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` YOUR EVERY COUNTS IN SUPPORTING Awake, Arise and Achieve VICES AT EKAL, COMMUNITY SER fiz; ikBd] vkt vk/kqfud thou dk dksbZ Hkh i{k ,slk ugha ftls laokjus esa EKAL fMftVy çkS|ksfxdh dh Hkwfedk u gksA okfudh ls ysdj Lisl fe'ku rd] d`f"k ls ysdj vkS|ksfxd mRiknuksa rd] gok&ikuh tSls lkekU; oLrqvksa dh xq.koÙkk dh tkap ls ysdj THINK EKAL! mPp çkS|ksfd;ksa dh xq.koÙkk lqfuf'pr djus rd] vkSj u tkus fdrus gh vk;keksa dks fMftVy çkS|ksfxdh laokjus esa yxh gSA 'kklu O;oLFkk] lwpuk laçs"k.k] rFkk f'k{kk ds PRAYAS {ks= esa blds vHkwriwoZ ;ksxnku us rks nqfu;k dk Lo:i gh ges'kk ds fy, cny fn;k gSA A Family Magazine With Social Concern Jelk/; rFkk le;lk/; çfØ;k,a rFkk vke yksxksa dh lÙkk vkSj lsokvksa rd igqap January-February, 2016 Vol 6 No. 6 50/- Rofjr vkSj vklku gks x;h gSA bldh vuar lEHkkoukvksa dks u;h mM+ku nsus dk uke gS fMftVy bafM;k fe'kuA Editor ,slh fLFkfr esa xkaoksa vkSj lqnwj ioZrh; {ks=ksa ds yksx fiNM+ u tk,a tSlh xaHkhj Vijay Maroo vk'kadk mRiUu gks x;h gSA blh vkyksd esa ,dy LVMh ldZy dh ,d cSBd gqbZ ftlesa Editorial Board ljdkj vkSj m|ksxksa ds çfrfuf/k] lektlsoh] fo'ks"kK] rFkk lekt ds fupys rcds esa Bajrang Bagra dke dj jgs egRoiw.kZ yksx 'kkfey gq,A çLrqr gS vkoj.k dFkk ds :i esa mlij ,d Prof Manjushree foLr`r jiVA Praveen Arya ,dy vfHk;ku ftl egku foHkwfr ds laj{k.k esa bruk vkxs c<+k og gSa Editorial Coordinator ekuuh; v'kksd flagyA muds fu/ku ls ,dy ifjokj vR;ar eekZgr gSA Harsh Malik mUgsa ,d vkys[k esa HkkoHkhuh J)katfy ns jgs gSa] ,dy ds ekxZn'kZd ek- Art Consultant ';ke xqIrA ,dy dh iapeq[kh f'k{kk ij Hkh ,d fnypLi vkys[k Sandeep Kumar çdkf'kr fd;k tk jgk gSA lkFk esa gSa gekjs lHkh LFkk;h LrEHkA Ekal, the biggest voluntary organization in India working in rural areas, has its presence in 20,000/- Head Office ,dy ç;kl ifjokj dh vksj ls o"kZ 2016 ds For just ` more than 53,000 villages across the nation, and aims to reach one lakh villages soon. Ekal Prayas, 1st Floor, 8 Local Shopping Complex, vkxeu ij vki lHkh dks gkfnZd 'kqHkdkeuk,aA Okhla Industrial Area - II, New Delhi - 110 020. you can adopt a village, When you support Ekal Movement, you are empowering rural Bharat for a true sustainable Phone: 011- 4050 3331. Fax: 011- 4050 3332. vkidk for one year, for its change, because Ekal's Mission is to provide and create awareness for Basic Education, E-mail: [email protected] integrated development. Healthcare Education, Value Education, Development Education and Empowerment www.ekalprayas.org Education. fot; ek# [email protected]

EKAL VIDYALAYA MOVEMENT National Support Organisations CSR Contents 09 CSR Vision of Infinity Contents Today, corporate social responsibility initiatives of companies go merely beyond a face of their business activities. Sri Ravindra Chamaria, Chairman, Infinity Group, shares how his ancestors inspired his CSR Vision, and involvement of his business in various social initiatives. Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India Friends of Tribals Society Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad (Regd.) Shrihari Satsang Samiti 1st Floor, 8 Local Shopping Complex, Ekal Bhawan, 123/A, Harish Ground Floor, A-15 DDA Market, 2 nd Floor, B-4 Housing Society, Cover Story Okhla-II, New Delhi-110 020. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700 026. BQ Block, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi-110 088. South Extension Part-I, New Delhi-110 049. 17 Digital India Mission - Digital Ekal to Reach Remote Bharat Phone: +91 11 4050 3331 Phones: +91 33 2454 4510-13 Phones: +91 11 4752 3879, 4247 8184 Phones: +91-11-6568 2585, 2701 3354 Present government has been initiating many out of box ideas to empower Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] people in various ways. Digital India is one such concept. Sri Praveen Arya www.ekalindia.org www.ftsindia.com www.blspindia.org www.shss.org.in outlines Ekal's Digital Vision while merging it with the outcome of a panel Foundations & Support Groups in : Chapters in : Chapters in : Chapters in : discussion at the Ekal Study Circle Meet. Australia, Canada, Agra, Bangalore, Bangalore Mahila, Bhopal, Delhi HQ, Agra, Bhubaneshwar, Dubai, Hong Kong, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Kochi, Erode, East Delhi, North Delhi, Bardawan, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Muscat, Gwalior, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, South Delhi, West Delhi, Gangtok, Guwahati, Jaigaon, Kolkata, Ma Ashok Singhalji - A Tribute New Zealand, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Patna, Bareilly, Jammu, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Malda, Mumbai Pune, Ranchi, Ma Shyam Gupt U.K. and U.S.A Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Silchar, Siliguri and Surat Kanpur, Prayag and Varanasi Silchar, Silliguri and Surat 25 Himachal 11 Arogya Initiative 15 Late Sri Ashok Singhal was one of the key architects of many movements in Punchmukhi Siksha 21 Ekal at UNDP Conference 30 the country including Ekal, and was an institution in himself. Ma Shyam Gupt pays him Roundup of Ekal Events 31 Vanyatra 38 a glowing tribute while exploring various facets of his towering personality. Ekal Standing Tall 40 Gaurav Gatha 42 Gramotthan Foundation SANSTHAN Published and Printed by Vijay Maroo from 1st Floor, Plot No 8 Universal Chambers, DDA Shopping Complex, Okhla Industrial Area - II, New Delhi - 110 020. Owner: Ekal Sansthan Ekal Sansthan Arogya Foundation of India Printed at - Viba Press Pvt. Ltd., C - 66/3 Okhla Industrial Area - II, New Delhi - 20. Editor - Vijay Maroo. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form with written permission only. The views/opinions expressed in the published articles may not be necessarily of the Editor. All disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of competent Courts in Delhi/New Delhi only. And many other State Voluntary Organizations January-February, 2016 5 ` YOUR EVERY COUNTS IN SUPPORTING Awake, Arise and Achieve VICES AT EKAL, COMMUNITY SER fiz; ikBd] vkt vk/kqfud thou dk dksbZ Hkh i{k ,slk ugha ftls laokjus esa EKAL fMftVy çkS|ksfxdh dh Hkwfedk u gksA okfudh ls ysdj Lisl fe'ku rd] d`f"k ls ysdj vkS|ksfxd mRiknuksa rd] gok&ikuh tSls lkekU; oLrqvksa dh xq.koÙkk dh tkap ls ysdj THINK EKAL! mPp çkS|ksfd;ksa dh xq.koÙkk lqfuf'pr djus rd] vkSj u tkus fdrus gh vk;keksa dks fMftVy çkS|ksfxdh laokjus esa yxh gSA 'kklu O;oLFkk] lwpuk laçs"k.k] rFkk f'k{kk ds PRAYAS {ks= esa blds vHkwriwoZ ;ksxnku us rks nqfu;k dk Lo:i gh ges'kk ds fy, cny fn;k gSA A Family Magazine With Social Concern Jelk/; rFkk le;lk/; çfØ;k,a rFkk vke yksxksa dh lÙkk vkSj lsokvksa rd igqap January-February, 2016 Vol 6 No. 6 50/- Rofjr vkSj vklku gks x;h gSA bldh vuar lEHkkoukvksa dks u;h mM+ku nsus dk uke gS fMftVy bafM;k fe'kuA Editor ,slh fLFkfr esa xkaoksa vkSj lqnwj ioZrh; {ks=ksa ds yksx fiNM+ u tk,a tSlh xaHkhj Vijay Maroo vk'kadk mRiUu gks x;h gSA blh vkyksd esa ,dy LVMh ldZy dh ,d cSBd gqbZ ftlesa Editorial Board ljdkj vkSj m|ksxksa ds çfrfuf/k] lektlsoh] fo'ks"kK] rFkk lekt ds fupys rcds esa Bajrang Bagra dke dj jgs egRoiw.kZ yksx 'kkfey gq,A çLrqr gS vkoj.k dFkk ds :i esa mlij ,d Prof Manjushree foLr`r jiVA Praveen Arya ,dy vfHk;ku ftl egku foHkwfr ds laj{k.k esa bruk vkxs c<+k og gSa Editorial Coordinator ekuuh; v'kksd flagyA muds fu/ku ls ,dy ifjokj vR;ar eekZgr gSA Harsh Malik mUgsa ,d vkys[k esa HkkoHkhuh J)katfy ns jgs gSa] ,dy ds ekxZn'kZd ek- Art Consultant ';ke xqIrA ,dy dh iapeq[kh f'k{kk ij Hkh ,d fnypLi vkys[k Sandeep Kumar çdkf'kr fd;k tk jgk gSA lkFk esa gSa gekjs lHkh LFkk;h LrEHkA Ekal, the biggest voluntary organization in India working in rural areas, has its presence in 20,000/- Head Office ,dy ç;kl ifjokj dh vksj ls o"kZ 2016 ds For just ` more than 53,000 villages across the nation, and aims to reach one lakh villages soon. Ekal Prayas, 1st Floor, 8 Local Shopping Complex, vkxeu ij vki lHkh dks gkfnZd 'kqHkdkeuk,aA Okhla Industrial Area - II, New Delhi - 110 020. you can adopt a village, When you support Ekal Movement, you are empowering rural Bharat for a true sustainable Phone: 011- 4050 3331. Fax: 011- 4050 3332. vkidk for one year, for its change, because Ekal's Mission is to provide and create awareness for Basic Education, E-mail: [email protected] integrated development. Healthcare Education, Value Education, Development Education and Empowerment www.ekalprayas.org Education. fot; ek# [email protected]

Empowerment of Women suffer from multiple problems, which form an integral part of the problems Thank you for your cover story on that women suffer from in terms of Maa Yashoda Yojna. It is indeed a discrimination, stereotypical trends, reflection of empowerment of women. It and family suffering in general. strongly indicates gaining their ability to However, I will thank you for sharing undertake activities. It is also the with the readers the women orientation capacity to set their own agenda and Opinion programme in Ekal, which I feel is very change events. Empowerment involves vibrant, creative and thought provoking. women in an active role, in not only decision-making, but also an R C Rathore, ;'kkns k ek a ij vkidk vkoj.k i"` B understanding of the factors that shape Social Activist, Rajasthan ,o a vky[s k ,dy vfHk;ku dh l'kDr a situation and the nature of oppression Response: Ekal's Mahila Vibhag vfHkO;fDr dk s O;Dr djrk gAS ejs h itself. Empowerment entails a focuses on six main programmes to lkps e as ;'kkns k 'kCn dk ,d vFk Z fdlh transformation of social relations, ascertain spontaneous mobilization of particularly gender relations and d s ;'k dk s mfnr dju s okyk Hkh gAS both the Gram Sangathan and Nagar processes; and goes beyond choices to bl lna Hk Z e as ek a ;'kkns k ;kts uk mlh Sangathan. Specific Mahila Vargs are obtaining access to new areas, and organised throughout the country at egku :i dk s pfjrkFk Z djrh gAS social transformation. state and district centres. The Mahila chjsUnz flag] Yashoda to me, in other words Samiti volunteers who are free-timers Nijk] fcgkj simple, natural with a strong sense of have been getting training in these commitment; and a great soul having vargs, every year since 2001, and they fgekpy ,o a ek a ;'kkns k y[s k iq s Social Entrepreneur, Mumbai and teachers on the occasion of ,ls k vk'khoknZ dHkh ugh a fn;kA bl ij Sankranti; Vanyatra, organizing visits Mahila Sangathan rFkkxr ckys &s tc req ejs h 'kj.k e as from cities to Ekal villages. This is a vk; s rc req u s rhu ckr as j[kh FkhAa vkt The role of women's wing in Ekal powerful programme to cultivate seems very significant, and even the donors and urban karyakartas. rd req mu rhu ckrk as dk s eku jg s gkAs participation of women volunteers at Abhibhavak and Sneh Sampark og lei.Z k l'kZr Fkk vkjS egkdk';i the grassroots level is phenomenal. It Yojana, identifying and assigning the dk lei.Z k fcuk fdlh 'kr Z dAs reminds me of a famous message by a active women volunteers at state, youth organization-“Don't Limit district and cluster levels to contact and ,dy d s lefirZ dk;dZ rkvZ k as e as Yourself”. Many people limit take care of full-timers of the Ekal Hkh e>q s ogh a fu%LokFk Z lei.Z k d s mPp themselves to what they think they can Parivaar. Mahila Sangathan Vistar ,o a J"s B Hkko fn[kkb Z iMr+ s gAaS /kU; g aS o s do, but I believe that women are “the and Varg Ayojan, organizing several ykxs tk s ,dy ;K e as mu ifo= Hkkok sa power” boosting the society like Maa cultural programmes in the cities to dh viuh vkgfq r n s jg s gAaS Yashoda. propagate the Ekal Mission and strengthen the Nagar Sanagathan. Rural women, and also women ia- f'ko'kadj feJ] living in different towns and big cities, Editorial Team mRrj inz 's k

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8 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 9 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

is the greatest enabler and helps people make more informed choices about their lives. It may be noted that over 5000 students have already received Anant scholarships along with receiving personality development fgekpy coaching, spoken English classes and computer training. We also take pride in supporting about 250 students of vius dkuksa ij fo'okl gh ugha dj Jadavpur University pursuing their Bachelors and Masters Degree on a ik jgk Fkk] tc mlus dgk fd] Þftl regular basis. jkLrs ls vki py dj vk;sA tgk¡ xkM+h [kM+h dh] ogk¡ ls lj ij ls >wB cksyrs gks\ fdUrq nwljs create comfortable, eco-friendly homes {k.k eu us gh le>k;kA ;gh rks gS for senior citizens with complete elder the world's largest non-profit, non- seekers from all over the world, from fgeky; dh dBksjrk! rqe 'kgj esa care and lifestyle facilities. We truly government organization that runs mid- every possible walk of life come xrkad ls vkxs--- jgus okyksa dks tks vlaHko yxrk gS believe that Jagriti Dham can be their day meal programmes in schools visiting every year. Vrindavan is Gold Age Home! It is being conceived py jgk FkkA jkLrk dHkh Åij dHkh bu fgeky; dh larkuksa ds fy, og across India. The Akshaya Patra considered one of the holiest towns of [ksy gksrk gSA eq>s rks dgkuh lquus as a cosy nest in lush green, serene, Foundation has been feeding the world and is steeped in folklore n`'; Øekad 4 & esjs lkFk py uhpsA esjh lkal Qwyus yxhA eu gh eco-friendly surroundings, an abode of 1,402,393 children in 10,661 schools in and tradition. jgs ,d çeq[k lsokozrh ls ,sls gh iwN eu lkspus yxk fd fcuk lksps D;ksa dk tuwu lokj FkkA gks x;h dgkuh peace and joy, just 15 km from Kolkata. 23 locations in 10 states in India. cSBk] Þvkidk ?kj dgk¡ gS\ og crkus ;g nq%lkgl dj cSBk\ vc dksbZ 'kq:& ;qok voLFkk esa gh QkSt+ esa The residents of Jagriti Dham will enjoy Akshaya Patra incentivizes the Our project, Krishna Bhumi, the right of using a full fledged Club yxs fd cl blh jkLrs ij ftl ij mik; Hkh rks ugha FkkA eq>s ;g yxk tkus dk 'kkSd FkkA esjk lsysD'ku Hkh marginalized children to attend school, coming up in the heart of Vrindavan is vki py jgs gSaA eu epy mBk vkSj fd ;g vius ?kj ys tk jgk gS ;k gks x;kA M~;wVh Tokbu djus esa dqN Ibiza, which is right next door and offers thereby ensuring their education. We an iconic temple township that aims to all kinds of leisure and recreational work closely with the Akshay Patra recreate the magic of Krishna and his eSaus xkM+h :dokbZ vkSj mlls dgk] txay esa\ bl ladjs jkLrs ij py eghus bart+kj djuk FkkA iksLV activities such as a gymnasium, a spa, Foundation and I am associated with many folk tales. The nucleus of Þpyks vkxs&vkxsA rqEgkjs ?kj pyrs dj ?kj dSls cu ldrk gS\ xzstq,V dh i<+kbZ gks pqdh FkhA meditation and yoga centre, a library Akshay Patra as their Vice Chairman on Krishnabhumi is a towering temple: The and a temple. gSaAß cl og rks Qqnd iM+kA og pyrs&pyrs vkf[kj igq¡p gh x;sA V~;w'ku is lkFk ysdj ?kqekrs FksA eq>s and challenging. His teachings dksbZ xyrh gks x;h rks fnYyh esa dqN nsj 'kkUr jgus fn;kA lkekU; u'kk lk p<+ x;kA irk gh ugha pyk continue to show us the path and His dksbZ ekQ ugha djsxkA cl ,d gh gksrs gh esjk igyk ç'u Fkk fd ;g fd QkSt+ esa Tokbu djus dh rkjh[k words remain timeless. The Vrindavan Ravindra Chamaria lgkjk Fkk fd thou VqMw esjs lkFk ?kj ;gk¡ cuk dSls\ ?kj ds fuekZ.k dk dc fudy x;h\ V~;w'ku i<+kuk rks Mathura-Braj is one such circuit, Chairman, Infinity, Bill Clinton with Mrs & Mr Chamaria where Krishna followers, thinkers and Kolkata FkkA mldk dU/kk t+ksj ls idM+ dj leku fdl jkLrs yk;k x;k\ eSa can gks gh pqdk FkkA ?kj esa dksbZ ,slh

