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Thursday, July 31, 2008

[India_Vision_2020] Fom banks of Godavari to Google on wheel chair

Dear All,

This very inspiring story about Naga Naresh Karutura .
Note : Moderator can decide to fwd this mail to group or not.

Regards
K.Ravi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naga Naresh Karutura has just passed out of IIT Madras in Computer Science and has joined Google in Bangalore .

You may ask, what's so special about this 21-year-old when there are hundreds of students passing out from various IITs and joining big companies like Google?

Naresh is special. His parents are illiterate. He has no legs and moves around in his powered wheel chair. (In fact, when I could not locate his lab, he told me over the mobile phone, 'I will come and pick you up'. And in no time, he was there to guide me)

Ever smiling, optimistic and full of spirit; that is Naresh. He says, "God has always been planning things for me. That is why I feel I am lucky."

Read why Naresh feels he is lucky.

Childhood in a village
I spent the first seven years of my life in Teeparru, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, on the banks of the river Godavari . My father Prasad was a lorry driver and my mother Kumari, a house wife. Though they were illiterate, my parents instilled in me and my elder sister (Sirisha) the importance of studying.

Looking back, one thing that surprises me now is the way my father taught me when I was in the 1st and 2nd standards. My father would ask me questions from the text book, and I would answer them. At that time, I didn't know he could not read or write but to make me happy, he helped me in my studies!

Another memory that doesn't go away is the floods in the village and how I was carried on top of a buffalo by my uncle. I also remember plucking fruits from a tree that was full of thorns.

I used to be very naughty, running around and playing all the time with my friends. I used to get a lot of scolding for disturbing the elders who slept in the afternoon. The moment they started scolding, I would run away to the fields!

I also remember finishing my school work fast in class and sleeping on the teacher's lap!

January 11, 1993, the fateful day
On the January 11, 1993 when we had the sankranti holidays, my mother took my sister and me to a nearby village for a family function. From there we were to go with our grandmother to our native place. But my grandmother did not come there. As there were no buses that day, my mother took a lift in my father's friend's lorry. As there were many people in the lorry, he made me sit next to him, close to the door.

It was my fault; I fiddled with the door latch and it opened wide throwing me out. As I fell, my legs got cut by the iron rods protruding from the lorry. Nothing happened to me except scratches on my legs.

The accident had happened just in front of a big private hospital but they refused to treat me saying it was an accident case. Then a police constable who was passing by took us to a government hospital.

First I underwent an operation as my small intestine got twisted. The doctors also bandaged my legs. I was there for a week. When the doctors found that gangrene had developed and it had reached up to my knees, they asked my father to take me to a district hospital. There, the doctors scolded my parents a lot for neglecting the wounds and allowing the gangrene to develop. But what could my ignorant parents do?

In no time, both my legs were amputated up to the hips.

I remember waking up and asking my mother, where are my legs? I also remember that my mother cried when I asked the question. I was in the hospital for three months.

Life without legs
I don't think my life changed dramatically after I lost both my legs. Because all at home were doting on me, I was enjoying all the attention rather than pitying myself. I was happy that I got a lot of fruits and biscuits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The day I reached my village, my house was flooded with curious people; all of them wanted to know how a boy without legs looked. But I was not bothered; I was happy to see so many of them coming to see me, especially my friends!

All my friends saw to it that I was part of all the games they played; they carried me everywhere.

God's hand
I believe in God. I believe in destiny. I feel he plans everything for you. If not for the accident, we would not have moved from the village to Tanuku, a town. There I joined a missionary school, and my father built a house next to the school. Till the tenth standard, I studied in that school.

If I had continued in Teeparu, I may not have studied after the 10th. I may have started working as a farmer or someone like that after my studies. I am sure God had other plans for me.

My sister, my friend
When the school was about to reopen, my parents moved from Teeparu to Tanuku, a town, and admitted both of us in a Missionary school. They decided to put my sister also in the same class though she is two years older. They thought she could take care of me if both of us were in the same class. My sister never complained.

She would be there for everything. Many of my friends used to tell me, you are so lucky to have such a loving sister. There are many who do not care for their siblings.

