I have been a great admirer of Sri. S. Ramakrishnan and I guess, I have written about him couple of times.
I recently came to know that he, the founder & president of Amar Seva Sangam, Aiykudi, has been selected by CNN as one of their heroes. The program on him is to be telecast on AC360 on 30th November at 10PM(ET) or 11PM(ET) or both.
Well, me being in India will miss it but no complaints because I keep talking to the HERO himself every now & then.
Such a simple idea but will make some difference for someone in this world. If you are good at your vocabulary then you may want to try it out and see how good you are. The website is FreeRice.
It is entertaining, fun, improving your vocabs and ofcourse it gives you satisfaction because of the underlying cause and the amount of rice - well not that much but it sure can make a difference - you are donating. Hope it is truthful to its cause.
For quite sometime, I have been counting the number of beggars I'm bumping into (I'll explain the reason down). But from start of yesterday evening till today morning when I was traveling in a train I ended up counting 20.
For sure we won't be seeing so many beggars everyday but such a big number really makes me feel pity for the condition of India. It is ofcourse a very sad feeling but that is not something which makes me feel sympathetic towards those beggars. I'm someone who'll strongly discourage the act of begging.
At the same time, I would like to encourage the act of serving the society by all those charity based NPOs - They also depict the bad state of many individuals and in turn, our country. So, linking the above two - The number of beggars will be converted to a factorized currency amount for charity donation.
I haven't found an answer for couple of questions related to blood donation till now.
I think this is just a flow of thoughts on India's improvements...
'Sulochana Gardens' - The place where you'll be welcomed by the smiles of hundreds and for sure, your heart will melt on those smiles.
If you get a chance, visit Amar Seva Sangam. I being a frequent visitor & a regular donator for the same, would like to request your support for this organization. If you feel you wanna do something for humanity, I can guarantee that this is THE place.
Why don't you start now? This is just the apt time as the Sangam is getting ready for their yearly Mumbai Marathon.
I don't know how I have been ignorant of this format of the game for such a long time, probably because I have not been following too much of international cricket except for that of India:) Well, once in a while, I do have seen the newer version of the game mentioned in different places but haven't took time to know what they are talking about. Like recently I wrote about the charity game between Pakistan & International team which was played as Ten10!
Well, today once again I ran into it because it seems BCCI approved this form of cricket. And is called Twenty20!Ahh... Wiki, you got something to help? Well, ofcourse!
I always used to wonder why the ODI game of cricket alone has been defined to be played for the whole day? I mean, when I enter a stadium for say a Football (American) game (or may be NBA), it becomes so lively for three & a half hours and then, we walk out with a complete satisfaction! But in cricket, I guess we walk out with more of tiredness rather than satisfaction...
Anyways, I think 'Livelier' is sure a better way to define this new form of cricket & I hope, it'll sure live upto my expectations. With fouls defined with additional runs, penalty 'stumps knock out' procedure for a tie & sudden death too, this is a whole new game!
It is a match for charity. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be called a ODI because the game was played for 10 overs. But looks like ICC have declared this to be one and everywhere its the news about Sachin Tendulkar returning to international arena with a 'not out' 50 runs!
Whatever it is, what matters is how the people at Oval responded, how the players entertained and how much the game collected for the cause. Though it was a gloomy & rainy evening, people from different cultures & countries waited, got drenched in rain and enjoyed one great entertainment. The total collections also poured to £250,000! Most of them are going for Kashmir Quake Victims!
The match is between International XI & Pakistan. The runrates are more than the Australia-SA 434 runs match:) It was totally 124 runs in 10 overs by International XI with Sachin - 50 (26B, 8*4, 1*6) and Dhoni - 35 (13B). And 'Boom Boom' Afridi stood by his name - 42 (12 balls with 22 runs in first 4 balls) and won the game for Pakistan!
With such a non stop entertainment, the audience would have been more than satisfied with every pound they spent on a noble cause!
When I heard Motorola Razor recall in like April 06, I somehow felt I shouldn't even go near it anytime. Should I get into that mode for Prius too? Not a good news from Toyota - A recall of 320,000 sedans!
Although motorists generally view recalls as a black eye for an auto company, ``when an extremely strong brand sees a problem and fesses up right away to the problem, it generally is a positive thing,'' said Dan Gorrell of San Diego-based market researcher Strategic Vision.Google has been backing Firefox. Old News! My guess was, after they decided to give over their Pack to Dell, they should probably be soon coming out with a new browser! Because, we know they ain't happy with IE7 too! Looks like Eric Schmidt is not looking forward to! Is there a chance, Google grabs Firefox:)?!
"We would not build a browser for the fun of building a browser and creating another choice," Schmidt added, explaining that Google would make a browser only "if we thought there was a real end-user benefit."
I have always thought about sending some of the old PCs, to say GoodWill or some other charity. But, haven't decided yet if I got to send them to Apple:)! Not a bad program as such, but shouldn't the customers get some sort of discount for their new Mac buy:)?! So, is it better to recycle or to put an ad in eBay or Yahoo? ...allowing consumers to send back any make or model of PC, free of charge, provided that they purchase a new Macintosh.
Is there a time when you get to see your postman carry your food items? Well! Be in US to see such kind of things happen. I'm not ridiculing because this is something note worthy!
Like, today I was walking around my mail boxes. There are lots of plastics bags kept on top of the mail boxes with lots of food items inside them. And a big note read USPS Food Drive - May 13th! Wow! Are the United States postal workers facing hunger problem? What does this Food Drive mean? A small search gives the answer!
Something remarkable the postal workers are doing! Creating a change in the society! They collect food from different cities and serve the hunger striken children in & around the city! The statistics on this stands even BIGGER! It seems every year for the past 13 years they have been doing this kind of food drive! The cumulative pounds (in weight) of food they have collected for 13 years has crossed half a billion including the last year's of around 75 million pounds. That's awesome!
USPS, I mean the postal service of United States, which reaches nook & corner of the country is sure a huge organization. When all the workers of this organization, work as a team to help the community with the respecive local community's help, it sure will make a welcome DIFFERENCE! Won't it?
The very first line in a news article reads like this -
United Nations peacekeepers, aid workers and teachers are having sex with Liberian girls as young as eight in return for money, food or favours, threatening efforts to rebuild a nation ruined by war-- IOL
If you ever think about charity & donation... helping handicapped mentally/physically, please check out AmarSeva. A gr8 initiative by an engineer, Mr. RamaKrishnan who can only move his head. Brain has no control on his remaining body parts.
If you are sooo much depressed in your life, U sure can get motivated just by seeing What Mr. Ramakrishnan has achieved and where his AmarSeva has come to.
I have always been trying to help amarseva GiveWorldis helping me achieve the same every month...