10 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 11 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk is the greatest enabler and helps people make more informed choices about their lives. It may be noted that over 5000 students have already received Anant scholarships along with receiving personality development fgekpy coaching, spoken English classes and computer training. We also take pride in supporting about 250 students of vius dkuksa ij fo'okl gh ugha dj Jadavpur University pursuing their Bachelors and Masters Degree on a ik jgk Fkk] tc mlus dgk fd] Þftl regular basis. jkLrs ls vki py dj vk;sA tgk¡ xkM+h [kM+h dh] ogk¡ ls lj ij ls >wB cksyrs gks\ fdUrq nwljs create comfortable, eco-friendly homes {k.k eu us gh le>k;kA ;gh rks gS for senior citizens with complete elder the world's largest non-profit, non- seekers from all over the world, from fgeky; dh dBksjrk! rqe 'kgj esa care and lifestyle facilities. We truly government organization that runs mid- every possible walk of life come xrkad ls vkxs--- jgus okyksa dks tks vlaHko yxrk gS believe that Jagriti Dham can be their day meal programmes in schools visiting every year. Vrindavan is Gold Age Home! It is being conceived py jgk FkkA jkLrk dHkh Åij dHkh bu fgeky; dh larkuksa ds fy, og across India. The Akshaya Patra considered one of the holiest towns of [ksy gksrk gSA eq>s rks dgkuh lquus as a cosy nest in lush green, serene, Foundation has been feeding the world and is steeped in folklore n`'; Øekad 4 & esjs lkFk py uhpsA esjh lkal Qwyus yxhA eu gh eco-friendly surroundings, an abode of 1,402,393 children in 10,661 schools in and tradition. jgs ,d çeq[k lsokozrh ls ,sls gh iwN eu lkspus yxk fd fcuk lksps D;ksa dk tuwu lokj FkkA gks x;h dgkuh peace and joy, just 15 km from Kolkata. 23 locations in 10 states in India. cSBk] Þvkidk ?kj dgk¡ gS\ og crkus ;g nq%lkgl dj cSBk\ vc dksbZ 'kq:& ;qok voLFkk esa gh QkSt+ esa The residents of Jagriti Dham will enjoy Akshaya Patra incentivizes the Our project, Krishna Bhumi, the right of using a full fledged Club yxs fd cl blh jkLrs ij ftl ij mik; Hkh rks ugha FkkA eq>s ;g yxk tkus dk 'kkSd FkkA esjk lsysD'ku Hkh marginalized children to attend school, coming up in the heart of Vrindavan is vki py jgs gSaA eu epy mBk vkSj fd ;g vius ?kj ys tk jgk gS ;k gks x;kA M~;wVh Tokbu djus esa dqN Ibiza, which is right next door and offers thereby ensuring their education. We an iconic temple township that aims to all kinds of leisure and recreational work closely with the Akshay Patra recreate the magic of Krishna and his eSaus xkM+h :dokbZ vkSj mlls dgk] txay esa\ bl ladjs jkLrs ij py eghus bart+kj djuk FkkA iksLV activities such as a gymnasium, a spa, Foundation and I am associated with many folk tales. The nucleus of Þpyks vkxs&vkxsA rqEgkjs ?kj pyrs dj ?kj dSls cu ldrk gS\ xzstq,V dh i<+kbZ gks pqdh FkhA meditation and yoga centre, a library Akshay Patra as their Vice Chairman on Krishnabhumi is a towering temple: The and a temple. gSaAß cl og rks Qqnd iM+kA og pyrs&pyrs vkf[kj igq¡p gh x;sA V~;w'ku is lkFk ysdj ?kqekrs FksA eq>s and challenging. His teachings dksbZ xyrh gks x;h rks fnYyh esa dqN nsj 'kkUr jgus fn;kA lkekU; u'kk lk p<+ x;kA irk gh ugha pyk continue to show us the path and His dksbZ ekQ ugha djsxkA cl ,d gh gksrs gh esjk igyk ç'u Fkk fd ;g fd QkSt+ esa Tokbu djus dh rkjh[k words remain timeless. The Vrindavan Ravindra Chamaria lgkjk Fkk fd thou VqMw esjs lkFk ?kj ;gk¡ cuk dSls\ ?kj ds fuekZ.k dk dc fudy x;h\ V~;w'ku i<+kuk rks Mathura-Braj is one such circuit, Chairman, Infinity, Bill Clinton with Mrs & Mr Chamaria where Krishna followers, thinkers and Kolkata FkkA mldk dU/kk t+ksj ls idM+ dj leku fdl jkLrs yk;k x;k\ eSa can gks gh pqdk FkkA ?kj esa dksbZ ,slh

10 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 11 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

raxh Hkh ugha FkhA eSa ,dy esa vkxs vyx&vyx izdkj dh pksVas FkhaA lksps fudy x;k] ßdSls ykrs Fks iRuh ek=\ rqe ml ifjokj ds eqf[k;k x;k vkSj xkM+h eas cSBdj vius esa [kks x, Þnknk th! ueLrs!ß eSa rks c<+rk pyk x;kA 'kknh Hkh gks x;hA lfefr ds izeq[k vf/kdkjh dh rks jh<+ dks ?kj ls MkWDVj ds ikl ;k okil cuus dk nEHk djrs gks vkSj rqEgkjk x;kA ea=eqX/k gks pqdk FkkA NksVh csVh llqjky i{k fnYyh esa jgrk FkkA dh gÏh esa vk?kkr gqvk FkkA og rks ?kj esa vkSj fdruk [kpZ gqvk gksxk] og dk;ZdrkZ ftldks ns[kus rqe dks xksn esa mBkus dh bPNk rks gqbZ vkfFkZd fLFkfr Hkh mudh Bhd&Bkd vpsr voLFkk esa FksA eSa lksp jgk Fkk bl lc fpfdRlk izfØ;k esa\Þ igys vLirky x;s Fks] mldh lq/kcq/k ysus n`'; Øekad 5 & ,d vkSj fdUrq lkgl ughaA ,sls gh eSaus FkhA lc dqN Bhd py jgk Fkk rks fd ;fn ejs k ,dkn'kh orz ugha gksrk rks rks mlus ladksp fd;kA fQj cksyk dks brus o"kksZa esa dksbZ ugha vk;kA u lsokozrh lkFk py jgk FkkA eSa jkLrs I;kj iwoZd mlls iwNk ÞrqEgkjk ?kj vpkud og gknlk gk s x;kA ßmldk eSa Hkh blh xkMh+ e as lcd s lkFk vk jgk Þ?kj ls lM+d rd ykus ys tkus dk tkus fdruh ckj cSBdksa esa rqeus esa eu cgykus ds fy, dqN fiz; xhr dgk¡ gS\ß rqjar cksyh ÞÅij! ckys uk cna gvq kA og rk s pk; vkfn dh gkrs kA vHkh e aS budk s n[s ku s vk;k g]w¡ rc rks ,d gh mik; FkkA ihB ij ifjokj Hkko ds Hkk"k.k fn;s gksaxs\ dk fjdkMZ lqu jgk FkkA mlds eq¡g pyksxs\ß eSa eqLdjk jgk Fkk vkSj O;oLFkk e as yx x;k vkjS e aS ml gknl s dkbs Z e>q s n[s ku s vk;k gkrs kA eu cgrq ykndjAß mlds firk th lkFk esa blus Hkh lquk gksxkA D;k lksprk ls lglk fudyk fd Þ;g xhr rks mlus gkFk idM+ fy;kA ys pyh d s ckj s e as lkps u s yxk ftldk e aS Lo; a f[kUu gk s mBk FkkA [kjS pk; vk x;h cSBs FksA mUgksaus crk;k fd dqy 5 gksxk ;g rqEgkjs Hkk"k.k lqudj\ esjh csVh cgqr vPNk xkrh gSA mls vius ?kj dh vksjA igq¡p x, ?kjA lk{kh FkkA FkhA og dk;dZ rk Z fQj lkeu s cBS k FkkA yk[k [kpZ gqvkA ßihB ij ykndj mldh rFkk NksVs HkkbZ dh iRuh fo|ky; esa iqjLdkj Hkh feyk FkkAß euaS s fQj mll s dgk ßviuh dgkuh vkSj 5 yk[k lqurs gh esjk flj lkeus [kMh FkhA mudh vk[kksa esa esjh mRlqdrk c<+hA eSaus iwNk ÞeSa dSls ijw h djkAs Þ iwjh egfQy te xbZA o`) o"kZ 2004 dh ckr FkhA esjs çokl pdjk;k vkSj iwNk Þdgk¡ ls gqbZ ped Fkh] psgjs ij eqLdqjkgVA eq>s lqu ldrk gw¡ og xhr\ ßmlus lgt ekrk&firkA ifjokj dh cgqa,¡ rFkk Øe esa dk;kZy; ls FkksM+h nwj ckt+kj mlus iqu% dguk 'kq: fd;k bldh O;oLFkk\ /khjs ls mlus crk;k yx jgk Fkk fd mudh vk[ksa eq>ls esa gh dgk fd ?kj rks blh jkLrs ij gS s fd Þfirk th dks ljdkjh ukSdjh ls iz'u iwN jgh gSaA firk th] ekrk th ftl ij py jgs gSaA eSa mudks lM+d igys rks ?kj vkus dk izksxzke ugha çeq[k dk;ZdrkZ rFkk lfefr lnL; D;k irk Fkk fd ,d cgqr cMh vfXu lsok eqDr gksus ij dqN /ku feyk 'kkUr Hkko ls [kM+s FksA lc yksx ij cqyk ysrk gw¡A lqu yhft,xkA eSa FkkA vpkud cuk rks ;s gh cPps nkSM+ ,oa uxj ds dqN x.kekU; ukxfjd ijh{kk esjk bUrt+kj dj dj jgh gSA FkkA llqjky okyksa us lgk;rk dh lkekU; Fks vkSj esjk eu vUnj ls vius dks jksd ugha ik;k vkSj dgk dj ?kj vk x, vkSj lcdks bdV~Bk mifLFkr FksA cSBd ds mijkUr ckgj Jherh th ds flj es nnZ jgrk FkkA vkSj fQj xk¡o okyksa us ftlus lquk ph[k jgk FkkA t+ksj&t+ksj ls jksus dk ÞBhd gSA fdUrq ?kj tkus ds fy, dj fy;kA vc ckjh Fkh mu cPpksa ds ls vk;s yksxksa ds fy, ifjokjksa esa lkspk] lkekU; nnZ gSA fdUrq LFkkuh; mlus viuh gSfl;r Hkj lgk;rk eu dj jgk FkkA vk[ksa can dj FkksM+k er dgukA eSa Hkqxr pqdk gw¡Aß xhr xkus dhA lp! os ,d ij ,d Hkkstu dh O;oLFkk FkhA esjk ,dkn'kh dhAß mlh xk¡o ds ,d lTtu esjs lkekU; gksus dh ps"Vk dj gh jgk Fkk mlus ok;nk fd;kA FkksM+h nwj ozr Fkk vr% esjs fy, vyx ifjokj esa fpfdRlk ls dksbZ ykHk ugha fn[kk rks xhr xk jgs Fks vkSj eq>s rks Hkko MkDVj us lc VsLV djds crk;k fd lkFk FkAs euaS s mudh vkjs n[s kk] mUgkus s fd ,sls yxk dh vkleku QV pyus ds ckn lM+d ij iwjk lekf/k yx xbZA irk ugha dgk¡ [kks Qykgkj ysus dh O;oLFkk dh x;hA Hkh vk[k as uhph dj gkeh Hkj nhA tk;sxk] Nr esjs Åij fxj iM+sxhA eSa ifjokj gkft+jA Jherh th vkSj Hkkstu ds i'pkr~ foJke Hkh mlh efLrd esa NksVh Qqalh gks x;h gSA x;k\ bruk vkuUn thou esa 'kk;n dksbZ fpark dh ckr ughaA nokbZ ls ?kcM+k x;kA fcuk f'k"Vkpkj dk pkj NksV&NksVs cPpsA fgekpy gh dHkh vk;k gksA xhr dk fjdkMZ rks ifjokj es djuk FkkA vyx&vyx mldh dgkuh iwjh gks pqdh Fkh ikyu fd, rqjUr ?kj ls ckgj py oklh oSls gh lqUnj gksrs gSa vkSj xkM+h dh Hkh O;oLFkk dh x;h FkhA Bhd gks tk;sxhA fdUrq nnZ c<+rk fdUrq eSa rks vkReXykfu dh vkx esa dbZ ckj lquk fdUrq I;kjs&I;kjs cPpksa iM+kA eSa vkSj ugha lgu dj ldrk fQj cPpksa dk rks dguk gh D;k\ ckdh ykxksa dks rks ifjokjksa esa Hkkstu pyk x;kA eSa rks ?kcjk x;kA xkao ds vUnj ls >qyl jgk FkkA esjk eu ds eqag ls igyh ckj xhr lqu jgk Fkk] ml nckc dksA ckgj ogh jkLrkA xkM+h #dhA eSa mrjk vkSj pkjksa dj dk;kZy; okil tkuk FkkA ;g ikl ,d cMs+ MkDVj dks fn[kk;kA eq>dks f/kDdkj jgk FkkA esjk ,d FkkA xhr cUn gq,A lekf/k VwVhA mlus ns[krs gh dgk fd rhu fnu dk fdUrq fnekx dke ugha dj jgk Fkk] cPpksa us ,d lkFk ekuksa lLoj xhr ekrk&firk th dks iz.kke dj pyus dk;ZdrkZ Hkh mlh lewg esa FkkA izeq[k dk;ZdrkZ] vkSj og brus ladV vr% irk ugha pyk dc jkLrk iwjk gks xk jgs gksaA esjs dku esa Loj xw¡t Hkkstu foJke ds mijkar eSa T;kas gh le; rqEgkjs ikl gSA fnekx ds ls fudyk vkSj eq>s vuk;kl ppkZ ds dh vkKk ekaxhA ekrk th dh ft+Ì pyus dks rS;kj gqvk esjs lkFk ds vUnj dk QksM+k cgqr c<+ pqdk gSA }kjk lc irk py jgk gSA rks D;k fd fcuk Hkkstu fd,] dSls tk ldrs dk;ZdrkZ us crk;k fd dk;kZy; fnYyh tkdj rqjar vkWijs'ku eryc gS ,dy ds ifjokj gksus dh gSa\ cPpksa dh ft+Ì fd pk; rks ihuh ugha] gesa vLirky esa pyuk gSA esjs djokuk iMsxkA eSa rqjar mls fnYyh ppkZ djus dk\ D;k dsoy fn[kkok iM+sxhA dk;ZdrkZ tkurs Fks fd ;g vk'p;Z dk fBdkuk ughaA fQj mlus ys vk;kA cM+s vLirky esa fn[kk;kA dk;ZØe rks chp esa vpkud tqM+ crk;k ckdh lc yksx ftl xkM+h esa MkDVj us nwljs fnu vkWijs'ku dh x;kA vxys LFkku gsrq nsj gks jgh dk;kZy; tk jgs Fks og jkLrs esa rkjh[k r; dj nhA igys fnu lc FkhA firk th us iwjs eu ls vk'khokZn nq?kZVuk xzLr gks x;hA lHkh izeq[k izdkj VsLV crk;sA nwljs fnu fn;kA cksyus yxs ÞeSaus vius csVs dks dk;ZdrkZ vLirky es ?kk;y voLFkk vkWijs'ku djus dh lwpuk nhA ns'k ds fy, nku ns fn;k gSA vc ,d esa igqpk;s x;s gSaA bl dk;ZdrkZ dh Hkxoku dh d`ik ls vkWijs'ku lQy vkSj bPNk gS] HkwfenkuA esjh FkksM+h lh Hkh iSj dh gÏh VwV x;h FkhA gks x;kA bl lkjh izfØ;k esa nks lky t+ehu Hkh laxBu dks nsuk pkgrk gw¡A vLirky dk n`'; vkt Hkh vk[kksa ds chr x;sA blds ckn ,d csVk Hkh ?kj igys rks eq>s Hkh vPNk ugha yxk Fkk lkeus vk tkrk gSA lc yksx es vk;kA og esjs lkeus cSBk FkkA fd blus vPNh Hkyh ukSdjh NksM+ vyx&vyx okMksZa esa FksA lcdh vpkud esjs eq¡g ls ,d iz'u fcuk ek- ';ke xqIr fgekpy dk;ZdrkZvksa ds lkFk nhA fQj HkkbZ ds lkFk O;olk; dk

