I have been receiving reports of what our volunteers have been doing to bring relief to the tragedy-struck region of Uttarakhand. I wanted to share an overview of the tremendous work being done.
100 trucks of relief material from various parts of the country have been sent to Uttarakhand
A team of about 300 volunteers has been working in different areas of the region.
They have been working with the para-military forces and the Disaster Management Team assisting them in rescue operations.
Apart...
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Man without education,
Education without skills,
Skills without character,
Character without action,
Action without direction,
are signs of failed nation.
-- while being conferred an honorary Doctorate from Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad on January 19, 2013
It may appear that we are a part of this world, but actually, this world is a part of us. We carry our world within our mind and our mind cannot be at peace when the world around us is in turmoil. When mid-life crisis begins prematurely in teenage years; society is rattled with violence and drug abuse; humanism appears to be utopia; joy, love and compassion remain only in books and on celluloid; corruption and crime appear to be accepted as a way of life, then these are signals for us to rise to...