She carried me in the school for a few years and after a while, my friends took over the task. When I got the tricycle, my sister used to push me around in the school.

My life, I would say, was normal, as everyone treated me like a normal kid. I never wallowed in self-pity. I was a happy boy and competed with others to be on top and the others also looked at me as a competitor.

Inspiration
I was inspired by two people when in school; my Maths teacher Pramod Lal who encouraged me to participate in various local talent tests, and a brilliant boy called Chowdhary, who was my senior.

When I came to know that he had joined Gowtham Junior College to prepare for IIT-JEE, it became my dream too. I was school first in 10th scoring 542/600.

Because I topped in the state exams, Gowtham Junior College waived the fee for me. Pramod Sir's recommendation also helped. The fee was around Rs 50,000 per year, which my parents could never afford.

Moving to a residential school
Living in a residential school was a big change for me because till then my life centred around home and school and I had my parents and sister to take care of all my needs. It was the first time that I was interacting with society. It took one year for me to adjust to the new life.

There, my inspiration was a boy called K K S Bhaskar who was in the top 10 in IIT-JEE exams. He used to come to our school to encourage us. Though my parents didn't know anything about Gowtham Junior School or IIT, they always saw to it that I was encouraged in whatever I wanted to do. If the results were good, they would praise me to the skies and if bad, they would try to see something good in that. They did not want me to feel bad.

They are such wonderful supportive parents.

Life at IIT- Madras
Though my overall rank in the IIT-JEE was not that great (992), I was 4th in the physically handicapped category. So, I joined IIT, Madras to study Computer Science.

Here, my role model was Karthik who was also my senior in school. I looked up to him during my years at IIT- Madras.

He had asked for attached bathrooms for those with special needs before I came here itself. So, when I came here, the room had attached bath. He used to help me and guide me a lot when I was here.

I evolved as a person in these four years, both academically and personally. It has been a great experience studying here. The people I was interacting with were so brilliant that I felt privileged to sit along with them in the class. Just by speaking to my lab mates, I gained a lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words are inadequate to express my gratitude to Prof Pandurangan and all my lab mates; all were simply great. I was sent to Boston along with four others for our internship by Prof Pandurangan. It was a great experience.

Joining Google R&D
I did not want to pursue PhD as I wanted my parents to take rest now.

Morgan Stanley selected me first but I preferred Google because I wanted to work in pure computer science, algorithms and game theory.

I am lucky
Do you know why I say I am lucky?

I get help from total strangers without me asking for it. Once after my second year at IIT, I with some of my friends was travelling in a train for a conference. We met a kind gentleman called Sundar in the train, and he has been taking care of my hostel fees from then on.

I have to mention about Jaipur foot. I had Jaipur foot when I was in 3rd standard. After two years, I stopped using them. As I had almost no stems on my legs, it was very tough to tie them to the body. I found walking with Jaipur foot very, very slow. Sitting also was a problem. I found my tricycle faster because I am one guy who wants to do things faster.

One great thing about the hospital is, they don't think their role ends by just fixing the Jaipur foot; they arrange for livelihood for all. They asked me what help I needed from them. I told them at that time, if I got into an IIT, I needed financial help from them. So, from the day I joined IIT, Madras , my fees were taken care of by them. So, my education at the IIT was never a burden on my parents and they could take care of my sister's Nursing studies.

Surprise awaited me at IIT
After my first year, when I went home, two things happened here at the Institute without my knowledge.

I got a letter from my department that they had arranged a lift and ramps at the department for me. It also said that if I came a bit early and checked whether it met with my requirements, it would be good.

Second surprise was, the Dean, Prof Idichandy and the Students General Secretary, Prasad had located a place that sold powered wheel chairs. The cost was Rs 55,000. What they did was, they did not buy the wheel chair; they gave me the money so that the wheel chair belonged to me and not the institute.

My life changed after that. I felt free and independent.

That's why I say I am lucky. God has planned things for me and takes care of me at every step.

The world is full of good people
I also feel if you are motivated and show some initiative, people around you will always help you. I also feel there are more good people in society than bad ones. I want all those who read this to feel that if Naresh can achieve something in life, you can too.