12 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 13 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk raxh Hkh ugha FkhA eSa ,dy esa vkxs vyx&vyx izdkj dh pksVas FkhaA lksps fudy x;k] ßdSls ykrs Fks iRuh ek=\ rqe ml ifjokj ds eqf[k;k x;k vkSj xkM+h eas cSBdj vius esa [kks x, Þnknk th! ueLrs!ß eSa rks c<+rk pyk x;kA 'kknh Hkh gks x;hA lfefr ds izeq[k vf/kdkjh dh rks jh<+ dks ?kj ls MkWDVj ds ikl ;k okil cuus dk nEHk djrs gks vkSj rqEgkjk x;kA ea=eqX/k gks pqdk FkkA NksVh csVh llqjky i{k fnYyh esa jgrk FkkA dh gÏh esa vk?kkr gqvk FkkA og rks ?kj esa vkSj fdruk [kpZ gqvk gksxk] og dk;ZdrkZ ftldks ns[kus rqe dks xksn esa mBkus dh bPNk rks gqbZ vkfFkZd fLFkfr Hkh mudh Bhd&Bkd vpsr voLFkk esa FksA eSa lksp jgk Fkk bl lc fpfdRlk izfØ;k esa\Þ igys vLirky x;s Fks] mldh lq/kcq/k ysus n`'; Øekad 5 & ,d vkSj fdUrq lkgl ughaA ,sls gh eSaus FkhA lc dqN Bhd py jgk Fkk rks fd ;fn ejs k ,dkn'kh orz ugha gksrk rks rks mlus ladksp fd;kA fQj cksyk dks brus o"kksZa esa dksbZ ugha vk;kA u lsokozrh lkFk py jgk FkkA eSa jkLrs I;kj iwoZd mlls iwNk ÞrqEgkjk ?kj vpkud og gknlk gk s x;kA ßmldk eSa Hkh blh xkMh+ e as lcd s lkFk vk jgk Þ?kj ls lM+d rd ykus ys tkus dk tkus fdruh ckj cSBdksa esa rqeus esa eu cgykus ds fy, dqN fiz; xhr dgk¡ gS\ß rqjar cksyh ÞÅij! ckys uk cna gvq kA og rk s pk; vkfn dh gkrs kA vHkh e aS budk s n[s ku s vk;k g]w¡ rc rks ,d gh mik; FkkA ihB ij ifjokj Hkko ds Hkk"k.k fn;s gksaxs\ dk fjdkMZ lqu jgk FkkA mlds eq¡g pyksxs\ß eSa eqLdjk jgk Fkk vkSj O;oLFkk e as yx x;k vkjS e aS ml gknl s dkbs Z e>q s n[s ku s vk;k gkrs kA eu cgrq ykndjAß mlds firk th lkFk esa blus Hkh lquk gksxkA D;k lksprk ls lglk fudyk fd Þ;g xhr rks mlus gkFk idM+ fy;kA ys pyh d s ckj s e as lkps u s yxk ftldk e aS Lo; a f[kUu gk s mBk FkkA [kjS pk; vk x;h cSBs FksA mUgksaus crk;k fd dqy 5 gksxk ;g rqEgkjs Hkk"k.k lqudj\ esjh csVh cgqr vPNk xkrh gSA mls vius ?kj dh vksjA igq¡p x, ?kjA lk{kh FkkA FkhA og dk;dZ rk Z fQj lkeu s cBS k FkkA yk[k [kpZ gqvkA ßihB ij ykndj mldh rFkk NksVs HkkbZ dh iRuh fo|ky; esa iqjLdkj Hkh feyk FkkAß euaS s fQj mll s dgk ßviuh dgkuh vkSj 5 yk[k lqurs gh esjk flj lkeus [kMh FkhA mudh vk[kksa esa esjh mRlqdrk c<+hA eSaus iwNk ÞeSa dSls ijw h djkAs Þ iwjh egfQy te xbZA o`) o"kZ 2004 dh ckr FkhA esjs çokl pdjk;k vkSj iwNk Þdgk¡ ls gqbZ ped Fkh] psgjs ij eqLdqjkgVA eq>s lqu ldrk gw¡ og xhr\ ßmlus lgt ekrk&firkA ifjokj dh cgqa,¡ rFkk Øe esa dk;kZy; ls FkksM+h nwj ckt+kj mlus iqu% dguk 'kq: fd;k bldh O;oLFkk\ /khjs ls mlus crk;k yx jgk Fkk fd mudh vk[ksa eq>ls esa gh dgk fd ?kj rks blh jkLrs ij gS s fd Þfirk th dks ljdkjh ukSdjh ls iz'u iwN jgh gSaA firk th] ekrk th ftl ij py jgs gSaA eSa mudks lM+d igys rks ?kj vkus dk izksxzke ugha çeq[k dk;ZdrkZ rFkk lfefr lnL; D;k irk Fkk fd ,d cgqr cMh vfXu lsok eqDr gksus ij dqN /ku feyk 'kkUr Hkko ls [kM+s FksA lc yksx ij cqyk ysrk gw¡A lqu yhft,xkA eSa FkkA vpkud cuk rks ;s gh cPps nkSM+ ,oa uxj ds dqN x.kekU; ukxfjd ijh{kk esjk bUrt+kj dj dj jgh gSA FkkA llqjky okyksa us lgk;rk dh lkekU; Fks vkSj esjk eu vUnj ls vius dks jksd ugha ik;k vkSj dgk dj ?kj vk x, vkSj lcdks bdV~Bk mifLFkr FksA cSBd ds mijkUr ckgj Jherh th ds flj es nnZ jgrk FkkA vkSj fQj xk¡o okyksa us ftlus lquk ph[k jgk FkkA t+ksj&t+ksj ls jksus dk ÞBhd gSA fdUrq ?kj tkus ds fy, dj fy;kA vc ckjh Fkh mu cPpksa ds ls vk;s yksxksa ds fy, ifjokjksa esa lkspk] lkekU; nnZ gSA fdUrq LFkkuh; mlus viuh gSfl;r Hkj lgk;rk eu dj jgk FkkA vk[ksa can dj FkksM+k er dgukA eSa Hkqxr pqdk gw¡Aß xhr xkus dhA lp! os ,d ij ,d Hkkstu dh O;oLFkk FkhA esjk ,dkn'kh dhAß mlh xk¡o ds ,d lTtu esjs lkekU; gksus dh ps"Vk dj gh jgk Fkk mlus ok;nk fd;kA FkksM+h nwj ozr Fkk vr% esjs fy, vyx ifjokj esa fpfdRlk ls dksbZ ykHk ugha fn[kk rks xhr xk jgs Fks vkSj eq>s rks Hkko MkDVj us lc VsLV djds crk;k fd lkFk FkAs euaS s mudh vkjs n[s kk] mUgkus s fd ,sls yxk dh vkleku QV pyus ds ckn lM+d ij iwjk lekf/k yx xbZA irk ugha dgk¡ [kks Qykgkj ysus dh O;oLFkk dh x;hA Hkh vk[k as uhph dj gkeh Hkj nhA tk;sxk] Nr esjs Åij fxj iM+sxhA eSa ifjokj gkft+jA Jherh th vkSj Hkkstu ds i'pkr~ foJke Hkh mlh efLrd esa NksVh Qqalh gks x;h gSA x;k\ bruk vkuUn thou esa 'kk;n dksbZ fpark dh ckr ughaA nokbZ ls ?kcM+k x;kA fcuk f'k"Vkpkj dk pkj NksV&NksVs cPpsA fgekpy gh dHkh vk;k gksA xhr dk fjdkMZ rks ifjokj es djuk FkkA vyx&vyx mldh dgkuh iwjh gks pqdh Fkh ikyu fd, rqjUr ?kj ls ckgj py oklh oSls gh lqUnj gksrs gSa vkSj xkM+h dh Hkh O;oLFkk dh x;h FkhA Bhd gks tk;sxhA fdUrq nnZ c<+rk fdUrq eSa rks vkReXykfu dh vkx esa dbZ ckj lquk fdUrq I;kjs&I;kjs cPpksa iM+kA eSa vkSj ugha lgu dj ldrk fQj cPpksa dk rks dguk gh D;k\ ckdh ykxksa dks rks ifjokjksa esa Hkkstu pyk x;kA eSa rks ?kcjk x;kA xkao ds vUnj ls >qyl jgk FkkA esjk eu ds eqag ls igyh ckj xhr lqu jgk Fkk] ml nckc dksA ckgj ogh jkLrkA xkM+h #dhA eSa mrjk vkSj pkjksa dj dk;kZy; okil tkuk FkkA ;g ikl ,d cMs+ MkDVj dks fn[kk;kA eq>dks f/kDdkj jgk FkkA esjk ,d FkkA xhr cUn gq,A lekf/k VwVhA mlus ns[krs gh dgk fd rhu fnu dk fdUrq fnekx dke ugha dj jgk Fkk] cPpksa us ,d lkFk ekuksa lLoj xhr ekrk&firk th dks iz.kke dj pyus dk;ZdrkZ Hkh mlh lewg esa FkkA izeq[k dk;ZdrkZ] vkSj og brus ladV vr% irk ugha pyk dc jkLrk iwjk gks xk jgs gksaA esjs dku esa Loj xw¡t Hkkstu foJke ds mijkar eSa T;kas gh le; rqEgkjs ikl gSA fnekx ds ls fudyk vkSj eq>s vuk;kl ppkZ ds dh vkKk ekaxhA ekrk th dh ft+Ì pyus dks rS;kj gqvk esjs lkFk ds vUnj dk QksM+k cgqr c<+ pqdk gSA }kjk lc irk py jgk gSA rks D;k fd fcuk Hkkstu fd,] dSls tk ldrs dk;ZdrkZ us crk;k fd dk;kZy; fnYyh tkdj rqjar vkWijs'ku eryc gS ,dy ds ifjokj gksus dh gSa\ cPpksa dh ft+Ì fd pk; rks ihuh ugha] gesa vLirky esa pyuk gSA esjs djokuk iMsxkA eSa rqjar mls fnYyh ppkZ djus dk\ D;k dsoy fn[kkok iM+sxhA dk;ZdrkZ tkurs Fks fd ;g vk'p;Z dk fBdkuk ughaA fQj mlus ys vk;kA cM+s vLirky esa fn[kk;kA dk;ZØe rks chp esa vpkud tqM+ crk;k ckdh lc yksx ftl xkM+h esa MkDVj us nwljs fnu vkWijs'ku dh x;kA vxys LFkku gsrq nsj gks jgh dk;kZy; tk jgs Fks og jkLrs esa rkjh[k r; dj nhA igys fnu lc FkhA firk th us iwjs eu ls vk'khokZn nq?kZVuk xzLr gks x;hA lHkh izeq[k izdkj VsLV crk;sA nwljs fnu fn;kA cksyus yxs ÞeSaus vius csVs dks dk;ZdrkZ vLirky es ?kk;y voLFkk vkWijs'ku djus dh lwpuk nhA ns'k ds fy, nku ns fn;k gSA vc ,d esa igqpk;s x;s gSaA bl dk;ZdrkZ dh Hkxoku dh d`ik ls vkWijs'ku lQy vkSj bPNk gS] HkwfenkuA esjh FkksM+h lh Hkh iSj dh gÏh VwV x;h FkhA gks x;kA bl lkjh izfØ;k esa nks lky t+ehu Hkh laxBu dks nsuk pkgrk gw¡A vLirky dk n`'; vkt Hkh vk[kksa ds chr x;sA blds ckn ,d csVk Hkh ?kj igys rks eq>s Hkh vPNk ugha yxk Fkk lkeus vk tkrk gSA lc yksx es vk;kA og esjs lkeus cSBk FkkA fd blus vPNh Hkyh ukSdjh NksM+ vyx&vyx okMksZa esa FksA lcdh vpkud esjs eq¡g ls ,d iz'u fcuk ek- ';ke xqIr fgekpy dk;ZdrkZvksa ds lkFk nhA fQj HkkbZ ds lkFk O;olk; dk

12 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 13 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

Hkh vkxzg ugha lqukA eq>s ugha irk centers were opened at sanch head- Fkk] ,dy D;k gS\ vkSj tc irk yxk quarters with a doctor and two rks esjk thou /kU; gks x;kAß assistants. As the time passed, it became a problem to retain doctors on these centers. As soon as they got jobs cl! eq>ls #dk ugha tk jgk or post graduation seat, they left Ekal FkkA lcus ue vk¡[kksa ls fonkbZ ns nh centers. Gradually by mid nineties, the vkSj esjs Hkh vk¡[kksa esa ueh Fkh fdUrq scheme had to be abandoned. This did nwljs izdkj dhA lkspus yxk fd ;gh not dishearten the team and another effort was made where Ekal's senior og dk;ZdrkZ gS ftlds ckjs esa u karyakarta were first trained by the tkus dqN izeq[k yksx D;k&D;k doctors and guest trainers and in turn lksprs Fks\ 'kk;n muesa ls dksbZ they trained the lower cadres and ultimately the Arogya Sevika, who had blds ?kj ugha vk;k gksxkA eSa Hkh rks to look after the health of one village igyh ckj vk;k gw¡A jkLrs esa mlus each by organizing group meetings and og T+kehu fn[kkbZ tks firkth nsuk fu/kkZfjr xUrO; dh vksjA vc lksp Lo:i ds izfr ureLrd FkkA personal contact. Arogya Sevikas' were pkgrs FksA lkFk esa xk¡o dh T+kehu jgk gw¡A esjk eu ckj&ckj eq>ls iwN nsoHkwfe fgekpy ds izfr J)k rFkk provided with first aid kit to help rural AROGYA people in emergency. tgk¡ xzkeksRFkku lalk/ku dsUnz cu jgk gSA D;k uSfrd vf/kdkj gS fo'okl meM+ vk;k vkSj Hkfo"; esa ldrk gSA rqedks bu dk;ZdrkZvksa dh cSBd ysus mxrs lw;Z dh lEHkkoukvksa ls eu The training was done with the help dk\ eSa eu gh eu gkj eku pqdk FkkA vkufUnr FkkA INITIATIVE of many sets of charts which included prevention and treatment of Malaria. ge lc xkM+h ds ikl igq¡p x, f'k"Vkpkj rFkk e;kZnk eq>s cksyus ls ';ke xqIr BACKGROUND Hygiene of different parts of body: skin, vkSj xkM+h py iM+h vius iwoZ jksd jgh FkhA fgeky; ds dBksj ekxZn'kZd] ,dy vfHk;ku nails, teeth, eyes, ears, private parts of The health scenario of tribal and rural India presents ever changing patterns of the body was taught in detail. various communicable and non-communicable diseases in consonance with socio- Sanitation, which included cleansing of economic developments in the states. The wide spread poverty, Illiteracy, wells, drainage of water into soak pits, malnutrition, absence of safe drinking water and sanitary conditions, poor maternal safe disposal of excreta and making Ekal Gift Coupon ! and child health services, ineffective coverage of national health and nutritional safe water pits, was an important topic. services, etc. are the major contributing factors for dismal health. In the same way prevention of diarrhea A gift that serves a noble cause! and dehydration included safe drinking water (boiled), hand washing before This is the common feature in the communities are still poor and need meals, use and making of ORS. All rural and tribal villages where Ekal amelioration and strengthening. On special occasions, gift your these trainings and group meetings Make Special Days operates. Health Care is the first priority loved ones FTS gift coupons Ironically, it is a shocking state of brought about a change in the thinking Birthdays, Anniversaries and Weddings - Sacred. for them. 'Access to health' is a big costing Rs 500/- each. Your affairs, especially when we know that of village people. They could make use challenge and health is intrinsically noble gesture would help FTS to the diseases can be prevented with of mosquito nets in prevention of educate a tribal child for one linked with education and over all well Special Blessing for a Special Person timely intervention, health awareness, Malaria, Filaria and Dengue, safe year. being. Ekal's Arogya initiative is a and information, education and disposal of excreta and drinking clean response to this very crucial need of the The Ekal gift coupons are communication (IEC) activities. In order water to prevent diarrhea, cholera and If the poor boy cannot come to school, School must- Swami go to Vivekanand him. communities where it works. available in a pack of 10 with to bridge this gap of prevention and typhoid. Even they were able to make attractive envelopes. The full cure Ekal vowed to create a healthy Health component of Ekal model ORS themselves. pack consists of 10 coupons society. Thus during 25 years of Ekal costing Rs 5,000/- only. implemented under Arogya Foundation This led to the growth of Arogya Abhiyan there have been a lot of ways of India. What made Ekal to adopt Yojana and gradually reached most of through which it has tried to serve health health as one of the core components of the villages of Ekal Vidyalayas. Later the needs of the rural and tribal the Ekal Abhiyan? This is because in Acharyas were provided with first aid kit. For more details contact communities. spite of the tremendous advancement Friends of Tribals Society NEW BEGINNING Ist Floor, 8 Local Shopping Complex, Okhla-II, New Delhi-110 020. in the field of preventive care and The first experiment took place in Phone: +91-11 - 4050 3332. E-mail: [email protected] curative medicine, the health care early 90's, with the growth of Ekal As Ekal outreach increased in delivery services in rural and tribal Vidyalaya a large number of medical villages, new dimensions are added to

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specialists of different streams like steps are followed: Preparation, Camp, efficiently channelized. er S ophthalmologists, cardiologists, Report and Follow-up. gynecologists and even ENT surgeons IMPACT OF AROGYA INITIATIVE Some Specific Camps: There are treat patients in the villages and those some specialized type of camps, which The study shows that the needing surgeries or long term follow DIGITAL are organized time to time: percentage of Ekal Vidyalayas up will be sent to urban health centers, possessing medical kit ranges between nursing homes or medical colleges. • Dental camps 46.14 and 100 percent. The EV with t • Surgical camps medical kits of lowest percent is in or PROGRAMME COMPONENTS • Gynecological camps Orrissa i.e. 46.15, and above 60 OF AROGYA YOJANA • Blood donation camps percent in Maharashtra and Madhya DIGITAL EKAL TO REACH REMOTE BHARAT y • ENT camps Pradesh, and in other four states it was At present, the Arogya Yojana is • Eye camps found above 80 percent. The variations implemented under the able guidance are found in both tribal and rural EVs. of doctors and karyakartas who have Arogya Foundation of India (AFI) Similarly, the number of families INDIA been associated with it for the last 20 also deals with the anaemia control benefitted from different healthcare years. It undertakes six major activities: programme as 9 out of 10 women suffer from anaemia in India. This has services provided by EVs ranges from MISSION 1. Preventive health led Ekal to work in this direction. 16 to 50 per village, which depends on 2. Medical camps the size of the village. Though there is a The aims of Anaemia control variation, the services have reached Digital India Mission can prove to • IT for Jobs and tribal areas. 3. Anaemia control programme programme of Arogya Foundation of both the rural and tribal villages of be the most effective tool in bridging the • Early Harvest Programmes 4. Chikitsa Seva Kendra India are to: remote areas. rural and urban divide existing in India. • Community Services Nation cannot think of a 5. Training of Arogya Sanyojika in 1. Improve health of the women by prosperous India unless we take care of The benefits reached the villagers At many fora, this divide is also termed home remedies medical care and addressing the as India and Bharat where India is Some of the facilities, which will be our around 70% population living in 6. Assisting Government Primary social and cultural factors and mostly through the female teachers provided through these initiatives, are rural and tribal areas. Population with more than three years experience represented by urban areas and Healthcare Center, wherever reviving indigenous ways of villages represent Bharat. On July 1, digital locker, e-education, e-health, inhabiting rural areas faces several possible. balanced diet. in EVs having higher secondary education. In few states, the tribal gets 2015, Prime Minister, Sri Narendra e-sign and national scholarship portal. problems like, lack of education, lack of opportunities and means of livelihood, PREVENTIVE HEALTH 2. Taking care of the children below good attention than the rural people Modi had launched one of his most Ekal Abhiyan has been working lack of proper healthcare system and 10 years to improve health status whereas in other states it is vice versa. ambitious missions through which with rural and tribal communities for As already described above, in all of the future generation of the There is no pattern with regard to the most important awareness. many of his ideas can be translated into more than 25 years, and understands the trainings of Ekal Abhiyan at all the country. reach of benefits to rural and tribal. levels preventive health and first aid is action. He rightly declared that apart the critical importance of connectivity. We at Ekal feel that internet Methodology: It comprises of 3 steps. taught. Thus, all the karyakartas at all The EVFI has envisaged providing from creating highways this is the age to To leverage the advantage of connectivity and technological the levels including the acharyas of 1. Survey different healthcare services such as create information highways by connectivity and opportunities which intervention can play a crucial role in Ekal Vidyalaya have perfect knowledge 2. Implementation of programme intake of Iron and Foilic Acid (IFA) connecting every village with internet will emerge as a result of Digital India our effort of education, health, in this aspect of health. 3. Follow-up tablets, vaccination, organizing medical connectivity. The mission on achieving Mission, Ekal has come forward with empowerment, rural development and camps, reduce alcoholism, awareness its objectives can help in achieving the Digital Ekal Mission as part of its vision sustainable livelihood creation. As children are the perfect agents To have a field experience the on safe drinking water, improved doctors and karyakartas of AFI have 'Antyodaya' by ensuring to reach the document Ekal-2025. of change in influencing the habits of a hygiene, improved food habits, and Ekal is keenly following the Digital been conducting medical camps, last man in the row. family the Ekal acharya and awareness to stop superstitious beliefs We at Ekal have realized through India Mission to see how the new karyakartas concentrate in them to testing HB% and administering and practices among the village The important components of our own experience that empowerment medicines along with awareness information highways will help in bring about the required changes. This communities. Digital India Programme are: is a big issue not only in India but among better services to rural and tribal includes their regular checking of nails, programme for last three years. Now all the developing countries world over. The health needs of our country are population. skin, bathing and washing hands the programme has taken a definite • Broadband Highways enormous and the crafting of Arogya To achieve this goal it becomes practice. shape and the above mentioned steps • Universal Access to Mobile have become the mainstay. Foundation is indeed valuable, to allow imperative to focus on the issues like Objectives of Digital Ekal Connectivity literacy, technological development, MEDICAL CAMP Ekal's dreams match with understanding CHIKITSA SEVA KENDRA of ground realities. The success of • Public Internet Access skill development and employment Establishment of information Medical camps are the main Through Chikitsa Seva Kendra, an Arogya Foundation is primarily a result of Programme within the contemporary framework of network to existing initiatives in means of taking curative services to the interface is created between doctor and an empathetic and committed attitude of • e-Governance socio-economic development education, Gramotthan Resource doorsteps of rural people. the villagers. This is going as a formal the service providers. • Information for All especially for the youth inhabiting rural Centre, health and livelihood.

