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Bridging the divide…
Twelve noon on a Sunday – a time at which I normally get out of bed. This Sunday was a little different though… I was sitting in the courtyard of a small school in Halenijgal, excited about having rolled a six on both dice in a game of Chausar. Halenijgal is a small village on Tumkur [...]
Life, what is it but a dream?
A Saturday morning took us to that relatively small building which we would have easily missed on any other day, with the road leading to Forum in one direction, and M.G. Road in the opposite direction… We spent our first few years frolicking and running around; we ate and studied and slept and played and [...]
“I would rather be a forest than a street”…
Yes, global warming, and everything else we get for free along with urban development. All of us hear about it, few of us do more. Rajanet Yegneswaran Charitable Trust was formed by Mrs. Janet in memory of her beloved husband Late Mr. R S Yegneswaran in 2005. What do they do? Simple, they plant trees [...]
‘We told the blood bank the next time you have to say “No” to someone asking for blood, please send the person to us’
We got the chance to interact with a Sankalp Volunteer. This article is essentially our conversation with him. Though it is rather long, we recommend you get through it some time. You will not regret it… How was the Sankalp Blood Donation Organization born? One night we jumped out of the engineering college hostel to [...]
In need of blood…
October 19, 2007. Maarakka, a 45 year old woman, was struggling with Dengue fever in the ICU of MSR Memorial Hospital. Her platelet count was extremely low. She had no contact in Bangalore. Her body required blood, and it required blood soon. The blood donation had to be done through apheresis. The ICU counselor, Sujata, [...]
Can I have some water please?
“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” – The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Think about this: Over a billion people lack access to safe drinking water – approximately one in every six people on earth. More than 50% of the hospital beds the world over are occupied by patients suffering [...]
A new melody…
The noon is bright. The night, dark. Being a bridge between the two, evening was the appropriate time to leave the comfort of office and visit the Anuraga NFE center. ******* As per the Census of India 2001, there were 1,402,971 people living in slums in Karnataka, 207,912 of whom were children in the age [...]