 

 


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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Re: [India_Vision_2020] request_for_ideas and help in vision 2020


hi Sanoop..
My name is Ribin.. I am from cochin and am a final year engg student of NIT surathkal... i am happy to know about the interest you are showing for a social cause..
  Last year for our technical fest "Engineer" we had a few events for socially conscious engineers.. there was a paper presentation event named Shrishti.. The main objective of this event was to get students to generate novel ideas and concepts to improve the infrastructure of our villages and rural areas by making effective use of available resources.
the participant were given conditions prevailing in real villages and they were to come up with ideas to make them self sustained..
you can get the full picture about the events on
http://www.engineer.org.in/?page=events&evt=23
http://www.engineer.org.in/?page=events&cat=9
the events were big hits...
  If not the same, you can come up with ideas on thses lines..

with Best Wishes
Ribin

 
--- On Sat, 7/19/08, sanoop thomas <sanoop2255@gmail.com> wrote:
From: sanoop thomas <sanoop2255@gmail.com>
Subject: [India_Vision_2020] request_for_ideas and help in vision 2020
To: India_Vision_2020@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 12:28 AM

hello,
     i m a student of college of engineering chengannur,kerala, INDIA.This year  our students are planning to conduct a technical fest in the month of september.vision 2020 is a program for which we have give most importance. we want  many suggestions and help from this group.
      Expecting a good response from all


      Thanking  you,
              yours faihfully,
                           students of cec
                                         
   


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Re: [India_Vision_2020] Important note from Moderator on meeting with Dr Kalam

Dear members

Iam really charged up after seeing the great man my role model or more than that Dr Abul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam .Iam thankful to Mr.Srinivasan of India Vision 2020 who made my dream come true. 12 people meet kalam all partners of India Vision 2020 .

I first shook hands with kalam and gave the Notes of Activities  of YHM . He went through  it  very sharply then i explained the activities of YHM he was really impressed .I made a proposal with Kalam i have been working for this for 2 years .On 15th October  the birthday of  Kalam  i wanted to bring  all the less blessed children's in chennai from orphanages  , blind schools , physically challenged and all section  of  kids who have some problem and the all the  students  from chennai and show the students that there are these kind of people please help them with time and money . Kalam sir said October 15th he will not be in INDIA so he agreed to come on a day which is mutually ok .

And i gave my card he saw the card and asked you have changed ur name to KALAM Nagappan did ur father scolded  or not . Everyone started  laughing  i explained him initially he shouted but accepted afterwards .

After that all the partner org of India Vision 2020 explained about their activities.He was really impressed and said he will call all of us another day for a full day discussion .

Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com> wrote:

Moderator's Note

dear friends

Our colleagues have already informed you about the meeting with Dr Kalam on 24th July midnight.  Dr Kalam was supposed to arrive at Raj Bahavan, Chennai by about 10.30 pm.  We were given time at 11 pm.  Due to various delays, he could reach Raj Bhavan one hour late. 

11 members of our Partner organisations representing Suyam, Manam Malarattum, Nandanar Trust, India Sudar, Dream India, Young Helping Minds, Team Everest, Vandemataram ezine and the co-moderators of this group were part of the team.

Please see the pictures in the following link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prpoint/sets/72157606362910746/detail/

After he arrived there, we were called to meet him.  It was around 12 midnight.  Inspite of his hectic schedules, travel, he was looking fresh and cheerful.  Though we were given only 10 minutes time, when he started discussing with our members, he showed keen interest on each and every member.  All of them had brought their note about their activities.  He went through one by one and asked for more clarifications.  He also suggested them, what they should do and how they should take it further, etc.  Two of them brought 'poems' written in Tamil on Dr Kalam. He also read line by line.  Some of the focus areas, he emphasised :

1.  There are lot of school drop outs in the villages.  He wanted us to help such children to pursue their education further.  He even suggested vocational trainings, so that they can learn some skills.

2.  Students can enter politics with good aim of serving the society.  He insited on the 'development politics' than 'general politics'.   That means, politics should help for the development of the Nation.

