The response to the article published in the June 2008 issue of Posoowa for support to the Nitin Bezbaruah Sarangapani Library is encouraging.
Manoj Das of Assam Association of Delhi is coordinating the collection process in Delhi
Manoj Das dasmk2k@gmail.com writes
I’ll be dispatching first batch of books from Delhi before 15th July through my colleagues of NEDFi who has kindly agreed to carry up to 15kgs. Kindly let me know who will receive in Guwahati and the contact point there. I spoke to other people who might donate books and money for the purpose. As mentioned earlier I should be able to handle collection and dispatch from Delhi.
I know how young kids crave for books. As a child, I was fed with books by my dad, who used to bring loads from Guwahati during his frequent visits to the city. I’ll also motivate my son to campaign among his friends for more books.
Ramesh Kacholia of Mumbai Group of Friends has committed to the library and responded with the following email
July 17, 2008
To
Ms Alpana B. Sarangapani / Mr.Ram Sarangapani
USA.
Sub: Introducing Mumbai Group of Friends (MGoF)
Dear Alpana and Ram,
I am associated with Shri Uttam Teron of Parijat Academy, Guwahati, from the beginning of Parijat. He informed me about the Nitin Bezbaruah Sarangapani Library at Parijat Academy which you helped to establish. I understand that you supported the construction of the library room and also funded bookshelves, a marble sign, and books and materials. Sure this will be very useful not only to students, but also to the public at large in due course.
I feel that a couple comfortably settled in the USA will worry about a remote area of India only if they have a very compassionate temperament and are deeply interested in supporting outstanding humanitarian work. We, i.e., a group of like-minded friends from Mumbai, have been making our best efforts to support various outstanding humanitarian institutions working in different parts of India. We are always trying to expand both, the number of such institutions as well as the number of friends supporting such institutions.
Best wishes and warm regards,
Ramesh Kacholia.
Nitin Malhotra is appealing to the Indian community in Germany
Hi Ankur,
I have been reading your articles on Parijat Academy and glad to know how you are contributing to this progressive cause. I wrote an email (attached) to other Indians living in Germany, telling them about Parijat and trying to encourage them to contribute in any way they can. I am sure you are doing the same in the U.S., telling more and more people about Parijat and encouraging them to give back to the society.
BR, Nitin
Appeal to the Indians living in Germany
Hello Everyone,
In March 2006, I read an interesting article in Outlook magazine (also online at - www.outlookindia.com/mad.asp?fodname=20060213&fname=Making&sid=1) about a man (Uttam Teron) who was trying to bring about a change in the hinterlands of Assam by starting a school for tribal children, in an area where there were no roads or any other basic civic infrastructure. In a very short time, he managed to grow Parijat Academy from nothing to a school with 400 underprivileged students and 16 teachers. I got in touch with Uttam then and started to find out the kind of work he was doing, his motivation behind all of this and the kind of support he needed to be successful in this social cause.
This academy has turned out to be a life changer for those tribal areas, where tribal people are getting more and more keen on sending their children to Parijat Academy, hoping that one day their children would be able to lead a respectable and educated life and not end up being like them (i.e. brewing local rice beer for the rich and educated living in the cities).
The reason why I am sharing this with all of you is that if you too have been looking for opportunities to give back to the society, then getting involved with Parijat Academy might just be the right chance for you. I personally think that the only way India can move forward is thru this public-private partnership knowing that Government is currently not capable of taking care of all social problems in India by themselves. It will require participation from people like u and me to bring about any change.
Dear readers, if you are planning to send books and other materials, please contact at
Parijat Academy, Pomahi P.O. Garchuk, Guwahati—781 035, Assam, India.
E-mail: parijatacademy03@ yahoo.com
Ankur Bora, Texas
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