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Information exchange platform to more than 50 thousand teachers objectives of Digital Ekal are in sync (Providing Urban facilities in Rural narrated that after liberalisation of enhance the facilitation of educational digital literate. with the Digital India Mission of GoI. In Areas). The former President of India, economy in early 1990s in India, the era services specially to improve the • Third Phase: To provide digital his opinion, Digital Ekal can be Late Dr. Abdul Kalam originally of Internet or communication revolution efficiency of teachers. literacy and employable IT skills to particularly helpful in the G2C and B2C introduced the concept of PURA. He had also ushered in with a policy services of GoI, and specially pointed said that Government is working on the followed by the current Digital Information accessibility to rural youth through different out that with its spread and penetration basic 'Mantra' of Speed, Skill and Scale revolution. It would culminate into fourth everyone's doorstep. Gramotthan Resource Centres. in the rural and tribal areas, Ekal can so that these services are made revolution with the cloud technology, he Digital competencies and digital • Fourth Phase: To make available provide a strong platform to achieve the available to the remote rural and tribal further added. He also complimented literacy of our students, acharyas community services through the context of the rural and tribal India. objective of Digital India Mission. He areas at the earliest. Moreover, this is the efforts of Ekal in regards to Digital ( t e a c h e r s ) a n d k a r y a k a r t a s different on-line platforms and The eminent panelists included - also emphasized that Ekal should necessary to sensitize the people about Ekal and assured the best of support (volunteers) to empower them about common service centre portal. To Dr. Dinesh Tyagi (IAS), CEO Common facilitate the process of taking Common the advantages of digital education, from his company. achieve this we need to reach out Service Centre (CSC), E- Governance, virtual space. Service Centre to every village which which is different from formal or With lots of information through this to 50 thousand villages. Ministry of IT, Government of India; will not only take the community alphabetical education. To achieve this, Automation and information Sri Deepak Chanduka, CGM (MM & Study Circle Meet, we at Ekal are clear • Fifth Phase: To ensure that all services at door step of villages but also it is necessary to develop easy to pervasiveness for quick decision. WM) Bharat Broadband Networks on the road map to implement Digital Ekal children should be digital enable the empowerment of village operate, user-friendly software and Limited, Government of India; Ekal in sync with Digital India Mission. literate. That means we will have to level entrepreneur. technology. Visibility of Ekal activities through Sri Arvind Gupta, IIT-BHU, expert on Ekal Abhiyan is very clear in its vision that reach to 1.5 Million children. multiple digital media. Digital Policy, Entrepreneur and Sri Deepak Chanduka, from Bharat Sri Arvind Gupta also stressed internet and technology can be very To understand the dimensions of Founder Member iSPIRT; Prof. Abhay Broadband Networks Limited shared the hard that it was necessary that the effective as enablers and in ensuring the Ekal has worked upon a road map Digital India Mission in detail, Ekal Karandikar, Department of Electrical facility provided should be accessible to take advantage of Digital Ekal with Sansthan had recently organised Ekal Engineering, Indian Institute of and affordable. He further added that inspiration from Digital India Mission. Study Circle Meet at India International Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai; the involvement of the intermediaries Broadly, we are keen to move forward in Centre, which was attended by more and Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar, Global has been a major issue when it comes phases like: than 100 professionals from different Head - Digital Enterprise Services, to providing benefits to producers and walks of life. The main objective of the the same can be abolished with the help • First Phase: Train all our Tech Mahindra Limited. Sri Shankar meet was to bring the academicians, of Digital India Mission. volunteers to make them digital Haldar, Jt. General Secretary, Ekal bureaucrats, private and public literate. That means about 6000 Sansthan, moderated the session. Prof. Abhay Karandikar spoke at stakeholders on a common platform to people need to be trained. length about the technical issues related understand the vision of the Digital A PPT on Ekal Model for Social to the implementation of the mission. His • Second Phase: Equip acharyas India Mission and discuss the areas of Change had set tone and pitch of the observation was that even if the services (teachers) to submit their monthly synergy amongst the Public, Private day. Dr. Dinesh Tyagi negotiated Digital concept of information highway. He are provided in the rural areas then the reach to the last man but cannot and reports through digital medium. and Corporate sector to achieve Ekal synergises very well with the informed that initially, it would be major challenges would be continuous should not replace the human role and its That means, we need to make objective of the mission especially in government policies because the implemented among five lakh villages internet connectivity and availability of intervention. Rather it should be used as and gradually all the six lakh villages will electricity. This could be met if the low a medium to increase the capabilities be covered. There are areas of synergy power devices are developed. For this, and efficiency of the people. We also between Digital India and Digital Ekal in the technical institutes like IITs can be of need to be very particular about the risk the implementation of the broadband great help. He also shared that IIT which comes with every technology if not connectivity in the remote rural and tribal Mumbai is also working on the issue of used properly. We also need to be areas. He said that task is enormous and reduction of the cost of network, which careful about gadget addiction, which requires a lot of inputs and tie-ups with could be addressed with the introduction west and USA is facing at this point of other organizations especially during its of low VHF. He brought the attention of time, and need to be alert and aware implementation. In this context, he the house on the issue of language. India about the use of electronic equipments referred that Ekal can be an active ally to is a multilingual country with 22 MILs and and its impact on the environment. Ekal support the programme in different parts hundreds of dialects. In this scenario, it will move forward with Digital Ekal in of India. would be significant to have multilingual sync with Digital India Mission with a technology (with regional languages) for need-based approach. Sri Arvind Gupta, an expert on the devices. Digital Policy observed that Digital India Preveen Arya Mission follows the concept of PURA Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar General Secretary, Ekal Sansthan

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Computer on Wheels

,dy Awareness towards iapeq[kh f'k{kk Digital Literacy }kjk lkekftd ifjorZu jk"Vªh; Lo;alsod la?k ds ofj"B 26 o"kksaZ ls py jgk gS ,dy fo|ky; ,dy vfHk;ku dh iapeq[kh Ekal Abhiyan in association with The mobile Ekal Computer Lab Those candidates who will complete çpkjd ,oa 'kh"kZLFk vf/kdkjh iwT; iapeq[kh vfHk;ku cu dj fujarj f'k{kk ds }kjk gks jgs lkekftd Vikas Bharti launched a Computer on has 12 Computers (Laptops) with 30 days of computer training programme HkkÅjko nsojl ls çsj.kk ysdj ,dy dk;Z'khy gSA iapeq[kh ;kuh ,dy ifjorZu o~ çHkkodkjh ifj.kke dh Wheels in the presence of Padmashree sitting arrangements of 24 students. in their respective villages will be fo|ky; vfHk;ku >kj[k.M çkar ds fo|ky; ds dk;Z ds ikap vk/kkj & ,d >yd bl çdkj gS & Sri Ashok Bhagat, Sri Arun Khemka, The Lab will cover two Ekal Villages awarded with the certificate that will be /kuckn ft+ys ds Vq.Mh Cy‚d ls o"kZ 1- çkFkfed f'k{kk 2- vkjksX; f'k{kk Sri Arvind Singh, Chairman and Sri Phul everyday, and students of Ekal and provided by IIT-B but it will be accredited 1989 esa 'kq: gqvkA iwT; HkkÅjko th fodkl f'k{kk tkxj.k f'k{kk 1 çkFkfed f'k{kk 3- 4- }kjk lkekftd ifjorZu Singh, Vice-Chairman, Jharkhand other schools will be given training on with the Government of India.” The bl leL;k ds eeZ ls c[kwch ifjfpr ,oa 5- laLdkj f'k{kkA bu f'k{kk ds Academic Council, in Ranchi, in the computer skills. people associated with the project have Fks & ^^vki ;fn dqN dj ldrs gSa rks ek/;e ls ns'k ds lHkh çkUrksa esa ,dy vfHk;ku çkFkfed f'k{kk second week of November, to spread decided to further widen the project, and gekjs tutkrh; ca/kqvksa dks f'k{kk 55 gt+kj xkaoksa rd iagqp cu x;k ls lekt esa ifj.kkedkjh çHkko iM+k computer literacy among rural and tribal President, Ekal Utthan Yojana, TATA Foundation will collaborate with the fnykb, ,oa ge lcdks eysfj;k ls gSA 15 yk[k ouoklh cPps ,dy gSA çkFkfed f'k{kk ds ek/;e ls xk¡o children of Jharkhand. Sri Arun Khemka asserted, “Our motto project for expansion. eqfä fnykb,A ß;g dguk Fkk fo|ky; ls i<+ dj fudy pqds gSa] iw.kZ lk{kj gks x,] xk¡o ds cPpksa dks is to make rural children aware about the >kj[k.M çkar ds xqeyk ftykUrxZr ogha nwljh vksj 15 yk[k ouoklh ,dy fo|ky; esa i<+us ls çkIr benefits of computer literacy. In the era of egqvkVkaM ç[k.M ds mjk¡o Vksyk ds cPps vkt ,dy fo|ky; esa i<+ jgs laLdkjksa ls cPpksa ds firkvksa ds digitalization, computer knowledge has xzke çeq[k Jh HkÅvk mjk¡o th dk--- gSaA 15 yk[k xzkeoklh laLdkj f'k{kk LoHkko esa ifjorZu gq,A xk¡o dk become mandatory to excel in any pjokgk cPpk Hkh ,dy fo|ky; ls specific field.” He added, “the vkSj bl tutkrh; ca/kq ds eeZ dks }kjk ykHkkfUor gks jgs gSA 30 yk[k remarkable feature of this particular le> x, iwT; HkkÅjko th! fQj xzkeoklh xzke dh fofHkUu lfefr;ksa i<+dj ns'k dk lSfud cu tkrk gSA project is the pre-loaded programs which D;k Fkk\ iwT; HkkÅjko th dks ;gh esa lfØ; lgHkkxh gq, gSaA Ng xk¡o dk ,dy fo|ky; gh vkids are designed by the students of Indian eeZLi'khZ ckr muds fy, /;s; fparu gt+kj ouoklh ;qodksa dk lsokozrh xq.kkRed fodkl ds dkj.k dsUæh; Flag off ceremony by Sri Ashok Bhagat Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). Inside view of the digital van cu x;kA blh fparu iFk ij xr QkSt+ gSA Lrj dk çf'k{k.k dsaæ curk gSA

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Computer on Wheels

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,dy fo|ky; ls i<+s gq, Nk= Jh fo'othr oeZu] rks gkbZ Ldwy dh vkRefo'okl ls jkex< vapy esa o"kZ 2012 esa tjaxyksbZ dsaæ ds djuk gekjh ifjokfjd ijaijk jgh gS ,dy vfHk;ku dk lsokozrh is vkSj og Hkh bls vkxs tkjh j[ksaxsA dk;ZdrkZ rks dgha ,dy fo|ky; dk lqJh fiadh jk;] Jh latho dqekj] Jh tc og xk¡o esa ?kqerh gSa rks ogka ds ,d ,dM+ t+ehu ij tSfod [ksrh ds igys Hkh [ksrh djrs FksA ij bruh vkpk;Z cu x;kA larks"k oeZu] lqJh lqdhfrZ vf/kdkjh] yksx mls Þ?kjsyw M‚DVjß dgdj fy, çksRlkfgr fd;kA mu yksxksa us vPNh fof/k irk ugha FkhA vc laLFkk ,dy fo|ky; ls i<+h gqbZ vle lqJh :ch oeZu] lqJh ufUnrkjk; lacksf/kr djrs gaSA Lo;a tSfod csM yxok;k] vke] ls tqM+dj gj le; ubZ&ubZ fof/k vkfn 'kkfey gSaA ogha nwljh vksj ve#n] iihrk vkfn ds Qynkj ikS/ks ,oa rjhdk tkurs jgrs gSaA dh Nk=k fiadh deZdkj vksyfEid 3 fodkl f'k{kk dh e'kky nkSM+ esa 'kkfey gksrh gS] HkknqikM+k xzkeoklh dk dguk gS fd fn,A os yksx vDlj vkdj eq>ls Þ,dy fo|ky; vxj ugh gksrk rks dk fodkl pje ij feyrs vkSj esjh iks"k.k okfVdk dks 4 tkxj.k f'k{kk ls ogha nwljh vksj ,dy fo|ky; ls tkx:d gq, xk¡o ds yksx i<+s cPpksa esa ns'kHkfä dh e'kky ,d geyksx vk¡[k jgrs gq, Hkh va/kk ,dy vfHk;ku fodkl f'k{kk ds ns[krs ftlls esjk gkSlyk c<+rk felky ds :i esa dk;e gksrh gSA cudj jg tkrsA vc çR;sd ifjokj ek/;e ls xk¡o ds O;fä Lokoyach x;kA tc esjh lfCt+;k¡ rS;kj gksus Ldwyh f'k{kk ds vkxs dh i<+kbZ esa og esa lHkh vk¡[k okys gks x, gSaA cus gSaA Jekuan f'k{kk fudsru djatks yxha rks eSaus mls ikl ds ckt+kj esa vU; Nk=ksa dh rqyuk esa dqN vyx >kj[k.M ds ek/;e ls cPps ifjJe cspuk 'kq: fd;kA eSa vius ifjokj 2 vkjksX; f'k{kk nok nh xbZA fdUrq ;g nok ges'kk djus esa çf'kf{kr gks x, gaSA ogha dks Hkh 'kq) tSfod Hkkstu miyC/k gh igpku fy, gksrs gSaA LFkkuh; }kjk lkekftd ifjorZu lfefr vk/kkfjr ,dy fo|ky; dk ugh nh tk ldrh gSA bl fufeÙk flykbZ çf'k{k.k ds ek/;e ls xk¡o dh djk ikus esa lQy gqvkA esjh fLFkfr lapkyu Lokoyach O;oLFkk ij Hkh ,dy vfHk;ku ds vkjksX; f'k{kk ,uhfe;k ds LFkk;h lek/kku gsrq ekr`'kfä vius mi;ksx ds ifj/kku] igys ls dkQh lq/kj xbZA vkt pyrs gSa vkfn ,sls dbZ mnkgj.k gSa ds ek/;e ls O;fDrxr ^chekj gh tM+hcwVh ,oa ?kjsyw bykt+ çkjEHk Loa; rS;kj dj ysrh gSA cat+j Hkwfe viuh iks"k.k okfVdk ls dek;s gq, tks lkekftd ifjorZu dks mYysf[kr ugh iM+s* bldh fn'kk esa ç;kl fd;s fd;k x;kA blds fy, mijksä ij Hkh tSfod [ksrh djus dk rjdhc iSls ls vius cPpksa dks vPNh f'k{kk djrs gSaA x,A xk¡o dk O;fä LoLF; jgs bl ç[kaMksa ds 60 xkaoksa esa xzke vkjksX; fodflr dj fy;k x;k gSA xzke fnyk ik jgk gw¡A eSa viuh iks"k.k fn'kk esa tkx:drk ykbZ xbZ gSA la;ksftdk dks nks fnolh; çf'k{k.k fodkl dk ,d mngkj.k crkrs gq, okfVdk esa gj rjg ds fonHkZ çkar ds ukansM+ ft+ys dk iw.kZ lk{kj xk¡o% if'pe caxky ,dy fo|ky; xk¡o ds çR;sd ?kj esa jkaph esa vuqHkoh oS|¨a ,oa fpfdRldksa mM+hlk çkar ds lqanjx<+ ftys ds lkx&lCt+h&lykn dh [ksrh djrk jgus okyk Jh bZ'oj fd'ku eksgqysZ çkar ds ekynk ft+ys ds gohciqj Þiks"k.k okfVdkß vo/kkj.kk dks }kjk fn;k x;kA vkS"k/kh; isM+ikS/kksa >kjeq.Mk xk¡o dk ,d fdlku gw¡A iihrk ,oa dsyk gj le; Qy vR;ar xjhc ifjokj dk ;qod gSA Cy‚d ds vkdykSy iapk;r fLFkr fodflr fd;k x;kA blds ek/;e dh igpku djk;h xbZA blds ckjs esa jkeyky cgyk vkichrh lqukrs gq, nsrs jgrs gSaA iks"k.k okfVdk ds bldh la?k"kZ dh dgkuh vius vki esa HkknqikM+k xk¡o gSA ;g xk¡o iw.kZ lk{kj ls O;fä LoLF; iq"V gks lds vkSj foLr`r tkudkjh nh xbZ] mldk djrk gS & Þesjs ikl ek= ,d ,dM+ fdukjs yxHkx 40&50 lkxou ds pkSadus okyh gSA fdlh rjg mlus xk¡o gSA iw.kZ lk{kj xk¡o fdlh chekjh ls cp lds bl fn'kk esa fuekZ.k ,oa mldk mi;ksx dk rjhdk t+ehu FkhA blls esjs iwjs ifjokj ds isM+ cM+s gks x, gSaA eS o"kZ esa viuh 12 oha d{kk rd dh i<+kbZ dhA ljdkjh ç;kl ls ugha gqvk] cfYd dkjxj dne mBk, x,A Mk;fj;k o crk;k x;kA çf'k{k.k ds ckn xzke fy, iwjs lky dk vUu mitkus esa bl iks"k.k okfVdk ls yxHkx nks d‚yst dh is vPNh dj irk FkkA fdUrq ,dy vfHk;ku fLFkfr esa ns[kdj vkt >kjeq.Mk lEidZ ,dy vfHk;ku ls gqvkA gh f'kf{kr Fks] ftudh i<+kbZ dbZ chekfj;ksa dk mipkj laHko dh tkx:drk ds vfHk;ku pyk;sA mlus ,dy fo|ky; ds vkpk;Z dk rhljh&pkSFkh d{kk rd dh FkhA gqvkA LoPNrk vfHk;ku] 'kkSpky; ds xzkeksRFkku ;kstuk ds dkj.k xzke ds 20&25 fdlku iks"k.k ifj.kke ;g fudyk fd xk¡o ds fodkl laHko gks ldkA vkt eS l{ke okfVdk yxk dj viuk jkst+xkj dj nkf;Ro dbZ o"kksaZ rd laHkkykA ,dy tcfd bl xk¡o dh vkcknh yxHkx fuekZ.k vkfn ds ek/;e ls fujksx vfHk;ku esa bls Þlwpuk dk vf/kdkjß 300 dh gSA ,dy fo|ky; ds jgus ds dbZ uqL[ks dk;e gq,A yksxksa dks ?kjsyw tM+h&cwVh fpfdRlk m/keh fdlku cu x;k gw¡Aß jgs gSaA flapkbZ ds fy, dqavk Hkh cuk ls coklhj] lnhZ &[kkalh] cnu nnZ] fy;k gw¡A esjh csVh Hkh xzkeksRFkku ds ,oa tu tkxj.k fo"k; dk çf'k{k.k fujarj ç;kl ds dkj.k vc HkknqikM+k >kj[k.M çkar ds jkex< ft+ys dh fn;k x;kA xk¡o dh oSlh fLFkfr ugh+ gSA ;g xk¡o jgus okyh gSa vkjksX; lsfodk ?kko] çnj] vkfn vusd çdkj dh Lojkst+xkj ;kstuk ds rgr flykbZ iw.kZ :i ls lk{kj xk¡o cu x;k gSA Jherh çHkkorh nsoh ;s dgrh gSa fd chekfj;ksa esa ykHk feykA bl çdkj dk çf'k{k.k ysdj vkt xk¡o esa gh bl lanHkZ esa Jh bZ'oj fd'ku bl ,dy fo|ky; dh vkpk;kZ ,dy vfHk;ku vkjksX; ;kstuk ds ds vkjksX; fpfdRlk ls xk¡o ds yksx 1500&2000 rd ekfld dek ysrh viuk vuqHko lqukrs gq, dgrk gS fd lq"kek deZdkj crkrh gSa fd 56 varxZr jkex< ft+yk fLFkr xksyk Hkh dkQh [kq'k gSa] D;ksafd bu gSA blls esjh leL;k dk gekjs xk¡o esa jk'ku nqdku }kjk gesa fo|kfFkZ;ksa us ,dy fo|ky; ls ç[k.M ,oa yksgjnxk ft+ykUrxZr chekfj;ksa e as ,ykis FS kh bykt e as yxHkx djhc&djhc lek/kku gks x;k gSA 35 fdyks vukt ds cnys 25 fdyks i<+dj vkxs dh i<+kbZ esa lQyrk HkaMjk ç[k.M esa Þ,uhfe;k fu;a=.kß gtk+ jk as :i; s [kp Z gk s tkr s g]aS tcfd esjs xk¡o dh vU; yM+fd;ksa us Hkh gh fn;k tkrk Fkk] bl ij geus gkfly dh gSA Lukrd dh i<+kbZ esa dk;ZØe lapkfyr fd;k x;kA ?kjys w fpfdRlk i)fr e as ,ls h dkbs Z ckr flykbZ dk çf'k{k.k fy;k gSA esjs vkifÙk dhA bl vkifÙk ds dkj.k & Jh pUæeksgu ljdkj] Jh yfyrk çkjEHk esa rks bUgsa ,yksiSfFkd nok esa ughA yM+ds Hkh viuh i<+kbZ iwjh djus ds esjk uke gh jk'ku dkMZ ls gVkus dh ljdkj] Jh ';keyky eqewZ] vk;ju dh xksyh ,oa dhM+k ejus dh vkt çHkkorh nsoh cM+h ckn [ksrh djrs jgsaxs D;ksafd [ksrh lkft+'k mlus dhA eq>s nks #i;s ds