3.  The members who met Dr Kalam were only representing the partner organisations.  More young people are associated with these partner organisations.  He said, I am meeting few of you.  I want to have 1000 such organisations, to take the Nation forward.   ( i am writing a separate mail on this in the group).  Every now and then he was telling, " we will work together".  That gave a feeling to all that he was part of our team.

4.  Though only 10 minutes was allotted to us, finally, we ended up discussing with him for one full hour.  that means, it was early morning 1 am.  Even at that time, more than 50 people were waiting outside to see him. ( we donot know at what time, he went to bed.  He had lot of programmes in the City from morning).  When we all left he told our members, "  You are all doing great job to the Nation.  What can i give to you?".  Our members replied, " Sir.  We need only your blessings only.  Please guide us what we should do.".  Probably, he might have seen people going to him for many favours and publicity.  He was immensly impressed with the genuine answer of our  members.  He saw in our group the people who work for the Nation without any expectations. 

5.  We wanted to record a message from him for our group members.  Readily, he gave a voice byte as a message to our members.  I will upload the message and send the link in my next mail.

When we all came out of Raj Bhavan, we all felt that we have more greater responsibility, than before.  With Dr Kalam as a 'mentor' for all of us,  and with spirited young and vibrant team of young members, I personally feel that India is in safe hands. 

We can feel proud that we are living in the era of Dr Kalam.  I will write a separate mail on increase of partner organisations, as suggested by Dr Kalam.

Jai Hind

Srinivasan
Moderator





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Kalam Nagappan
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ACC Name        ::  YOUNG HELPING MINDS
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

[India_Vision_2020] Please listen to the exclusive message of Dr Abdul Kalam

dear friends

As already informed in this group, eight partner organisations of India Vision group met Dr Abdul Kalam, former President of India at Chennai on 24th July 2008.  The meeting took place between 12 midnight to 1 am.   Dr Kalam was very cheerful and enthusiastic even at the late hours, inspite of his hectic schedules for that day. 

We recorded an exclusive messge from him for Indian Youth.  Though, it was recorded for Indian Youth, it is applicable to any global youth. 

Please listen to the visual podcast in the following link
http://www.poduniversal.com/2008/07/dr-abdul-kalams-exclusive-message-to.html

Srinivasan

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

[India_Vision_2020] Follow up for Dr Kalam's suggestion - Increasing Partner organisations

Important - Moderator's Note

dear friends

I had indicated in our earlier mail that when our partner organisations met Dr Kalam on 24th July midnight, he was saying,  " You are all doing good jobs. I need one thousand such organisations".  Immediately, i told Dr Kalam that 11 people who were with him on that occassion were only sample and we have more such 'Unsung Heroes' in our India Vision Group.  He was feeling happy.

What impressed Dr Kalam was that our partner organisations like Suyam, Manam Malarattum, India Sudar, Dream India, Young Helping Minds, Team Everest and Nandanar Trust are doing great jobs without expecting any rewards.  They never aspire for publicity.  They continue ther work with utmost sincerity.  Every organisation has the backing of many youngsters.  That was why Dr Kalam wanted to have one thousand such organisations. Repeatedly, he was mentioning that "we can work together", indicating his immense confidence on the youth behind such organisations. 

We have promised Dr Kalam to enlist 100 such dedicated organisations for working with him.  Before December 2008, we would like to increaase our 7 partner organisations to 25.  The criteria will be :

1.  Formal or informal  organisations / groups  should be managed by youth or students with the aim of nation building and offering services to the needy in the society, particularly weaker section of the society.

2.  It should be running for a minimum period of one year.

3.  Monetary involvement is not important.  Effectiveness in implmenting the projects is required. 

Please send your details, with the list of activities, web link, funding sources, etc. immediately to me at prpoint@gmail.com under copy to Siva at shivapas@yahoo.comPlease do not send to the group.  Please send to us personally. 

As you know, we are also having a bi-monthly ezine Vandemataram for publishing our activities. 

