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With inputs from Hindusthan Samachar, Chennai and Smt. Ramya Kannan, The Hindu. On October 2, the asthi (ashes) of Hitendran were immersed at the confluence of three seas in Kanyakumari. A large number of people led by the district collector offered floral tributes. Who is Hitendran? A fifteen year old schoolboy, who presented nine year [...]
-Vani Rao 'Twinkle Twinkle Little StarOracle is a Superstar' Slowly the meaning of these words started penetrating my mind as enthusiastic children screamed the phrase from top of their lungs. It was their way of saying 'Thank You for spending the day with us'. There are so many expressions that can touch one's heart. This [...]
From the Coordinator’s desk:-Venkatesh Murthy There is a multitude of good people in our society. When Times of India launched the ‘Teach India’ campaign and invited people to volunteer for a few hours every week to teach the underprivileged children, an overwhelming 17,500 volunteers enrolled in Bangalore alone! Youth for Seva is engaging over 2500 [...]
- Sandhya Rao It gives me great pleasure to convey that YFS projects in Bellary are going on well. Apart from the visits to ashrams and schools on Saturdays and Tuesdays, YFS teams celebrated Karnataka Rajyotsava and Children’s Day.
-Rushyanth The children at Child Labour School in Bellary manifest the human spirit, which urges us to make our lives worthwhile. The establishment is all of three rooms, twenty-five students, and one teacher. We visited the school to take a few classes and ended up making a few priceless observations ourselves. From Bellary Project
-Sandhya Rao "Saacha vicharik aur drishta samajh ke bhikhere hue bhavanao ko ekatr kar unko rup-rekha pradhan karta hai.Vaykti ki unnati se samajh ki unnati hai aur samajh ki unnati se vaykti ki.Vaykti ki purnata samajh mein hai". These are the words of Shri Babu Gulabrai, my beloved great grandfather and a great writer. The [...]
-Sweety Sharma Writing an article on Ashakiran Nele being my first assignment, I was pretty excited about it. Armed with a diary to note down the details and a camera, I decided to visit the place on the first Sunday after the project assignment. The name seemed very apt, Ashakiran. The shelter is on Bannerghatta [...]