22 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 23 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

Hkko dk vukt 20 #i;s ds Hkko ls 5 laLdkj f'k{kk ls Hkkjrh; laLdkj dsaæ esa 40 cPps vkus ysuk iM+rk Fkk] vU;Fkk Hkw[kejh ls laLd`fr xkSjokfUor gks jgh gS yxsA blds ifj.kke Lo#i mlh xk¡o tw>uk iM+rk FkkA ysfdu ,dy dh esa ,dy vfHk;ku ds lEidZ o laca/k ,dy vfHk;ku laLdkj f'k{kk rkdr ls eSaus LFkkuh; rglhynkj ds vk/kkj ij lRlax dsaæ dk Hkh ds ek/;e ls lekt esa vn~Hkqr dks RTI ds varxZr vkosnu fn;k] 'kqHkkjEHk fd;k x;kA blds ckn ml fQj Hkh Qk;nk ugha gqvkA fQj eSaus çHkko dk çdVhdj.k gqvk gSA laLdkj f'k{kk dk ewy vk/kkj xk¡o xk¡o esa gfjdFkk lRlax dk bruk 20 #å dk fVdV yxokdj] LFkkuh; çHkko iM+k fd vc ml xk¡o esa 'kjkc mifoHkkx vf/kdkjh dks vkj- esa lRlax dsaæ ,oa jFk ;kstuk gSA (SDO) blds ek/;e ls xk¡o esa çf'kf{kr ihus okyk dksbZ ugha feysxkA lHkh us Vh- vkbZ- dk vkosnu fn;kA rc eq>s 'kjkc ihuk NksM+ fn;kA ealkjh xk¡o jk'ku feyuk 'kq: gqvk] ysfdu ouoklh dFkkdkjksa }kjk dFkk çopu] gfjn'kZu jFk ;kstuk }kjk vc lLa dkfjr xko¡ cu x;kA bld s jk'ku dkMZ ugha feykA rc] eSaus çHkko dk s n[s kdj nlw j s xko¡ Hkh lRlxa vkej.k vu'ku dk uksfVl fn;k vkSj /kkfeZd pyfp= n'kZu ,oa lRlax ft+yk dysDVj ds gLr{ksi ls okil vk;ksftr fd;s tkrs gSaA l s tMq + x, vkjS ogk a Hkh ldkjkRed lkekftd ifjoruZ gkus s yxAs fy;kA ysfdu ifj.kke dqN ugha ,dy vfHk;ku laLdkj f'k{kk ds gqvkA mlds i'pkr egkjk"Vª ds ek/;e ls lRlax dsaæ gh xk¡o dh ,dy vfHk;ku laLdkj f'k{kk ds yksdk;qä ds dk;kZy; esa vkosnu xzkeh.k ikB'kkyk cu jgs gSaA blds J`)k lqeu fn;k vkSj ifj.kker% o"kZ 2013 esa eq>s O;kl dFkkdkj Jh jke vkljs nkl ek/;e ls xk¡o ds okrkoj.k esa ,d dgrs gSa fd /keZiqj jsfr;k xk¡o esa jke jk'ku dkMZ çkIr gqvkA bl thr ds jpukRed cnyko vk jgk gSA dFkk dkj.k esjk mRlkg c<+ x;k ,oa bl ds çHkko ls xk¡o O;lu eqfDr gks jgs vkSj dsoV çse dh dFkk lqudj lkjs dkuwu dk çHkko le> esa vk x;kA gSaA laLdkj f'k{kk ds ek/;e ls yksx yksx jks iM+sA bruh Hkkoqdrk eq>s fQj geus ,dy ds ek/;e ls xk¡o ds vius lkekftd nk;fRoksa ds izfr le> esa ugha vkbZA Hkkoqd eu ls ek- v'kksd flagy th dqN yksxksa dks lwpuk ds varxZr ltx gks jgs gSaA dFkk lqu jgs yksx Loa; dks dsoV vf/kdkj dh tkudkjh nh vkSj dqN ifjokj ds crkus yxsA dke djok fn,A xk¡o ds ,d fdlku flfDde çns'k dh O;kl eSa vHkh&vHkh fnYyh ds fuxe vHkh rd foJke fd;k vkSj u vc le; gh os cksy dqN vkSj jgs Fks] dh [ksrh rks mlds dCt+s esa Fkh] dFkkdj çhfr f?keky ealkjh xk¡o esa okLro esa ,dy fo|ky; cks/k ?kkV ls vk;k gw¡A nkg laLdkj pSu ls cSBus okyk gw¡AÞ lquus okyksa esa dqN dks lqukbZ dqN ysfdu 7@12 ij mldk uke ugha gq, iw.kZ O;lu eqfä ds lanHkZ esa vfHk;ku ds dk;ksaZ ds ek/;e ls gqvk] vafre ueLdkj Hkh gqvkA vkSj gh iM+ jgk FkkA tSls d`".k tyrh fprk ls vkokt+ vkbZA tkus dk vkHkkl Fkk mUgsa vtqZu dks /keZjkt ;qf/k"Bj ds izlax Fkk vkSj mls dksbZ enn ugha djrk crkrh gSa fd ealkjh xk¡o esa ,dy lkekftd ifjorZu dh tM+sa et+cwr FkkA LFkkuh; vuqeaMykf/kdkjh ds vfHk;ku laLdkj f'k{kk dk dk;Z v'kksd th pys x;s ;k vHkh gSa\ esa dg jgs gSa fd vkRe iz'kalk djuk gqbZ gSaA jk"Vªh; Loa;lsod la?k ds eSa rks pyk] tkuk iM+kA vFkok lquuk nksuksa e`R;q ds leku gSaA ikl vkosnu nsdj mldh tkudkjh vkjEHk gksus ds igys ml xk¡o ds ofj"B çpkjd ,oa 'kh"kZLFk vf/kdkjh NksM+ dj dke v/kwjkA ;g vkLFkk dk fo"k; gSA ftudks efgyk iq#"k lHkh 'kjkc ihrs FksA [kwc mUgksaus r; dj fy;k Fkk fd vc ekaxh] rks mUgksaus viuh xyrh iwT; HkkÅjko nsojl ls >kj[k.M ds tyrh fprk cksy mBhA yxrk gS pys x;s] og foJke dj ekudj] ml fdlku ds uke ls u'kk djrs FksA Jh gfj lRlax lfefr tkuk gh iM+sxkA Lo HkÅvk mjkao us tks dqN dgk vc dke djuk gS iwjkAA ldrs gSa vkSj ftudks yxrk gS fd os mlds [ksrh dk 7@12 dk nkf[kyk dk uke lqurs gh xk¡o ds yksx cksyrs . vgfuZ'k tkxzr jg dj ns[k jgs gSa] os vDVwcj 1 ls 17 uoEcj rd dh djok fn;kA bl çdkj dbZ çHkkoh Fks fd ;s jktuhfrd ikVhZ ds yksx gSaA FkkA mls vkt iwjk dj f'k{kk] ikfFkZo 'kjhj dks vius vkxks'k esa pSu ls ugha cSB ldrsA thou Hkj vof/k esa muds fØ;k dykiksa dks dk;Z gekjs vapy esa vkj- Vh- vkbZ- çkjEHk esa cgqr dfBukbZ gqbZA ealkjh fpfdRlk] xzke fodkl] ljdkjh fy;s] bBykrh] ukprh lh Å¡ph& mudh thoVrk tw>rh jgh ;ejkt /;ku ls ns[kus esa muds vrjax jgus ds dkj.k lQy gq,A xk¡o dk gh jgus okyk ;qod lqfo/kk,¡ ,oa lkaLd`frd o /kkfeZd Å¡ph yiVsa cM+s xoZ ls dg jgh Fkha :ih chekfj;ksa lsA u tkus fdruh okys lk/kd dks Li"V fn[k jgk Fkk & Jh ryq lh Hkkb Z dk s gfjdFkk ;kts uk d s vkLFkk o fo'okl esa tM+sa ftruh fd ßrqEgkjs v'kksd th dks eSa ys tk ckj ;enwr vk;s vkSj thoVrk dks os tkus dh rS;kjh dj jgs gSaA ftlls çf'k{k.k ox Za e as Hkts k x;kA çf'k{k.k et+cwr gqbZ gSa] mlesa Lo. HkkÅjko jgh g¡wA jksduk gS rks jkssd yksAÞ brus iz.kke dj [kkyh gkFk ykSV x;sA feyuk Fkk] muls feydj vius eu çkIr dju s d s ckn Jh ryq lh u s viu s dh fnO; ;kstuk ,dy fo|ky; eas okLrfod 'kjhj vkdk'k esa /kzqorkjk fdUrq 90 o"kZ dh vk;q esa v'kksd th dh ckr dg jgs gSaA feyuk laHko xko¡ e as lRlxa dæas dk 'kHq kkjEHk fd;kA ;kstuk dk gh ifj.kke gSA cudj xjtkA ßD;k tyk jgh gks dks yxk fd thou esa fdlh dks ugha gqvk rks Qksu ls gh ckr dj jgs xko¡ d s ykxs çkjEHk ds fnuksa e as lRlxa mldks] ftldks dHkh tyuk gh FkkA fujk'k ughsa fd;k rks vc ;ejkt dks gSaA Mk;jh ds iUus rks izfrfnu fy[ks e as ugh a vkr s FkAs bldk odS fYid ekx Z vejsUæ fo".kqiqjh gS rkdr rks eq>s tyk dj fn[kkvks gh D;ksa\ vkSj mUgksaus bPNk e`R;q gh tkrs FksA fdUrq lcls egRoiw.kZ fudkyr s g,q cPpk as d s fy, cky lLa dkj dsUnzh; la;qDr laxBu ea=h eSa thfor g¡w vkSj rc rd jgw¡xk] tc Lohdkj dj yhA vDrwcj 1, 2015 Fkk fd izkr% 3 cts mBdj Lukukfn dæas çkjEHk fd;k x;kA ,dy laLFkku rd thou y{; iwjk ugha gksxkA u dks muds lkoZtfud vfHkuUnu ds dj 4 cts pk; ysrs FksA ml le;

24 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 25 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

vius futh lsod ls eu dh ckr dke dkSu djsxk\Þ ,d {k.k 'kkUr fy, lR;kxzg esa Hkh lokZf/kd lfØ; lkFk jgus okys lsod crkrs gSa fd djrs FksA mlds }kjk Kkr gqvk fd jgdj os dgus yxs fd ßeSa vn`'; fn[krs FksA xaxk dh j{kk ds fy, rks xr nks o"kksZa esa ,slh ,d Hkh D;k nkokuy py jgk Fkk muds eu jgdj ;g dke djrk jgw¡xkAÞ vkej.k vu'ku ij cSBdj Lo;a ds NksVh&cM+h cSBd ugha ftlesa og esa\ jketUeHkwfe] xk;] xaxk] osn fdUrq fQj eSus iwNk fd gesa thou dh ckt+h yxkuss esa Hkh os ihNs ,dy dh ppkZ ugha djrs FksA fo|ky;] ,dy fo|ky; ds n`';eku dkSu fn[kk;h nsxk rks ugha jgsA iwT; xksfoUn nso fxfj ds mlus crk;k fd vHkh&vHkh dqN vfrfjDr vkSj dqN ugha Fkk muds mUgksaus /khjs ls dgk v'kksd flagyA lkFk osn fo|ky;ksa dh J`a[kyk [kM+h fnu igys izkr% 4 cts dh okrkZ eas os eu esaA gk¡] ;g ihM+k Hkh Fkh fd bu djus esa mudk lg;ksx foy{k.k FkkA lglk dg mBs Þns[kuk ,d fnu ikapksa fo"k; ij y{; iwfrZ ls oafpr ge lc ds fy, os lk{kkr~ i- iw- vius iSr`d vkokl ls ysdj MsuekdZ xq# th ds vorkj FksA o"kZ 1973 esa i- ,dy vfHk;ku gh ns'k dh leL;kvksa jg x;sA ekuks fprk ij ysVs gq, mlh ds egs'k;ksxh ds eq[;ky; rd osn dk lek/kku djsxkAß tc dHkh eSa ihM+k dh vfXu esa og vius dks vfiZr iw- xq:th dk fu/ku gksrk gS vkSj ;gh Hkxoku dh izfr"Bk gsrq vgfuZ'k og o"kZ Hkh gS tc v'kksd th ;ejkt mudks iz.kke djus tkrk Fkk] igyk dj jgs FksA fpUrk djrs gq, os vafre le; rd iz'u djrs Fks fd ßdksbZ ijs'kkuh rks dks okil ykSVkdj iqu% thou izkIRk lfØ; jgsA dgk¡ rks oks uoEcj 16 ls cgqvk;keh O;fDrRo djrs gSaA v/;kRe ds f'k[kj iq#"k ugha gSA /ku ,oa dk;ZdrkZ dh i;kZIr fnYyh eas vk;ksftr prqosZn O;oLFkk gks jgh gS fd ugha\ fdlh Hkh v'kkds th D;k Fk\s dNq Hkh dgk i. iw. xq#th ds izfrfuf/k ds ukrs Lokgkdkj ;K dh Tokyk esa vkgqfr tk ldrk gAS ekrk] firk] x#q ] ek v'kksd th us lar egkRekvksa dks vfHk;ku ds leku ,dy ds thou esa . nsus ds vk;kstu dh fpUrk dj jgs Fks ladV ds izlax vk;s] ml le; v/;kRe i#q "k] ijsz .kk it¡q ] ;xq ioz rdZ ] ek- v'kksd flagy nykbZykek ds lkFk ,d eap ij ykus dk tks vn~Hkqr dk;Z vkSj dgk¡ uoEcj 17 dks gh Lo;a osn ;k)s k] ijq k/s kk ; s lc fo'k"s k.k Hkh de djds fn[kk;k] fgUnqRo ds ek. v'kksd th dks pêku dh rjg Hkxoku dh ;K'kkyk dh Tokyk [kMs+ gksrs Hkh eaSus ns[kkA dqN NwVk rks iMr+ s g]aS mudk o.kuZ dju s eAas o s 60 d s fdlh ds cPps dks cM+s vLirky esa ;k dbZ ckj muds fopkj vViVs yxrs iqutkZxj.k ds bfrgkl esa og lnk cuus dk QSlyk dj cSBsA n'kd ea as dkuiqj ds uxj izpkjd dh fdlh ds cPps dks vPNs fo|ky; esa Fks fdUrq var esa os gh Bhd fudyrs vfoLej.kh; jgsxkA ugha\ ges'kk kj[k.M ls ckgj fudy dj cUn dj lksprs Fks vkSj ,slk lVhd izokl ij vk;s FksA eSa mudh lsok esa vkf[ky Hkkjrh; ls ysdj vesfjdk fnYyh ds dk;ZØe dk egRo ekxZn'kZu feyrk Fkk fd vk'p;Z fu;qDr FkkA ,d fnu ,dkUr fey rd bldh xw¡t igq¡pkus esa izeq[k loZfofnr FkkA mlesa ek. v'kksd th gksrk Fkk fd dgha vn`'; 'kfDr ls x;kA eSaus muls /k`"VrkiwoZd iwNk fd Hkwfedk fuHkk;hA ftl fdlh Hkh ugha jgsaxs ;g dYiuk djuk Hkh rkj rks ugh tqMs+ gSaA ekuks mudks ßvkidh vk;q rks vc fuf'pr gks x;h y{eh iq= ls feyrs Fks] ,dy dh dfBu FkkA vr% vk;kstdksa us Lo;a ek- v'kksd flagy Jh ujsUnz eksnh ds lkFk Hkfo"; Li"V :i ls fn[k jgk gksA gS rks fQj vkids ckn fgUnqRo dk ek- v'kksd flagy ,dy dk;kZy; ij iwtk djrs gq, ppkZ djuk ugha Hkwyrs FksA muds viuh rjQ ls ;g ekudj mudh

