibility to guide and enlighten,"  To truly understand the origin of Teachers’ Day, we’ll have to go back a little in history. A great man known as Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a reputed philosopher, a believer in the power of education, a man who was the second president of our Nation and most of all, a person who himself was a teacher, is the reason Teachers’ Day came in to existence. He was born on the 5th of September, 1888 and had a long career ahead of him thereafter. Teachers’ Day is celebrated on the 5th of September every year because on his birthday in the year 1965, Dr. Sarvepalli’s students offered to host a birthday celebration for him to which he kindly responded saying, “instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would be my proud privilege, if the 5th of September is observed as Teachers’ Day.” This is why we celebrate Teachers’ Day. His students went ahead and made arrangements to celebrate his birthday that year.

It’s a great day when we celebrate our professors and educators who tirelessly work throughout the year to mould us into smart individuals with a selfless attitude. They don’t really ask for anything in return, except for our personal gains which in turn makes them really happy and instils a sense of achievement in them.

All the inspiring stories which great people have are an outcome of the guidance and support they had with them in the form of a mentor or a teacher throughout their journey of success. Initially, they might also be leading their life in poverty and illiteracy. Then, at some point in their life they might have met some great teacher or mentor who selflessly stood by them, trained them and made them beautiful and great human beings. A teacher can be a parent, student or any person who makes our skills from ordinary to extraordinary.

Let’s do something for teachers, let’s make them feel special because the work they are doing is arduous and selfless. They are serving humanity in true sense.

Let’s salute them and wish them

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY!

Because......."Better Than A Thousand Days Of Diligent Study Is One Day With A Great Teacher..."

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MOTHER TERESA

"By blood, I am Albanian; by citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus."  -Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, the tiny nun who cared for the world’s most unwanted and became the icon of a Catholic Church.

This benign, beatific, blissful and heavenly soul has now been canonised. Mother Teresa helped make homes for people who did not have a place at all or any support system from anyone. Not only that, she was also so accepting to other religions. It takes a lot to leave home all alone to become a nun and help others. Mother Teresa defiantly put others needs before hers and tried to provide every individual with the basic needs. All she wanted from humans was PEACE. The fact that she was brave enough to do all this without caring about how others thought of her is very inspiring. She showed the world that women are able to build things right from the bottom just the same as men can. She used her popularity in a good way to continue helping others. There was a certain situation when she was going to receive $192,000 but did not accept them, instead, she made it clear that she wanted all of that money to go to her charity work so it could help others.

 Mother Teresa's words for those who would need help from ‘The Missionaries of Charity’ were “This home welcomes the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared, people who have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.”

 Let us carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along our journey, especially those who suffer.

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REAL HAPPINESS

Happiness is the inner feeling in which an individual aspires to belong naturally. Being internally happy leads to the sense of accomplishment even in the difficult situations. In materialistic terms, happiness typically leads to show off. Now-a-days, it is calculated in terms of how much you can let other people down. The proportion of downfall of one’s image in the mind set of others has been related to the satisfaction and happiness of an individual, which is only temporary in nature. The focus of human beings should be to find happiness in small things like; watering plants, helping mothers at home, scoring good marks, lending a helping hand to a friend in need, sharing notes with others etc. When we start locating happiness in every act of others and nature then we will find that we are becoming full of good vibes which in turn acts as a push to our actual aim of happiness. By being happy we will transmit the happiness to the nature which will come back to us in many ways. As it is said, once deities thought to hide happiness from human beings. They visited the depth of sea, the boundless sky and top of the mountains, but could not find a suitable place to hide happiness. So, in the end, they decided to hide it inside the human being only as it was assumed that humans will always look everywhere for it but within themselves.

Concluding are the secrets to real internal happiness: firstly, appreciate everyone’s act, no matter how bad that is, because that person has done it with his/her sincere efforts. Secondly, never hate anyone; hate that bad evil in the person and try not to receive it. Lastly and not the least, always remain broad open minded to learn something new from even smallest things, as it is said that:

“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

THE ONLY ONES WHO WILL FIND REAL HAPPINESS ARE THOSE WHO FIND A WAY TO SERVE.

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Dream Nation

Dear citizen, please don’t go away, I promise you a better stay. I know I am not yet the best But little bird, don’t flee your nest. You learnt my anthem, but its not on your lips today You waved my flag, but salute some other everyday How can you forget what all I gave you, The soil to play, the shelter to save you Please don’t deprive me of your innovation Even I dream to be your “Dream Nation” This Independence day, let us take a pledge that we would stop selling our brains to the supposed first world countries and rather make each and every Indian realize that its not just destiny, but an honor to live in such a beautiful nation. Happy Independence Day!  

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Fighting Child Labour

"If we are to achieve true peace in this world, it shall have to begin with the children." -- Craig Kielburger Children are the hope and future of a nation. Yet, there are millions of deprived children in our country who have never known a normal, carefree childhood. They want to go to school, play with their friends and be loved and cared for by their parent like other children but unfortunately, are forced to do something against their will.

Primarily poverty, dearth of awareness and poor schooling opportunities are the reasons behind this social menace. The law in Indian soil says that any child below the age of 14 cannot be employed either in a factory or in an office or restaurant. Still most of the children of the age group 5 to 14 are found to be involved in the agriculture by their parents in the rural areas or in some factory in the cities. In fact, India’s international business has been severely affected in many cases because child labourers have been used in some stage or the other in manufacturing, packaging or transporting those items.

If a young boy or a girl takes up a small job as a domestic help or in a restaurant for a nominal salary of Rs. 750-1800 per month, he or she does not get enough time for primary and secondary education and hence is most likely to remain completely illiterate, unskilled, perhaps with a weak health and will have to remain unemployed or be engaged as an unskilled labourer when he or she grows up. Hence no child should be engaged as a labourer both from legal point of view as well as considering child’s future interest.