Please send your details before the end of this month.  We have formed a screening committee for inclusion in our Partner Organisations group. After we finalise our additional partner organisations, we will inform Dr Kalam for his further guidance.

Indiaviduals, who are not linked to any formal group, but would like to join any of the partner organisations, kindly write to me and to Shiva.  We will tag you with the suitable organisation. 

If a group of youngsters want to organise a formal or informal group to work for the society like others, please inform us.  We will guide you step by step and finally, we will make you as our partner organisation. 

If we have passion and will, we can achieve.  Let us all work together to take our Nation forward.  Even small drops make a big ocean.


Jai Hind

srinivasan
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Re: [India_Vision_2020] Important note from Moderator on meeting with Dr Kalam

Hi Friends,
I was eagerly waiting to see the photos of our members with our former president Dr.Abdul Kalam. Now I'm very exited to see those photos. I'm very very happy.
 
Jaihind
M.SIVASANKAR.
Member

--- On Sat, 26/7/08, Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Prime Point Srinivasan <prpoint@gmail.com>
Subject: [India_Vision_2020] Important note from Moderator on meeting with Dr Kalam
To: "India Vision group" <India_Vision_2020@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, 26 July, 2008, 9:00 AM

Moderator's Note

dear friends

Our colleagues have already informed you about the meeting with Dr Kalam on 24th July midnight.  Dr Kalam was supposed to arrive at Raj Bahavan, Chennai by about 10.30 pm.  We were given time at 11 pm.  Due to various delays, he could reach Raj Bhavan one hour late. 

11 members of our Partner organisations representing Suyam, Manam Malarattum, Nandanar Trust, India Sudar, Dream India, Young Helping Minds, Team Everest, Vandemataram ezine and the co-moderators of this group were part of the team.

Please see the pictures in the following link
http://www.flickr. com/photos/ prpoint/sets/ 7215760636291074 6/detail/

After he arrived there, we were called to meet him.  It was around 12 midnight.  Inspite of his hectic schedules, travel, he was looking fresh and cheerful.  Though we were given only 10 minutes time, when he started discussing with our members, he showed keen interest on each and every member.  All of them had brought their note about their activities.  He went through one by one and asked for more clarifications.  He also suggested them, what they should do and how they should take it further, etc.  Two of them brought 'poems' written in Tamil on Dr Kalam. He also read line by line.  Some of the focus areas, he emphasised :

1.  There are lot of school drop outs in the villages.  He wanted us to help such children to pursue their education further.  He even suggested vocational trainings, so that they can learn some skills.

2.  Students can enter politics with good aim of serving the society.  He insited on the 'development politics' than 'general politics'.   That means, politics should help for the development of the Nation.

3.  The members who met Dr Kalam were only representing the partner organisations.  More young people are associated with these partner organisations.  He said, I am meeting few of you.  I want to have 1000 such organisations, to take the Nation forward.   ( i am writing a separate mail on this in the group).  Every now and then he was telling, " we will work together".  That gave a feeling to all that he was part of our team.

4.  Though only 10 minutes was allotted to us, finally, we ended up discussing with him for one full hour.  that means, it was early morning 1 am.  Even at that time, more than 50 people were waiting outside to see him. ( we donot know at what time, he went to bed.  He had lot of programmes in the City from morning).  When we all left he told our members, "  You are all doing great job to the Nation.  What can i give to you?".  Our members replied, " Sir.  We need only your blessings only.  Please guide us what we should do.".  Probably, he might have seen people going to him for many favours and publicity.  He was immensly impressed with the genuine answer of our  members.  He saw in our group the people who work for the Nation without any expectations. 

5.  We wanted to record a message from him for our group members.  Readily, he gave a voice byte as a message to our members.  I will upload the message and send the link in my next mail.

When we all came out of Raj Bhavan, we all felt that we have more greater responsibility, than before.  With Dr Kalam as a 'mentor' for all of us,  and with spirited young and vibrant team of young members, I personally feel that India is in safe hands. 

We can feel proud that we are living in the era of Dr Kalam.  I will write a separate mail on increase of partner organisations, as suggested by Dr Kalam.

