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Nihit
Bank on them!
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 to [...]
Let them see…
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 [...]
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, [...]