26 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 27 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk vius futh lsod ls eu dh ckr dke dkSu djsxk\Þ ,d {k.k 'kkUr fy, lR;kxzg esa Hkh lokZf/kd lfØ; lkFk jgus okys lsod crkrs gSa fd djrs FksA mlds }kjk Kkr gqvk fd jgdj os dgus yxs fd ßeSa vn`'; fn[krs FksA xaxk dh j{kk ds fy, rks xr nks o"kksZa esa ,slh ,d Hkh D;k nkokuy py jgk Fkk muds eu jgdj ;g dke djrk jgw¡xkAÞ vkej.k vu'ku ij cSBdj Lo;a ds NksVh&cM+h cSBd ugha ftlesa og esa\ jketUeHkwfe] xk;] xaxk] osn fdUrq fQj eSus iwNk fd gesa thou dh ckt+h yxkuss esa Hkh os ihNs ,dy dh ppkZ ugha djrs FksA fo|ky;] ,dy fo|ky; ds n`';eku dkSu fn[kk;h nsxk rks ugha jgsA iwT; xksfoUn nso fxfj ds mlus crk;k fd vHkh&vHkh dqN vfrfjDr vkSj dqN ugha Fkk muds mUgksaus /khjs ls dgk v'kksd flagyA lkFk osn fo|ky;ksa dh J`a[kyk [kM+h fnu igys izkr% 4 cts dh okrkZ eas os eu esaA gk¡] ;g ihM+k Hkh Fkh fd bu djus esa mudk lg;ksx foy{k.k FkkA lglk dg mBs Þns[kuk ,d fnu ikapksa fo"k; ij y{; iwfrZ ls oafpr ge lc ds fy, os lk{kkr~ i- iw- vius iSr`d vkokl ls ysdj MsuekdZ xq# th ds vorkj FksA o"kZ 1973 esa i- ,dy vfHk;ku gh ns'k dh leL;kvksa jg x;sA ekuks fprk ij ysVs gq, mlh ds egs'k;ksxh ds eq[;ky; rd osn dk lek/kku djsxkAß tc dHkh eSa ihM+k dh vfXu esa og vius dks vfiZr iw- xq:th dk fu/ku gksrk gS vkSj ;gh Hkxoku dh izfr"Bk gsrq vgfuZ'k og o"kZ Hkh gS tc v'kksd th ;ejkt mudks iz.kke djus tkrk Fkk] igyk dj jgs FksA fpUrk djrs gq, os vafre le; rd iz'u djrs Fks fd ßdksbZ ijs'kkuh rks dks okil ykSVkdj iqu% thou izkIRk lfØ; jgsA dgk¡ rks oks uoEcj 16 ls cgqvk;keh O;fDrRo djrs gSaA v/;kRe ds f'k[kj iq#"k ugha gSA /ku ,oa dk;ZdrkZ dh i;kZIr fnYyh eas vk;ksftr prqosZn O;oLFkk gks jgh gS fd ugha\ fdlh Hkh v'kkds th D;k Fk\s dNq Hkh dgk i. iw. xq#th ds izfrfuf/k ds ukrs Lokgkdkj ;K dh Tokyk esa vkgqfr tk ldrk gAS ekrk] firk] x#q ] ek v'kksd th us lar egkRekvksa dks vfHk;ku ds leku ,dy ds thou esa . nsus ds vk;kstu dh fpUrk dj jgs Fks ladV ds izlax vk;s] ml le; v/;kRe i#q "k] ijsz .kk it¡q ] ;xq ioz rdZ ] ek- v'kksd flagy nykbZykek ds lkFk ,d eap ij ykus dk tks vn~Hkqr dk;Z vkSj dgk¡ uoEcj 17 dks gh Lo;a osn ;k)s k] ijq k/s kk ; s lc fo'k"s k.k Hkh de djds fn[kk;k] fgUnqRo ds ek. v'kksd th dks pêku dh rjg Hkxoku dh ;K'kkyk dh Tokyk [kMs+ gksrs Hkh eaSus ns[kkA dqN NwVk rks iMr+ s g]aS mudk o.kuZ dju s eAas o s 60 d s fdlh ds cPps dks cM+s vLirky esa ;k dbZ ckj muds fopkj vViVs yxrs iqutkZxj.k ds bfrgkl esa og lnk cuus dk QSlyk dj cSBsA n'kd ea as dkuiqj ds uxj izpkjd dh fdlh ds cPps dks vPNs fo|ky; esa Fks fdUrq var esa os gh Bhd fudyrs vfoLej.kh; jgsxkA ugha\ ges'kk kj[k.M ls ckgj fudy dj cUn dj lksprs Fks vkSj ,slk lVhd izokl ij vk;s FksA eSa mudh lsok esa vkf[ky Hkkjrh; ls ysdj vesfjdk fnYyh ds dk;ZØe dk egRo ekxZn'kZu feyrk Fkk fd vk'p;Z fu;qDr FkkA ,d fnu ,dkUr fey rd bldh xw¡t igq¡pkus esa izeq[k loZfofnr FkkA mlesa ek. v'kksd th gksrk Fkk fd dgha vn`'; 'kfDr ls x;kA eSaus muls /k`"VrkiwoZd iwNk fd Hkwfedk fuHkk;hA ftl fdlh Hkh ugha jgsaxs ;g dYiuk djuk Hkh rkj rks ugh tqMs+ gSaA ekuks mudks ßvkidh vk;q rks vc fuf'pr gks x;h y{eh iq= ls feyrs Fks] ,dy dh dfBu FkkA vr% vk;kstdksa us Lo;a ek- v'kksd flagy Jh ujsUnz eksnh ds lkFk Hkfo"; Li"V :i ls fn[k jgk gksA gS rks fQj vkids ckn fgUnqRo dk ek- v'kksd flagy ,dy dk;kZy; ij iwtk djrs gq, ppkZ djuk ugha Hkwyrs FksA muds viuh rjQ ls ;g ekudj mudh

26 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 27 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

iapeq[kh f'k{kk cu tk;sxhAß rks og D;k nsaxs ge v'kksd th dks ,dy lLa Fkku jkpa h d s rRoko/kku ukjkt+ gksdj dgus yxs fd vkidk vc n's k e as J)kta fy;k as d s e as Þ,dy vfHk;ku ,o a mldk çHkkoß Hkk"k.k vko';d gSA vFkok eSa ogha dk;ØZ e vk;kfs tr fd; s tk;xsa As ge fo"k; ij fnlca j 6] 2015 dk s >kj[k.M eap ls gh vkidks Hkk"k.k nsus dk pEs cj v‚Q d‚el Z d s lHkkxkj e as vkjS vki J)kta fy nxas As fdUr q D;k vkns'k ns nw¡xkAÞ lxa k"s Bh vk;kfs tr dh xbAZ lxa k"s Bh d s nxas s ge v'kkds th dk\s D;k Vi&Vi mn?~ kkVudrk Z >kj[k.M d s egkf/koäk eSa muds viusiu ds leq[k fxjr s vkl¡ vq k as l s ml egki:q "k dk s Jh foukns ikís kj FkAs lxa k"s Bh dh ureLrd FkkA iwjs rhu fnu izR;sd ilz Uu dj ik;xas \s D;k J)k leq u d s ifj.kke dqaHk dk ,d n`'; v/;{krk jkpa h fo'ofo|ky; d s iow Z l= esa n'kZdksa ds chp esa vkdj cSB nk s 'kCn i'z kla k l s iHz kkfor gk s ik;xas s og dyq ifr çk-s ¼M‚½ ,y- ,u- Hkxr u s dhA mifLFkfr dh ?kks"k.kk dj nh vkSj og dj vkSj /;kuLFk voLFkk esa lc dqN ;xq i#q "k\ D;k fp=ij i"q ik as dh o"kk Z fof'k"V vfrfFk gtk+ jhckx fo'o& fof'k"B vfrfFk eap ij lwpuk ge rd vk xbZ fd v'kksd th lqurs FksA dqN le> esa ugha vkrk Fkk dh vi{s kk dj jgk g S og fgUnRq o dk fo|ky; d s iow Z dyq ifr çk-s ¼M‚½ ,e- 1 ekpZ dks /kuckn esa vk;ksftr rks chp&chp esa iwNrs FksA fdUrq gesa ijq k/s kk\ ugh!a fcydyq ugh!a ! ih- flga ] lLa dr` fo'ofo|ky; d s iow Z vo/kkj.kk l s tMq k+ g S ,dy vfHk;ku ! ladksp gksrk Fkk fd LokLF; dh bl ,dy laLFkku jkaph lkoZtfud lHkk eas ugha jg ik;saxsA mls rks v/kwjh ;k=k dks iwjh djus dyq ifr çk-s ¼M‚½ pUædkra 'kDq y] M‚- gla e[q k 'kkg u s dgk fd ,dy ge lc Hkh fnYyh ds dk;ZØe ds voLFkk esa bruh nsj cSBuk dgk¡ rd xkz ekRs Fkku QkmMa 's ku v‚Q vefs jdk d s }kjk vk;ksftr mfpr gSA ,d ckj eSaus /k`"VrkiwoZd dk ladYi pkfg,A ml ladYi dks vfHk;ku f'k{kk dk efa nj g S tk s xko¡ dk s egRo ds lEeq[k ureLrd FksA iwjk djus gsrq ifjJe dk ilhuk p;s jiluZ M‚ gla e[q k 'kkg rFkk e[q ; ,d l=w e as ck/a ku s dk dke dj jgk gAS dg gh fn;k fd vki ?kj ij foJke oäk ,dy lLa Fkku dh dnas h; v/;{k fdUrq vk'p;Z rc gqvk tc djsa rks Hkh pysxkA os ,d ne ukjkt+ pkfg,A mlds fy, mi;qDr dk;Z ge rduhdh Økfa r ;k fMftVy v'kksd th dks bldk Kku gqvkA os ;kstuk pkfg,A vkSj ml ;kstuk ds çk-s eta Jq h FkhA laxks"Bh bfa M;k dh vkjs c esa lPph J)aktfy gsrq izcy tuprs uk rFkk egRodk{a kk tkxr` gbq Z gvq h ,dy fn[kkb Z xbAZ epa LFk mudh mifLFkfr esa ;g vko';d vk;k gS fd iwjs le; dk;ZØe esa D;ksa çk-s ¼M‚½ ,y -,u- Hkxr u s dgk fd CD fgUnq'kfDr ds :i esa fo'o fgUnw gAS ik"s k.k okfVdk d s ek/;e l s vf/kdkfj;k as ,o a fof'k"V vfrfFk;k as dk s yxk fd ,dy ij vc fdlh dks mifLFkfr jgrs FksA ekuks mudh ifj"kn dk Lo:i pkfg,A dHkh ,uhfe;k d s çfr LokLF; tkx:drk ,dy vfHk;ku vc fo'oLrjh; Lo#i cksyus dh vko';drk ughsa gSA mifLFkr jketh dh dìk o"kkZ dh y s pdq k g]S lekt d s ofa pr ykxs k sa dh ,dy lkfgR; ,o a i"q i çnku dj Lokeh foosdkuan us dgk Fkk fd ßxoZ mRiUu gbq Z gAS ;g xo Z dk fo"k; g S fd lEekfur fd;k x;kA ;g ckr vyx gS fd muds ugha xkjUVh cu x;h FkhA O;oLFkkvksa dh ls dgks ge fgUnw gSaAÞ vkt izR;sd urs R` o dju s oky s xko¡ l s gh fudyu s enn vkjS leL;kvk as dk lek/kku gk s vkus dh lwpuk feyh rks fo"k; dfe;ksa ls ge lc ?kcjk;s ls Fks fgUnw xoZ ls dgs gSa fdß eSa fo'o fgUnw pkfg,A xko¡ dh çfrHkk dk s rjk'ku s dh jgk gAS ;fn vlgk; ykxs k as d s bl volj ij ,dy vfHk;ku dh izfriknu dk nkf;Ro eq>s fn;k x;k fdUrq lQyrk gsrq c/kkb;ksa dh o"kkZ gw¡AÞ ,slk fgUnqLFkku pkfg,A vko';drk gAS ikz -s eta Jq h u s ikoj lkekftd vkfFkdZ l/q kkj gk as rk s vkidk s çkFkfed f'k{kk] vkjkXs ; f'k{kk] fodkl FkkA fdUrq tc mudks dk;ZØe dh esa ge lc vk'p;Zpfdr Hkh Fks fd ikbVa itsz U+ V's ku d s ek/;e l s ,dy lcl s cMh+ l[q k 'kkfa r feyxs hA f'k{kk] tkxj.k f'k{kk ,o a lLa dkj f'k{kk rkfydk ,d ?k.Vs iwoZ nh x;h rks vkf[kj lc dqN vius vki dSls gks rks fut/kke gsrq ;k=k ij izLFkku djrs gq, ek v'kksd th dks vkb;s vfHk;ku dh ipa e[q kh f'k{kk] xkz ekRs Fkku çk-s ¼M‚½ ,e- ih- flga u s dgk fd d s ifj.kkekUs e[q k thora vuHq ko dFku iwNus yxs fd ';ke th dk Hkk"k.k jgk gS\ ml le; rks ;gh yxk fd . rFkk vkjkXs ; ;kts uk ,o a mud s O;kid ge lHkh t+ksj&'kksj ls lquk;sa fd ,d O;fä dk fopkj gh ml s lk/kkj.k ,dy ds xzkeh.k dk;ZdrkZ D;ksa ugha gS\ dk;ZdrkZvksa us crk;k jke th gh dìk dj jgs gSaA fdUrq iHz kko ij idz k'k MkykA Jh nos dhuna u] lJq h f'kYik feJk] ßv'kksd th! vki tkrs gks rks tkvks! Ekal for Social O;fä l s vyx djrk gAS Lokeh fd mUgksaus Lo;a euk dj fn;kA Qksu jke th dh dìk dh O;oLFkk dkSu dk s mUgkuas s ikz ekf.kdrk l s Jh 'kkf'k/kj egrk]s Jh iIi w deq kj] ,o a fdUrq vkids liuksa dks ugha tkus Change foods kuna u s dgk Fkk fd cPpk Ldyw ugh a ij eq>ls ckr dhA eSaus tc muls dj jgk Fkk\ vkt tc v'kksd th iLz rrq fd;k ftl s n[s k ,o a le> dj Jherh çHkkorh nos h }kjk çLrrq fd;k x;kA nsaxsaA dHkh ugha] drbZ ugha!Þ blh esa ] tk ldrk rk s Ldyw cPpk as d s ikl tk;As izkFkZuk dh fd ßtc vki Lo;a cksy gekjs chp esa ugha gSa rc mudh lHkh vfHkHkrw g,q A ,dy vfHk;ku dk ;gh eyw e=a gAS jgs gSa rks ,dy dk fo"k; vk gh vk/;kfRed igq¡p dh ,d vkSj gekjs thou dh lQyrk gS vkSj ;gh jkpa h egkuxj d s db Z f'k{kkfon]~ tk;sxkAÞ rks os ukjkt+ gksdj cksys felky le> esa vk;hA ,slk Fkk izHkq jketh ds pj.kksa esa izkFkZuk gSA Jh foukns ikís kj u s dgk fd n's k çk-s ¼M‚½ pUædkra 'kDq y u s dgk vf/koäk] dEiuh lØs Vs jh] df` "k oKS kfud] ßD;k rqEgkjh iapeq[kh f'k{kk eaS ek. v'kksd th dk ,dy ds izfr I;kj dk HkkX; cnyuk g S rk s xko¡ dk HkkX; fd ,dy vfHk;ku x#q dyq dh ijEijk vfHk;ra k] lkfgR;dkj] lh-,] m|kxs ifr] le>kÅ¡xkAÞ eSaus lgt :i esa dg rFkk bldh lQyrk ds fy, xgjh ';ke xqIr cnyuk gkxs kA xko¡ dk s cnyuk g S rk s dk okgd cu dj fQj l s Hkkjr dk s fofHkUu lLa Fkkuk as d s çfrfuf/k] lektlos h fn;k fd Þvki tks cksysaxs ogh gekjh fpUrkA ekxZn'kZd] ,dy vfHk;ku Lokoyca u vkjS lLa dkj pkfg,A ek ¡ l'kä cuk;xs k] lex z fodkl dh vkfn bl lxa k"s Bh e asmifLFkr FkAs