Since child labour is closely linked to household poverty whereby a child’s income might be needed to supplement the household income, addressing the issues of livelihood and household income insecurity through social protection schemes is critical in eliminating child labour. Minimum wages need to be guaranteed for adults, as does access to decent work so that they can earn their livelihood and are not forced to send their children to work. Providing adequate skills to children, whether through schools or other vocational programmes, will serve the dual purpose of preserving some of our traditional arts and crafts as well as of giving them the opportunity to experience different types of learning, both theoretical and practical, empowering a child to have an improved quality of life as an adult. Childhood is considered as the happiest and most memorable experience in everyone's life as it is the most elementary period of learning. Children have full right to get proper attention, love and care from their parents, proper schooling, guidance, playful time with friends and other chirpy moments. Child labour is corrupting the lives of many precious children every single day and its time that we all take the initiative to bring back the joy in the lives of these innocent children. -Srishti Bansal

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TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS

By- Sipa Sutapa

"A mother holds her children's hands for a while... their hearts forever."

'Ma' or 'Mummy' is the first word a baby utters. As the baby grows up, their mother gradually becomes their favourite person in the whole world. As we enter adulthood, that affection and attachment sometimes gets overlooked. They motivate and encourage us throughout our lives, sometimes in loud and visible ways, sometimes in unspoken and concealed ways in the background. This is a tribute to all the mothers who shower so much love on their sons or daughters selflessly.

Remember that time when you used to argue with your mother during summer evenings to let you play outside? Remember how she eventually did let you play but only under the that condition you'll return in time?

Remember the times you used to come back with scratches and wounds on your hands and legs? It hurt you so bad. She used to wipe away your tears and console you that it'll heal soon. She would clean and dress the wound with sure love and care, the pain would seem to vanish.

And as you became an adolescent, your attitude changed. You started getting angry over petty issues and got distracted a lot. Remember how you had shouted over her one night because she was pestering you with a lot of questions? She was hurt. And remember how her face lit up when you finally made it up to her?

Remember that night you returned home from school with a broken heart? She understood you without you having to speak. She caressed you as she went on to day that there's a whole world out there waiting for you and that you'll find 'the one' someday.

And all those times you didn't win the inter-school competitions,  how she came and hugged you.  She responded to your sullen face with a, 'Have patience , dear!'. And when you did, she smirked, 'I knew you had it in you. " And how later she boasted about you in front of all the neighbours.

And finally,  when the day came for you to leave the city to go for college,  she came upto you and said, 'I wish you wouldn't have to go'. You noticed how hard she tried to force back tears. Yet, you knew there wouldn't have been a prouder mother in the entire world.

Our mothers always remain with us and guide us every step of our way throughout our lives. They are our mentors, our motivators; the wind beneath our wings. They are our pillars right from our infancy till our adulthood. They sacrifice so much for a smile on our faces. We couldn't have made it this far without you, mom! We love you.

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Violence on women Until a few decades ago, an Indian woman's lifetime was spent taking care of her family. Now with more women focusing on their career,  it may seem that oppression and violence would decrease. However, that is far from the truth. Women are still discouraged from achieving their dreams and daring to think of anything other than building a family. Refusal to meet their demands subjects them to mental or physical torture by her own family or in-laws. The most common dorm of violence experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner, with the woman beaten,  coerced into sec or otherwise abused. Domestic abuse, although not rampant, is not invisible in the cities either. Drunk husbands,  exasperated in-laws, or even over demanding parents are some of the agents of domestic violence. Familial and social restrictions add up to their myriads of troubles. Not just at home, violence is observed at workplaces too. A woman who was once regarded as the 'devi' of the family,  is now being treated with such disgust. A woman who is the giver of love, care and affection isn't getting back the same. The most baffling fact is, the people who are speed to provide love and care, do just the opposite. If not in her own home, where is a woman supposed to feel safe? Sipa Sutapa

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One Race! HUMAN

Judging on the basis of complexion! The world is a very diverse place with people from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Our own country India is endowed with a plethora of diversified ethnicity. We believe in ‘Unity in Diversity’. But more often than not, this creates a lot of rifts within the races. Discrimination on the basis of complexion is particularly dominant in our nation. People usually prefer fairer skin tones to swarthy or dark ones. Sometimes we subconsciously give fairer skin people an upper hand over darker ones. This bias makes them feel inferior to others and decreases their self-confidence. But the truth is, a person’s colour never indicates the skill and worth of a person. Let us not make our diversity a double edged sword. Let us not discriminate on the basis on skin complexion. Let us not join in to the despicable idea of judging a person due to his colour and put a stop to it.

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Serving Humanity!

Revered humanitarian Paul Farmer said, “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” Learning to treat a person fairly is an important aspect. And that, is what we strive to achieve. Some chronic obstacles which surround us small children spending their sleepless nights on their empty stomach, violence against women and girls, discrimination against underprivileged people, disregard for senior citizens. Thus, these people are harmed physically as well as emotionally. They aren’t able to lead a completely healthy and sound life. Many people are deprived of their basic needs. Negligence is rampant in the current society. Even though people know about the social problems, they either don’t know how to make their contribution or think it’s beyond their scope to change things for the better. Our non-profit NGO endeavors to make the lives of such underprivileged people better and put a smile on their cheerless faces. By starting from a small city like Chandigarh, we hope to expand and make a noticeable presence by providing a platform for all the people out there who wish to volunteer towards achieving a better world. Remembering that every human deserves love, appreciation and acknowledgement, let us work together for a better, peaceful, harmonious and equitable society.