Grassroots a Journal of the Press Institute of India Promoting Reportage on the Human Condition Rs 15 January 15, 2012 - Volume 4 Issue 1
grassroots A journal of the Press Institute of India promoting reportage on the human condition Rs 15 January 15, 2012 - Volume 4 Issue 1 I N S I D E India’s fastest woman lives For needy schoolchildren, he is the good Samaritan ...2 When women are unsafe in in poverty… and in hope God's Own Country ........... 3 Athletics has always been a neglected part of Indian sport for years. In a country where even the national sport, hockey, is given short shrift, chances of a promising young woman getting proper logistic and economic support to help her achieve her dreams seem remote. Despite the overwhelming apathy, it is the undaunted spirit of athletes, from Milkha Singh to P.T. Usha, that has kept athletic aspirations alive in India. Today, Asha Roy displays the same spirit Using dance as therapy to grassrootsprovide a new lease of life ........................................ 4 AJITHA MENON Exploited children in a he doesn’t get two square meals for her Bachelor’s degree. While However, to build on her railway station find a a day, lives in a mud house and her eldest and youngest sisters achievements and to ensure a long guardian angel ..................... 5 Shelps her father, a vegetable are already married, the second is career as a successful sportsperson, seller, eke out a meagre living. But a school dropout. Only Asha has what Asha desperately needs today despite the odds, Asha Roy is the managed to continue with her studies is something as basic as food. “I need fastest woman in India today, having and diligently pursue her dream of \WFS food, nutrition.
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