It’s Playback Time…

It’s Playback Time…

By faiqg on June 16, 2009

There are hundreds of NGOs working with thousands of volunteers and employees enabling millions of people in need. Physically, mentally challenged, destitute women, children, juvenile homes, old age homes and all those special places where the socially-different people are taken care of. They get their share of money, food and things they need to sustain [...]

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And the leaves that are brown turn to green

And the leaves that are brown turn to green

By swetha_banda on June 6, 2009

Initially, when I was asked if I wanted to visit Sadhana Forest near Auroville, I was reluctant. I was on a holiday and it didn’t seem like a fun place. It definitely was not a holiday place. It was a bunch of serious people who really cared about the environment and were doing something about [...]

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Sankara Eye Foundation

Sankara Eye Foundation

By devadutta on May 18, 2009

Most non-profit organizations I have seen here in the SF Bay are centered around promoting education or eradicating poverty in India, but  Sankara Eye Foundation (SFE) is different. They concentrate on providing eye care to needy people in India.
Most of us do not know that many forms of eye blindness are curable or preventable. Ailments like cataract [...]

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The Road Less Travelled

The Road Less Travelled

By Nihit on May 15, 2009

a continuation of Two roads diverged in a wood…
So evening came, and to my own surprise, I went to Sadhana Forest. We were a little late for the introductory tour of Sadhana Forest, but in time for Garbage Warrior. Sadhana Forest is an incredible place, and will be the subject of another article. For now it [...]

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Two roads diverged in a wood

By Nihit on May 6, 2009

a continuation of City of Dawn…
After some inquiring, we found out that we had to take a right, so we took the right, roamed around the place for half an hour, and then came back to the starting point. An elderly gentleman was on his morning walk.
“Hi, would you happen to how I can get [...]

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Do your thing!

Do your thing!

By faiqg on April 30, 2009

On a camping trip, the campers wake up before sunrise to cleanse their digestive system. This involves digging a hole, posting your stuff and putting soil back, thus, making the bio-degradable stuff degrade while neither attracting microbe-carrying-flies nor emitting stench. But what if there is not enough unused, un-dug ground left as the camping spot [...]

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City of Dawn

City of Dawn

By Nihit on April 21, 2009

I got off the bus, and looked at my watch. It was half past five in the morning. What an achievement it was, to be awake at that hour! The foremost thought on my mind was to find a way of going back to Bangalore. I walked over to the Ticket Counter at the Pondicherry Bus [...]

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Two cents of hope

Two cents of hope

By devadutta on April 13, 2009

If you ever walk down a busy street in the US, you will invariably find coins lying around. People generally do not pick them up. If  you go into an average house in the US, you will find a “coin jar” where all the coins got from occasional cash transactions are stored. A cent or [...]

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One school at a time

One school at a time

By devadutta on April 6, 2009

Many people (including me) firmly believe that rural education is the key to India’s success in the coming years. But unfortunately, UNESCO puts India’s adult literacy rate at a dismal 61%. Numerous organizations are working tirelessly to fill this void. OSAAT is one of them.
OSAAT – “One school at a time” is a California based [...]

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Let It Roll, Baby Roll…

Let It Roll, Baby Roll…

By faiqg on April 1, 2009

It doesn’t rain enough anywhere anymore. Every year I read stories about how it hasn’t rained enough this year. Looks like Bangalore’s natural air conditioners have gone dry. The clouds have forgotten the route may be. When I was living in the Malwa plateau, where water woes have been even before I understood what water [...]

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Playmade Energy

Playmade Energy

By devadutta on September 28, 2008

As Sir. M. Visvesvarayya stared at the mighty Shivanasamudra falls awestruck and owewhelmed, people were convinced that the beauty of the falls had mesmerized him. “What a waste of energy!”, were his next few words. It took a while for others to understand, but he already knew what he was going to do. He [...]

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Bank on them!

Bank on them!

By Nihit on August 16, 2008

Once, on my way back home, I struck up a conversation with an auto driver about his job.
He did not own the auto he was driving. He had taken it on rent for INR 150.00 for half a day, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. For the other half, it was rented out [...]

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Cycling on a Rickshaw

Cycling on a Rickshaw

By faiqg on May 17, 2008

The first picture that comes to my mind when I hear “cycling” is of Tour-de-France where hundreds of cyclists pedal hard with heads down but only to be beaten by Lance Armstrong. His surname always made me wonder why it is not Legstrong. Now that he has hung his boots and bike, we could see [...]

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Let them see…

By Nihit on April 27, 2008

It does not surprise me that many people around me think that converting a not-for-profit organization into a profitable business is a terrible idea – not so long ago I would have whole-heartedly agreed with them. Today, certainly not.
Aravind is a good example of how a business can be profitable and self-sustaining, while not being [...]

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