28 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 29 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk iapeq[kh f'k{kk cu tk;sxhAß rks og D;k nsaxs ge v'kksd th dks ,dy lLa Fkku jkpa h d s rRoko/kku ukjkt+ gksdj dgus yxs fd vkidk vc n's k e as J)kta fy;k as d s e as Þ,dy vfHk;ku ,o a mldk çHkkoß Hkk"k.k vko';d gSA vFkok eSa ogha dk;ØZ e vk;kfs tr fd; s tk;xsa As ge fo"k; ij fnlca j 6] 2015 dk s >kj[k.M eap ls gh vkidks Hkk"k.k nsus dk pEs cj v‚Q d‚el Z d s lHkkxkj e as vkjS vki J)kta fy nxas As fdUr q D;k vkns'k ns nw¡xkAÞ lxa k"s Bh vk;kfs tr dh xbAZ lxa k"s Bh d s nxas s ge v'kkds th dk\s D;k Vi&Vi mn?~ kkVudrk Z >kj[k.M d s egkf/koäk eSa muds viusiu ds leq[k fxjr s vkl¡ vq k as l s ml egki:q "k dk s Jh foukns ikís kj FkAs lxa k"s Bh dh ureLrd FkkA iwjs rhu fnu izR;sd ilz Uu dj ik;xas \s D;k J)k leq u d s ifj.kke dqaHk dk ,d n`'; v/;{krk jkpa h fo'ofo|ky; d s iow Z l= esa n'kZdksa ds chp esa vkdj cSB nk s 'kCn i'z kla k l s iHz kkfor gk s ik;xas s og dyq ifr çk-s ¼M‚½ ,y- ,u- Hkxr u s dhA mifLFkfr dh ?kks"k.kk dj nh vkSj og dj vkSj /;kuLFk voLFkk esa lc dqN ;xq i#q "k\ D;k fp=ij i"q ik as dh o"kk Z fof'k"V vfrfFk gtk+ jhckx fo'o& fof'k"B vfrfFk eap ij lwpuk ge rd vk xbZ fd v'kksd th lqurs FksA dqN le> esa ugha vkrk Fkk dh vi{s kk dj jgk g S og fgUnRq o dk fo|ky; d s iow Z dyq ifr çk-s ¼M‚½ ,e- 1 ekpZ dks /kuckn esa vk;ksftr rks chp&chp esa iwNrs FksA fdUrq gesa ijq k/s kk\ ugh!a fcydyq ugh!a ! ih- flga ] lLa dr` fo'ofo|ky; d s iow Z vo/kkj.kk l s tMq k+ g S ,dy vfHk;ku ! ladksp gksrk Fkk fd LokLF; dh bl ,dy laLFkku jkaph lkoZtfud lHkk eas ugha jg ik;saxsA mls rks v/kwjh ;k=k dks iwjh djus dyq ifr çk-s ¼M‚½ pUædkra 'kDq y] M‚- gla e[q k 'kkg u s dgk fd ,dy ge lc Hkh fnYyh ds dk;ZØe ds voLFkk esa bruh nsj cSBuk dgk¡ rd xkz ekRs Fkku QkmMa 's ku v‚Q vefs jdk d s }kjk vk;ksftr mfpr gSA ,d ckj eSaus /k`"VrkiwoZd dk ladYi pkfg,A ml ladYi dks vfHk;ku f'k{kk dk efa nj g S tk s xko¡ dk s egRo ds lEeq[k ureLrd FksA iwjk djus gsrq ifjJe dk ilhuk p;s jiluZ M‚ gla e[q k 'kkg rFkk e[q ; ,d l=w e as ck/a ku s dk dke dj jgk gAS dg gh fn;k fd vki ?kj ij foJke oäk ,dy lLa Fkku dh dnas h; v/;{k fdUrq vk'p;Z rc gqvk tc djsa rks Hkh pysxkA os ,d ne ukjkt+ pkfg,A mlds fy, mi;qDr dk;Z ge rduhdh Økfa r ;k fMftVy v'kksd th dks bldk Kku gqvkA os ;kstuk pkfg,A vkSj ml ;kstuk ds çk-s eta Jq h FkhA laxks"Bh bfa M;k dh vkjs c esa lPph J)aktfy gsrq izcy tuprs uk rFkk egRodk{a kk tkxr` gbq Z gvq h ,dy fn[kkb Z xbAZ epa LFk mudh mifLFkfr esa ;g vko';d vk;k gS fd iwjs le; dk;ZØe esa D;ksa çk-s ¼M‚½ ,y -,u- Hkxr u s dgk fd CD fgUnq'kfDr ds :i esa fo'o fgUnw gAS ik"s k.k okfVdk d s ek/;e l s vf/kdkfj;k as ,o a fof'k"V vfrfFk;k as dk s yxk fd ,dy ij vc fdlh dks mifLFkfr jgrs FksA ekuks mudh ifj"kn dk Lo:i pkfg,A dHkh ,uhfe;k d s çfr LokLF; tkx:drk ,dy vfHk;ku vc fo'oLrjh; Lo#i cksyus dh vko';drk ughsa gSA mifLFkr jketh dh dìk o"kkZ dh y s pdq k g]S lekt d s ofa pr ykxs k sa dh ,dy lkfgR; ,o a i"q i çnku dj Lokeh foosdkuan us dgk Fkk fd ßxoZ mRiUu gbq Z gAS ;g xo Z dk fo"k; g S fd lEekfur fd;k x;kA ;g ckr vyx gS fd muds ugha xkjUVh cu x;h FkhA O;oLFkkvksa dh ls dgks ge fgUnw gSaAÞ vkt izR;sd urs R` o dju s oky s xko¡ l s gh fudyu s enn vkjS leL;kvk as dk lek/kku gk s vkus dh lwpuk feyh rks fo"k; dfe;ksa ls ge lc ?kcjk;s ls Fks fgUnw xoZ ls dgs gSa fdß eSa fo'o fgUnw pkfg,A xko¡ dh çfrHkk dk s rjk'ku s dh jgk gAS ;fn vlgk; ykxs k as d s bl volj ij ,dy vfHk;ku dh izfriknu dk nkf;Ro eq>s fn;k x;k fdUrq lQyrk gsrq c/kkb;ksa dh o"kkZ gw¡AÞ ,slk fgUnqLFkku pkfg,A vko';drk gAS ikz -s eta Jq h u s ikoj lkekftd vkfFkdZ l/q kkj gk as rk s vkidk s çkFkfed f'k{kk] vkjkXs ; f'k{kk] fodkl FkkA fdUrq tc mudks dk;ZØe dh esa ge lc vk'p;Zpfdr Hkh Fks fd ikbVa itsz U+ V's ku d s ek/;e l s ,dy lcl s cMh+ l[q k 'kkfa r feyxs hA f'k{kk] tkxj.k f'k{kk ,o a lLa dkj f'k{kk rkfydk ,d ?k.Vs iwoZ nh x;h rks vkf[kj lc dqN vius vki dSls gks rks fut/kke gsrq ;k=k ij izLFkku djrs gq, ek v'kksd th dks vkb;s vfHk;ku dh ipa e[q kh f'k{kk] xkz ekRs Fkku çk-s ¼M‚½ ,e- ih- flga u s dgk fd d s ifj.kkekUs e[q k thora vuHq ko dFku iwNus yxs fd ';ke th dk Hkk"k.k jgk gS\ ml le; rks ;gh yxk fd . rFkk vkjkXs ; ;kts uk ,o a mud s O;kid ge lHkh t+ksj&'kksj ls lquk;sa fd ,d O;fä dk fopkj gh ml s lk/kkj.k ,dy ds xzkeh.k dk;ZdrkZ D;ksa ugha gS\ dk;ZdrkZvksa us crk;k jke th gh dìk dj jgs gSaA fdUrq iHz kko ij idz k'k MkykA Jh nos dhuna u] lJq h f'kYik feJk] ßv'kksd th! vki tkrs gks rks tkvks! Ekal for Social O;fä l s vyx djrk gAS Lokeh fd mUgksaus Lo;a euk dj fn;kA Qksu jke th dh dìk dh O;oLFkk dkSu dk s mUgkuas s ikz ekf.kdrk l s Jh 'kkf'k/kj egrk]s Jh iIi w deq kj] ,o a fdUrq vkids liuksa dks ugha tkus Change foods kuna u s dgk Fkk fd cPpk Ldyw ugh a ij eq>ls ckr dhA eSaus tc muls dj jgk Fkk\ vkt tc v'kksd th iLz rrq fd;k ftl s n[s k ,o a le> dj Jherh çHkkorh nos h }kjk çLrrq fd;k x;kA nsaxsaA dHkh ugha] drbZ ugha!Þ blh esa ] tk ldrk rk s Ldyw cPpk as d s ikl tk;As izkFkZuk dh fd ßtc vki Lo;a cksy gekjs chp esa ugha gSa rc mudh lHkh vfHkHkrw g,q A ,dy vfHk;ku dk ;gh eyw e=a gAS jgs gSa rks ,dy dk fo"k; vk gh vk/;kfRed igq¡p dh ,d vkSj gekjs thou dh lQyrk gS vkSj ;gh jkpa h egkuxj d s db Z f'k{kkfon]~ tk;sxkAÞ rks os ukjkt+ gksdj cksys felky le> esa vk;hA ,slk Fkk izHkq jketh ds pj.kksa esa izkFkZuk gSA Jh foukns ikís kj u s dgk fd n's k çk-s ¼M‚½ pUædkra 'kDq y u s dgk vf/koäk] dEiuh lØs Vs jh] df` "k oKS kfud] ßD;k rqEgkjh iapeq[kh f'k{kk eaS ek. v'kksd th dk ,dy ds izfr I;kj dk HkkX; cnyuk g S rk s xko¡ dk HkkX; fd ,dy vfHk;ku x#q dyq dh ijEijk vfHk;ra k] lkfgR;dkj] lh-,] m|kxs ifr] le>kÅ¡xkAÞ eSaus lgt :i esa dg rFkk bldh lQyrk ds fy, xgjh ';ke xqIr cnyuk gkxs kA xko¡ dk s cnyuk g S rk s dk okgd cu dj fQj l s Hkkjr dk s fofHkUu lLa Fkkuk as d s çfrfuf/k] lektlos h fn;k fd Þvki tks cksysaxs ogh gekjh fpUrkA ekxZn'kZd] ,dy vfHk;ku Lokoyca u vkjS lLa dkj pkfg,A ek ¡ l'kä cuk;xs k] lex z fodkl dh vkfn bl lxa k"s Bh e asmifLFkr FkAs

28 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 29 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

Ekal Garba by EYL Ekal Volunteers at UNDP Conference Chelmsford Chapter, USA, celebrated Ekal Garba event in the first Conference on Child Marriage and EKAL week of November. It was a memorable evening, filled with fun, warmth, and Adolescent Pregnancy festivities and melodious music. A three days pre-conference conference, and few volunteers were orientation and conference was selected to make oral presentation. TEA T h e p r o j e c t G a r b a w a s organized by United Nations Two volunteers from every VO were brainchild of Ekal Youth Leaders Development Programme (UNDP) in nominated, and then they were divided (EYL), Ms. Manasi Danke, a high Participants in Garba collaboration with Tata Institute of into different groups irrespective of the school senior from Chelmsford. Her Social Sciences (TISS) at India VO they represented. CUPS proposal was simple and effective India, with Ekal Vidyalayas International Centre, New Delhi on From Ekal Ms. Savita Gupta and everyone loves to do garba/dandiya movement. The idea spontaneously October 10-13, 2015. Ekal Sansthan a d o l e s c e n t p r e g n a n c y, a n d around Navratri, why not dance for a became hit. The event was performed Ms. Monika Burwal participated in the presentation, inviting insights from a was invited by TISS initiative. It was for pre-conference. Both had a mixed IN PRIME cause! And the cause is about by the students of Eastern Rhythms the first time Ekal participated on the personal struggle/ difficult situation, providing education to children in rural Dance School. feeling of excitement, curiosity and thrill which they overcame or would have UN platform. We were selected based since both of them came from backward on the meritorious workers in the field in been able to overcome if certain TRAINS rural areas. For them it was a moment resources were made available. Ekal. of honour and pride to represent Ekal in The main objective of this the national Conference at the UN UNDP constituted a Youth Panel Ekal and innovative ideas “Namaste from Karanjo” conference was two-fold: platform, before the senior members of and a Youth Action Plan drafting go together. Sri Rajiv Mittal, 1. to take feel of the ground reality UN, various ministries, other NGOs and committee for asking questions, and to Vice President, Bharat Lok of BLSP, Delhi. GRC Karanjo is from volunteers working with the intellectuals from academia. finalize the action plan. The document Shiksha Parishad, Delhi, equipped with Wi-Fi network. A was then shared with the Minister. personal internet tower has been community, and Ms. Monika Burwal is one of the thought of promoting and 2 . to discuss issues emerging from very hard working, dedicated and Ms. Savita Gupta made an oral spreading Ekal Mission installed at Karanjo to make the pre-conference on a wider sincere workers of Ekal Sansthan, presentation to present the views and through Ekal Tea Cups. He interactive visual communication platform with bureaucrats, inhabiting one of the villages in Kangra ideas from youth perspective. She donated one crore cups, which possible. politicians, policy and decision district of Himachal Pradesh. She presented herself as an example. She are now being circulated in makers, and academicians. joined Ekal in the year 2002 as a said that the contribution of Ekal in prime trains like Shatabdi and Girls hostel, Shramanand Shiksha The pre-conference was for teacher and now she has become a delaying child marriage and adolescent Rajdhani. GRC Karanjo Niketan, vocational training volunteers from the field. Ekal trainer in Arogya. Ms. Savita Gupta of pregnancy through her educational programme, nutritional garden, Sansthan was one of the organizations Ekal Sansthan is from one of the programmes are two-fold. On the one It was indeed a seminal moment goshala, vermi compost and keet out of 8-9 voluntary organizations (VO). backward villages in district Lakhimpur hand, the girls becoming volunteers do in Ekal's history when attendees at the niyantrak production venture, Azola Pre-conference happened to discuss Khiri of Uttar Pradesh, and has been not get married at an early age that Ekal annual conference that was held cultivation, running of Ekal Vidyalaya, volunteers' field experiences with the with Ekal since 2004 as a volunteer. consequently delays the adolescent in San Diego, CA were able to virtually and farmers' training were part of the UNDP and TISS members. They were pregnancy. On the other hand, they meet children from the remote Ekal presentation. They actively participated in all the influence other girls of the village to join collectively grouped for different villages in Jharkhand. The excitement group activities, and their talent was Ekal as a volunteer, and opt to delay their creative activities that included poster was palpable as one could see the recognized for the presentation on the marriage. The posters made by designing, writing etc. Those posters Youth Platform. opportunities that technology can were displayed during the main Ms. Burwal were exhibited during the main Different activities were assigned conference, and got wide appreciation. bring to developing Ekal villages. Ekal USA played a huge role in ushering to the participating volunteers that The participation of Ekal volunteers included preparation of presentations Digital Ekal, and a moment to be proud is a landmark in the history of Ekal that for Ekal USA. based on the discussions took place in has set an example for other workers of the plenary sessions and ideas and the Sansthan especially those working in Skype made it easy to see live suggestions for ending child marriage the rural and remote areas. and adolescent pregnancy. Inputs on demonstration of GRC Karanjo. After a the constructive role that media can Dr. Anima Sharma successful programme of USA, Skype Ms. Monika Burwal Ms. Savita Gupta play in ending child marriage and Ekal Sansthan session was repeated in NEC meeting Poshan Vatika

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Funding initiative by Astha and Shefali UAE Charity Award for Ekal Ms. Astha Agarwal and Ms. Shefali awareness about Ekal among the Ekal received the Best Charity "Information Varma are currently pursuing diverse students' population at McGill initiative award at Masala Awards in UAE undergraduate studies at McGill and provide McGillians a platform to in the first week of November 2015. stalls" by University, Montreal, Canada. contribute to Ekal. FTS Impressed by the activities at Masala Awards honour the grassroots level by Ekal Vidyalaya, they They are inviting everyone to join incredible triumphs of the Asian Hyderabad decided to support the cause through them in their campaign of raising community in the UAE. The awards Generosity Crowd Funding Campaign. $1,000 for the cause, and share this represent the best organization in the Ms. Astha Agarwal Ms. Shefali Varma They are confident that this will spread initiative with all their loved ones! region. Over the years, the awards have become a success story with the trophy symbolising the community's Ms. Geeta Chhabra, Ekal President Dubai receiving the award University Affiliation for Arogya immense contribution in various fields. The Home Remedies Training Foundation has already been included Centre of Arogya Foundation (ARF), in the list of affiliated institutions of the Coimbatore has received an affiliation university, Ekal USA team Ekal Stall from Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar. Now, any Aarogya The name of the course is: with Prime Minister volunteer undergoing training of “Management of Primary & Preventive It was an important event when and Sri Vinod Jhunjhunwala had the seven days in this centre will receive a Healthcare in Rural and Tribal Villages Ekal team met Sri Narendra Modi, photo opportunity with him. certificate from the University. The through Home Remedies/ Ayurveda.” Indian Prime Minister, at an name of ARF will also be on the ARF can now conduct any number of Ambassador's lunch hosted in his Ekal team also joined the Indo- certificate, and one signatory will sign courses in any language with an honour on September 26, 2015. American Community of west coast as Class session in progress on behalf of ARF. Name of the Arogya approved syllabus. Smt. Uma Gulani, Sri Abhishek a welcoming partner for the historic FTS team with performers Sareen, Sri Ramesh Shah, Sri Rajan occasion of welcoming, Sri Narendra B a r m a , S r i A m r i t S a r e e n , Modi, on September 27, 2015 at the Smt. Pratibha Goyal, Ms. Anju Preet SAP Centre, in San Jose, CA. Friends of Tribals Society, Three Events by Nagpur Chapter Hyderabad had put-up two Nagpur Chapter recently hosted a Sri Shyam Gupt, was the Chief Guest. Kamdhenu, a play by Radhika information stalls of FTS - one at sanskar shivir, NEC meeting, and He appreciated and congratulated the Creations was also staged having a SS Convention, Shamshabad on annual day at Suraburdi Meadows. chapter for doing commendable work. very strong social message about cow the outskirts of Hyderabad, and Around 80 National Executive Sri Rameshwar Lal Kabra (Bapuji), and its importance in our society. the second stall at KJR Gardens, Committee members, from all over the Chief Patron FTS, Sri M. L. Jain, country, along with their spouses Patron, Sri Sajan Kumal Bansal, Smt. Sarla Somani was master of Secunderabad during the Navratri participated in the two-day event. President, FTS, Smt. Pushpa Mundhra, ceremony. And those who made the Utsav. National President, Mahila Samiti, and event a success included Smt. Sarika Nagpur Chapter runs around 1200 Smt. Kumkum Agrawal, President, Pendse, Ms. Shailaja Pingle, Special publicity materials Ekal schools all over Vidarbha, and it Nagpur Mahila Samiti were also Ms. Urmila Agrawal, Ms. Mani Goenka, like demo tents, T-shirts, was an occasion to facilitate the donors. present on the occasion . Ms. Manju Mittal, Sri B. K. Agrawal, standees, banners and flyers Sri Nandkishore Sarda, Sri Shyam Rathi, Sri Dinesh Rathi, Sri Yogesh were created for distribution. The Navandar, Sri Ramavatar Agrawal, volunteers personally met Sri Thombre, Sri Purshottam Rathi and around 6,500 people and briefed Sri Narayandas Agrawal. Special them about the Ekal Movement. thanks was given to Sri B.K. Agrawal The outcome of the event was for offering venue and facilities free very encouraging. Annual Meet NEC Meet Play in Progress of cost.