Jai Hind

Srinivasan
Moderator




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[India_Vision_2020] Important note from Moderator on meeting with Dr Kalam

Moderator's Note

dear friends

Our colleagues have already informed you about the meeting with Dr Kalam on 24th July midnight.  Dr Kalam was supposed to arrive at Raj Bahavan, Chennai by about 10.30 pm.  We were given time at 11 pm.  Due to various delays, he could reach Raj Bhavan one hour late. 

11 members of our Partner organisations representing Suyam, Manam Malarattum, Nandanar Trust, India Sudar, Dream India, Young Helping Minds, Team Everest, Vandemataram ezine and the co-moderators of this group were part of the team.

Please see the pictures in the following link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prpoint/sets/72157606362910746/detail/

After he arrived there, we were called to meet him.  It was around 12 midnight.  Inspite of his hectic schedules, travel, he was looking fresh and cheerful.  Though we were given only 10 minutes time, when he started discussing with our members, he showed keen interest on each and every member.  All of them had brought their note about their activities.  He went through one by one and asked for more clarifications.  He also suggested them, what they should do and how they should take it further, etc.  Two of them brought 'poems' written in Tamil on Dr Kalam. He also read line by line.  Some of the focus areas, he emphasised :

1.  There are lot of school drop outs in the villages.  He wanted us to help such children to pursue their education further.  He even suggested vocational trainings, so that they can learn some skills.

2.  Students can enter politics with good aim of serving the society.  He insited on the 'development politics' than 'general politics'.   That means, politics should help for the development of the Nation.

3.  The members who met Dr Kalam were only representing the partner organisations.  More young people are associated with these partner organisations.  He said, I am meeting few of you.  I want to have 1000 such organisations, to take the Nation forward.   ( i am writing a separate mail on this in the group).  Every now and then he was telling, " we will work together".  That gave a feeling to all that he was part of our team.

4.  Though only 10 minutes was allotted to us, finally, we ended up discussing with him for one full hour.  that means, it was early morning 1 am.  Even at that time, more than 50 people were waiting outside to see him. ( we donot know at what time, he went to bed.  He had lot of programmes in the City from morning).  When we all left he told our members, "  You are all doing great job to the Nation.  What can i give to you?".  Our members replied, " Sir.  We need only your blessings only.  Please guide us what we should do.".  Probably, he might have seen people going to him for many favours and publicity.  He was immensly impressed with the genuine answer of our  members.  He saw in our group the people who work for the Nation without any expectations. 

5.  We wanted to record a message from him for our group members.  Readily, he gave a voice byte as a message to our members.  I will upload the message and send the link in my next mail.

When we all came out of Raj Bhavan, we all felt that we have more greater responsibility, than before.  With Dr Kalam as a 'mentor' for all of us,  and with spirited young and vibrant team of young members, I personally feel that India is in safe hands. 

We can feel proud that we are living in the era of Dr Kalam.  I will write a separate mail on increase of partner organisations, as suggested by Dr Kalam.

Jai Hind

Srinivasan
Moderator


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[India_Vision_2020] Chennai Lights Out - on August 8th 2008

 

Friends,

Amongst our other vision for 2020, taking India to a cleaner and greener future is also one of our important vison. Please take a minute to read about "Chennai Lights Out" campaign by Exnora International - http://www.chennailightsout.org/

 

 

88888 Lights Out' is a campaign initiated by Exnora International.Exnora International is a wide spread environmental movement founded in 1989, focusing on mobilizing and empowering communities to participate in preserving nature and preventing environmental degradation, thereby improving the quality of life of the common man.

Till the turn of the century, issues of environmental protection and management was much the preserve of specialized environmental groups, scientists and administrators, though very often the cause of its degradation was all humanity and its impact was on every one.

With this campaign Exnora stands by their fundamental philosophy that no environmental protection or management is meaningful unless it becomes the conscious choice of all or substantially all the population.

On one day; August 8th

For eight minutes,

At 8 pm,

We shall take a stand,

A stand to arrest Global Warming from our home, from our workplace or from our school college.

Think globally-Act locally                                 Do Domestically

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks,
Venkatesh

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