Hari Om !!!
Hariom ... and Welcome to the "Selfless Service ... A Way of Life" blog. You might wonder what is this about . How can "Selfless" be even a part of life in today's hectic world where we do not have any time nor do we bother to think about others. In a city where people compete fiercely right from getting into the local bus to earning their livelihood.
So do we expect anything different ? All we think sitting in our airconditioned rooms typing on our laptops and utilising the best of resources like water, food that our motherland has to offer is just about ourselves. There are times that we feel that we need to do something for our society for our country ... but then the weekend arrives and our laziness triumps over our urge to make a difference.
On the 3rd of October 2002, Dr Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi unveiled his 13 POINT PROGRAM which he revealed various projects . He gave us the opportunity to do something fruitful instead of wasting our time and efforts in useless things. As we go through each of the 13 points, we begin to realise its importance and Bapu's foresight in initiating each of them.
Let us have a look at these projects and understand the reason behind chosing them.
It may not be possible to completely describe each of this projects considering the vast nature and tremendous effort put continuously by people from different walks of life.
1) "CHARKHA YOJANA" (The Clothing Project)
2) "BAARA MAAS SHETI CHAARA" (Round the year farming and fodder project)
3) "RADDI YOJANA" (Used Paper Project )
4) "JUNA TE SONA" (Old Is Gold Project )
5) "MAYECHI OOB" (The Warmth of Love Project)
6) "VIDYA PRAKASH YOGNA" (The Light of Knowledge Project)
7) Cleanliness Drive
8) The Ahilya Sangh (formed for suitably equipping women with the requisite strength to counter any exploitation and to face any adversity with fortitude)
9) Granthraj Shreemadpurushaartha
10) The General Knowledge Bank
11) The Confluence of Indian Languages
12) The Institute of Studies of Five Continents
13) The Disaster Management Team
We will discuss each of the above points in the subsequent posts.
The following projects are also undertaken by Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation
a) Pulse Polio Vaccination Drive
(Helping the BMC eradicate Polio completely )
b) Annapurna Mahaprasadam Project
(Providing free midday meals to children from tribal areas and in municipal schools in rural areas)
c) Eco Friendly Ganesh Idols
d) Free Medical and Healthcare Camp
(Distribution of medicines,clothes, school uniforms woven through the vastra yogana to people in rural and tribal areas and making then aware about hygiene)
e) Blood Donation Camps
f) Aniruddha's Bank for the Blind
(Knowledge bank which stores knowledge in the form of audio casettes/CDs for the benefit of the visually challenged based on their academic cirriculum)
g) Work in Mental Hospitals and Orphanages
h) De-Addiction Centres
i) Atmabal Program for Women
(6 months of free training to women in order to make tem selfsufficient in the daily activities of their respective lives)
j) Training in Ancient Indian Martial Arts ("Bala Vidya") Positive energy acquired through these vidyas help imparting physical and mental health.
So do we expect anything different ? All we think sitting in our airconditioned rooms typing on our laptops and utilising the best of resources like water, food that our motherland has to offer is just about ourselves. There are times that we feel that we need to do something for our society for our country ... but then the weekend arrives and our laziness triumps over our urge to make a difference.
On the 3rd of October 2002, Dr Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi unveiled his 13 POINT PROGRAM which he revealed various projects . He gave us the opportunity to do something fruitful instead of wasting our time and efforts in useless things. As we go through each of the 13 points, we begin to realise its importance and Bapu's foresight in initiating each of them.
Let us have a look at these projects and understand the reason behind chosing them.
It may not be possible to completely describe each of this projects considering the vast nature and tremendous effort put continuously by people from different walks of life.
1) "CHARKHA YOJANA" (The Clothing Project)
2) "BAARA MAAS SHETI CHAARA" (Round the year farming and fodder project)
3) "RADDI YOJANA" (Used Paper Project )
4) "JUNA TE SONA" (Old Is Gold Project )
5) "MAYECHI OOB" (The Warmth of Love Project)
6) "VIDYA PRAKASH YOGNA" (The Light of Knowledge Project)
7) Cleanliness Drive
8) The Ahilya Sangh (formed for suitably equipping women with the requisite strength to counter any exploitation and to face any adversity with fortitude)
9) Granthraj Shreemadpurushaartha
10) The General Knowledge Bank
11) The Confluence of Indian Languages
12) The Institute of Studies of Five Continents
13) The Disaster Management Team
We will discuss each of the above points in the subsequent posts.
The following projects are also undertaken by Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation
a) Pulse Polio Vaccination Drive
(Helping the BMC eradicate Polio completely )
b) Annapurna Mahaprasadam Project
(Providing free midday meals to children from tribal areas and in municipal schools in rural areas)
c) Eco Friendly Ganesh Idols
d) Free Medical and Healthcare Camp
(Distribution of medicines,clothes, school uniforms woven through the vastra yogana to people in rural and tribal areas and making then aware about hygiene)
e) Blood Donation Camps
f) Aniruddha's Bank for the Blind
(Knowledge bank which stores knowledge in the form of audio casettes/CDs for the benefit of the visually challenged based on their academic cirriculum)
g) Work in Mental Hospitals and Orphanages
h) De-Addiction Centres
i) Atmabal Program for Women
(6 months of free training to women in order to make tem selfsufficient in the daily activities of their respective lives)
j) Training in Ancient Indian Martial Arts ("Bala Vidya") Positive energy acquired through these vidyas help imparting physical and mental health.
