good samaritans

                   Remember when we used to be in school and   the teachers would announce a charity event and we would always grimace among  ourselves. Since I came from a missionary school, we had a lot of these events. Some of my classmates  would  be enthusiastic about it, some  would complain …

I think we could all benefit a lot if the world had more good people in it than bad and if the good balanced out the evil that happens every day. As the Eleventh Doctor from one of my all-time favourite tv shows ‘Doctor Who’ put it- “The way I …

Self-sustainability is widely accepted as a principle of human development. Thus creation of independence is an important to uplift the underprivileged sections of our society. This is exactly what Lakshmi Ashram, a very unique form of school in Uttarakhand, intends to achieve. Situated at the base of Nanda Devi in …

There are many business tycoons who turn into partial or full time philanthropists. We have heard of many international leaders and software developers earning the huge bucks shifting their primary focus to uplifting the society or a particular underprivileged class. From actors like Salman Khan conducting Being Human campaigns to …

We all tend to look at social service in different ways. It depends on how one defines ‘social’. According to me, to help the world as a whole is to help each and every living soul in it. We have Blue Cross to aid animals and Red Cross to help …

Today, cases of rape, molestation, abuse, harassment are ever increasing. One only has to switch on the news to be flooded with reports of such unfortunate incidents. Last year’s Nirbhaya case is still fresh in our minds. As these condemnable incidents keep on happening, our politicians and leaders continue to …

Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them , Or shall we endeavor to amend them, And obey them until we have succeeded, Or shall we transgress them at once? When American philosopher Thoreau gave these lines he would never have imagined the impact it would have over …

When we talk of charity and actually helping the needy in our country, we all think of public-spirited people who may be lawyers or NGO workers. With the changing business scenario, even the corporates have started practicing what is known as Corporate Social Responsibility, building hospitals and the like. But …

Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the World – Nelson Mandela Here is a story of a Marine Engineer turned Philanthropist, Sandeep Desai. In 1997, he set up a trust, Shloka Missionaries, to launch educational reforms, funded by donations and his earnings. After setting …

‘Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. Politics has nothing to do with one’s helping a dying child. Survival, that’s what it’s about. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.’ She is today …