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Love for Children BLSP National Executive Committee Meeting Ekal Fourth National Executive Ekal Vidyalaya Boston team had Committee meeting of Bharat Lok found an occasion to meet Nobel Prize Gaurav Shiksha Parishad was held on October winner Sri Kailash Sathyarthi. Samman 11, 2015, at Hotel Crowne Plaza, Delhi. What an amazing honor! Ekal has The morning hours from 9.30 am to one thing in common with him.. Love for 2015 4.30 pm were dedicated to the Children!! knowledge working session by the The Ekal Gaurav Samman Executive Members at NEC meet Sri Laxmi N Goal, Founder Trustee, BLSP Ekal's success is success for 2015 was organized by Bharat senior incharge (HOD) of Ekal Abhiyan. children who without Ekal may end up in Lok Shiksha Parishad in the The partner organizations of Ekal included Education and Training, Arogya, Gram Raghavan, Dr. H.K. Mittal, Sri Lallan situations that require them to be FTS, SHSS, BLSP, EVFI, Ekal Sansthan, Vikas, Sanskar Education and Sharma, Sri Swapan Das Mukharjee, Sri Sathyarthi with Ekal Team second week of October, 2015 at rescued. Hotel Crowne Plaza, Delhi to Arogya Foundation and Gramotthan were Empowerment, and the live Skype of and Sri Parveen Arya made PPT facilitate all those donors who introduced by their respective presidents. Karanjo GRC were highly appreciated by presentations which were extremely have supported/adopted 100 or The PPT about the key subjects like all. Sri Madhwendra Singh, Sri K.E.N. informative for the other chapter members. Mumbai Chapter's Diwali Milan more Ekal Vidyalayas. Sri Bajrang Bagra, President, Third Samarpan Samman Samaroh of Shatakveer Central Executive Committee, Ekal Abhiyan presented the 'Ekal Gaurav Samman 2015' to our PSU donors i.e. "RITES" and "Engineers India Limited" in their respective offices.

Dr. Subhash Chandra Shatakveer Awardees Smt. Kiran Chopra Mumbai mahila samiti executive members Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad The “Samman” became memorable and Mahatma Gandhi. The programme Mumbai Chapter had a grand successfully. A donor gave contribution (BLSP) had organized its 3rd by strong presence of supportive donors, was conducted by Sri Naresh Jain, Diwali Milan programme on the last day for 4 schools as the evening progressed. Samarpan Samman Samaroh in the who pledged to continue their support in National President of BLSP. of October 2015. Ekal Abhiyan Trust evening of the same day at Hotel the future. Their response showed a Smt. Manju Lodha, a member Many members from Varanasi, Chairman Sri Jitendra Bhansali hosted Crowne Plaza, Delhi in honour of the deep conviction with which they Prayag, Kanpur, and Lucknow chapters the dinner and warmly welcomed the recited a poem by Gurudev “Shatakveer” donors and supporters of supported Ekal. Rabindranath Tagore that was about of BLSP were part of the occasion. All donors and members. On the occasion, hundred or more Ekal Vidyalayas. the four chapters of BLSP in Delhi the power of enlightenment. Mahila At intermittent intervals, kathakars he urged everyone to fulfill the mission north, east, west, and south were Samiti distributed candle boxes as a Sri Bajrang Bagra at RITES Office Dr. Subhash Chandra, Global of Srihari Satsang Samiti sung of reaching one lakh schools. present. Ekal youth group made its souvenir to conclude the 'Milan' on a Chairperson of Ekal had graced the devotional songs, and created a presence felt in full strength throughout It was a significant evening for all as memorable note. occasion, and the guest speakers magical impact. All singers were from included Smt. Kiran Chopra, owner of the day. the gap between the donors and villages of different states. Punjab Kesari Newspaper and Ma Ekal Deep - On this special members was bridged smoothly. Shyam Gupt. Galaxy of Shatakveer Dr. Subhash Chandra in his short occasion, display of Ekal Deep gave Patrons and members applauded all the donors were present with their family speech said that Ekal's experience festive touch to the programme. It was donors who attended the event, and they members. Each one of them was enriches our life. It gives us a strong an attraction in the meet. Each pack of were encouraged to continue being a invited on the dais and honoured by sense of mission to work for the better '7' beautiful diyas was sold to generate part of this noble cause. Over 125 guests Dr. Chandra, Ma. Shyam Gupt, Mentor future of tribals of India. Sri Shyam funds for supporting Ekal Vidyalayas of were part of the beautiful evening, and of Ekal, Sri L. N. Goel, Founder Gupt invoked the spirit of benevolent Prayag division. The concept of Ekal the aim to motivate youth donors to Trustee of BLSP, and Sri Subhash people present there to support Ekal to Deep has been widely appreciated and volunteer for the cause was achieved Guests enjoying the evening Sri Bajrang Bagra at EIL Office Agrawal, Trustee BLSP. realize the dream of Swami Vivekanand praised by all.

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34 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 35 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk ouca/kq ifj"kn&efgyk lfefr ";w VuZ" 'kks esa lwjr pSIVj vk;ksftr fd;k x;kA izn'kZuh dk lwjr ds 'kgjhtuksa }kjk Mkaxh u`R; ds 21 dykdkjksa us vius mn~?kkVu ^nSfud fo'ofe=* ds [ksysZ&dwn] laxhr&u`R;] ;ksx] ouoklh Mkaxh u`R; dh vHkwriwoZ laiknd Jh izdk'k pUnz vxzoky ,oa yfyr dyk vkfn viuh bfPNr izLrqfr nhA n'kZdksa dh Hkkjh HkhM+ us caxyk flus txr dh izfl) izfrHkkvksa dks izLrqr djus gsrq bldk vkuUn mBk;kA vfHkus=h Jherh ek/koh eq[kthZ }kjk jksM&'kks dk ,d u;k iz;ksx&U-Turn nhi izTToyu dj fd;k x;kA ds uke ls dkQh ppkZ esa gSA lwjr U-Turn dk;ZØe Jh dqat ialkjh pSIVj ds 200 lnL;ksa us jfookj 8 ,oa Jh fczteksgu vxzoky dh lkaLd`frd dk;ZØe dk ,d n`'; LVkWy] leku ,oa lnL; efgyk lfefr ds fof'k"B lnL; uoEcj dks Þouc/akq ifj"knÞ fy[kh O;oLFkk vkSj dq'ky funsZ'ku esa bl volj ij cM+h la[;k esa gqbZ lQsn Vh&'kVZ vkSj Vksih igu] tks Þ,dyÞ n'kZdksa ds vkd"kZ.k dk lEiUu gqvkA Þ,dy vfHk;kuß dh efgyk lfefr dksydkrk pSIVj psSVj ds dk;ZdÙkkZ mifLFkr FksA eq[; us viuh mifLFkfr ntZ djkbZA gkFkksa esa ,dy vfHk;ku ds izn'kZu dsUnz cu x;kA xqtjkr ds Mkax bl vfoLej.kh; izLrqfr ds yxHkx }kjk Jko.k esyk ^izn'kZuh& :i ls Jh lTtu Hktudk] izn'kZuh esa fofHkUu izfr"Bkuksa ds iê fy;s vius fu/kkZfjr eap ij i/kkjs vapy ls ouc/akq ifj"kn ds lEkfiZZr 18&20 gt+kj 'kgjhtu lk{kh cusA lg&fcØh* dk vk;kstu LFkkuh; Jh ekaxhyky tSu] Jh ewa/kM+k] yxHkx 6 LVkWy yxk;s x;s FksA ;g dksydkrk vkbl LdsfVax fjad esas Jherh 'khyk fprykafx;k bR;kfn vk;kstu dkQh lQy jgkA vkxjk pSIVj }kjk 25 ok¡ jtr t;Urh lekjksg fd;k x;kA Jh jkt cgknqj flag dksydkrk pSIVj okf"kZdksRlo jkt ds funsZ'ku esa ,d lkewfgd dRFkd u`R;] yksdu`R;] Hktu ,oa dks igqapkus esa iw.kZr;k l{ke gS vkSj csVh&cpkvks] csVh&i<+kvks ukVd dh ouoklh lekt dks vius ikou dk;Z izLrqfr dh x;hA ls ns'k dh eq[; /kkjk ls tksM+dj ns'k dh izxfr esa viuk egRoiw.kZ ;ksxnku v?;{k Jh fo".kq Hkxoku xks;y iznku djrh jgsxhA lekfjdk dk foekspu us Lokxr Hkk"k.k nsrs gq, crk;k fd x.kekU; vfrfFkx.k dksydkrk ds ckn vkxjk pSIVj dh dk;ØZ e v/;{k Jh Hkxokunkl vkxjk pSIVj }kjk 25 oha jtr ifj"kn~ ouoklh xzkeksa esa f'k{kk] t;Urh ds miy{k esa vDrwcj 2015 LFkkiuk o"kZ 1991 esa dh x;hA bl LokoyEcu o lekt fodkl ds nhi dchj dSQs dk n`'; vxoz ky u s ouc/a k q ifj"kn }kjk pyk; s x.kekU; vfrfFkx.k oDr lEiw.kZ ns'k esa 31 pSIVj dk;Zjr dks ,d lekjksg vk;skftr fd;k tykdj yk[kksa ouoklh HkkbZ-cguksa tk jg s ouoklh lekt d s fy, x;kA lekjksg dh eq[; vfrfFk g Sa ftue as yxHkx 52]000 ,dy dksydkrk pSIVj us vDrwcj dk;ØZ e dh eDq r dBa l s i'z kla k dhA gksxk] vkSj rc ,dy vfHk;ku vius fo|ky; lpa kfyr fd; s tk jg s g aS mue as dsk jk"Vª dh eq[;/kkjk ls tksM+us dk 2015 esa th-Mh- fcM+yk lHkkxkj esa y{; & f'kf{kr Hkkjr] LoLFk Hkkjr] Jherh m"kk tkyku, v?;{k, ,dy egrh dk;Z dj jgh gSA mUgksaus Jh jes'koj yky dkcjk us dgk vfHk;ku jk¡ph lEHkkx ,oa lg izeq[k yxHkx 15,000,00 cPp sa f'k{kk ikz Ir dj vkxjk ds lHkh lnL;ksa ls vihy dh viuk 26oka okf"kZdksRlo euk;kA bl tkxzr Hkkjr o leFkZ Hkkjr dks izkIr - jg s gASa volj ij eq[; vfrfFk if'pe fd f'k{kk dk ifj.kke O;fDr ij gksrk djus esa fuf'pr gh lQy gksxkA dsUnzh; efgyk foHkkx, fof'k"V ftl izdkj ls vcrd vki 25 o"kZ ls caxky ds jkT;iky Jh ds'kjhukFk gS] pawfd O;fDr lekt dk vfHkUu vfrfFk Jh Lo:i pUnz tSu, egklfpo Jh jfo vxzoky us jk"V ª fuek.Z k d s bl nhi dk s viu s vax gksrk gSA vr% lekt ij Hkh ml bl volj ij uhjt vk;kZ }kjk pS;jeSu, eklZUl xzqi vkWQ bl o"kZ dh xrfof/k;ksa ls voxr lg;kxs dh ckrh l s tyk jg s ga S Hkfo"; f=ikBh] lqizfl) m|ksxifr djkrs gq, dgk fd ge vius lHkh e as vkjS rkdr l s tykr s jgxas Aas Jh Hkxoku nkl vxzoky ,oa eq[; izfØ;k dk ifj.kke lqfuf'pr gh gSA jfpr 15oha lnh dh vk/;kfRed bUMªkLVht+ ,oa Jh iwju pUnz f'k{kk ls ouoklh dh xq.k lEink foHkwfr lar dchj dh thoar jpukvksa vxzoky, LkaLFkkid lnL;, oucU/kq nku nkrkvksa ls o"kZ esa ,d ckj epa lpa kyu Jh th- ih- vxoz ky oDrk ds :i esa Jh jkes'oj yky O;fDrxr lEidZ dj pSIVj dh dkcjk ¼eqEcbZ½ mifLFkr FksA fodflr gksxh] mlesa pSrU;rk ij vkf/kfjr Hkko&foHkksj laxhre; ifj"kn vkxjk dk vfHkuUnu fd;k }kjk fd;k x;kA Jh fot; [kUuk tkxsxh] rks jk"Vª dh lEink o dk;ZØe ^dchj dSQs* dh izLrqfr dh x;kA xrfof/k;ksa ls voxr djkrs gSa rFkk dk"s kk/;{k ,o a Jh vkj- Mh- vxoz ky muds tUe fnu ij c/kkbZ lUns'k egkefge jkT;iky us bl voLFkk esa lq/kkj o mUufr Hkh vo'; x;hA bl volj ij ,d Lekfjdk }kjk lHkh vkxUq rdk as dk Lokxr fd;k volj ij dgk fd eq>s blesa dksbZ gh gksxhA izd`fr dh vrqfyr lEink rFkk fo'ks"k R;ksgkj o ioZ ij x;kA Jh gfj vkes vxoz ky ,o a Jh jke ^ouoklh lektksRFkku niZ.k^ dk Hkh 'kqHkdkeuk,a Hkh Hkstrs gSaA lansg ;k la'k; ugha fd ouca/kq o ÅtkZ dk lEiw.kZ jk"Vª mi;ksx dj var esa /kU;okn Kkiu ouca/kq foekspu fd;k x;k ftldk lEiknu jru feRry }kjk lkjh O;oLFkk ifj"kn vius y{; dh izkfIr vFkkZr~ ldsxkA blls fu'p; gh mUufr ifj"kn ds ea=h Jh jes'k ekgs'ojh us Jh nkÅ nk;ky xks;y }kjk ,oa Jherh m"kk tkyku us vius lHa kkyh x;hA Mk-¡ vkj- ih- exa y }kjk ,d yk[k xkaoksa rd ,dy vfHk;ku djus ;ksX; ifjfLFkfr;ksa dk fuekZ.k fd;kA la;kstu Jh pUnz eksgu vxzoky }kjk mn~cksnu esa crk;k fd oucU/kq lHkh dk /kU;okn Kkiu fd;k x;kA

36 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 37 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk ouca/kq ifj"kn&efgyk lfefr ";w VuZ" 'kks esa lwjr pSIVj vk;ksftr fd;k x;kA izn'kZuh dk lwjr ds 'kgjhtuksa }kjk Mkaxh u`R; ds 21 dykdkjksa us vius mn~?kkVu ^nSfud fo'ofe=* ds [ksysZ&dwn] laxhr&u`R;] ;ksx] ouoklh Mkaxh u`R; dh vHkwriwoZ laiknd Jh izdk'k pUnz vxzoky ,oa yfyr dyk vkfn viuh bfPNr izLrqfr nhA n'kZdksa dh Hkkjh HkhM+ us caxyk flus txr dh izfl) izfrHkkvksa dks izLrqr djus gsrq bldk vkuUn mBk;kA vfHkus=h Jherh ek/koh eq[kthZ }kjk jksM&'kks dk ,d u;k iz;ksx&U-Turn nhi izTToyu dj fd;k x;kA ds uke ls dkQh ppkZ esa gSA lwjr U-Turn dk;ZØe Jh dqat ialkjh pSIVj ds 200 lnL;ksa us jfookj 8 ,oa Jh fczteksgu vxzoky dh lkaLd`frd dk;ZØe dk ,d n`'; LVkWy] leku ,oa lnL; efgyk lfefr ds fof'k"B lnL; uoEcj dks Þouc/akq ifj"knÞ fy[kh O;oLFkk vkSj dq'ky funsZ'ku esa bl volj ij cM+h la[;k esa gqbZ lQsn Vh&'kVZ vkSj Vksih igu] tks Þ,dyÞ n'kZdksa ds vkd"kZ.k dk lEiUu gqvkA Þ,dy vfHk;kuß dh efgyk lfefr dksydkrk pSIVj psSVj ds dk;ZdÙkkZ mifLFkr FksA eq[; us viuh mifLFkfr ntZ djkbZA gkFkksa esa ,dy vfHk;ku ds izn'kZu dsUnz cu x;kA xqtjkr ds Mkax bl vfoLej.kh; izLrqfr ds yxHkx }kjk Jko.k esyk ^izn'kZuh& :i ls Jh lTtu Hktudk] izn'kZuh esa fofHkUu izfr"Bkuksa ds iê fy;s vius fu/kkZfjr eap ij i/kkjs vapy ls ouc/akq ifj"kn ds lEkfiZZr 18&20 gt+kj 'kgjhtu lk{kh cusA lg&fcØh* dk vk;kstu LFkkuh; Jh ekaxhyky tSu] Jh ewa/kM+k] yxHkx 6 LVkWy yxk;s x;s FksA ;g dksydkrk vkbl LdsfVax fjad esas Jherh 'khyk fprykafx;k bR;kfn vk;kstu dkQh lQy jgkA vkxjk pSIVj }kjk 25 ok¡ jtr t;Urh lekjksg fd;k x;kA Jh jkt cgknqj flag dksydkrk pSIVj okf"kZdksRlo jkt ds funsZ'ku esa ,d lkewfgd dRFkd u`R;] yksdu`R;] Hktu ,oa dks igqapkus esa iw.kZr;k l{ke gS vkSj csVh&cpkvks] csVh&i<+kvks ukVd dh ouoklh lekt dks vius ikou dk;Z izLrqfr dh x;hA ls ns'k dh eq[; /kkjk ls tksM+dj ns'k dh izxfr esa viuk egRoiw.kZ ;ksxnku v?;{k Jh fo".kq Hkxoku xks;y iznku djrh jgsxhA lekfjdk dk foekspu us Lokxr Hkk"k.k nsrs gq, crk;k fd x.kekU; vfrfFkx.k dksydkrk ds ckn vkxjk pSIVj dh dk;ØZ e v/;{k Jh Hkxokunkl vkxjk pSIVj }kjk 25 oha jtr ifj"kn~ ouoklh xzkeksa esa f'k{kk] t;Urh ds miy{k esa vDrwcj 2015 LFkkiuk o"kZ 1991 esa dh x;hA bl LokoyEcu o lekt fodkl ds nhi dchj dSQs dk n`'; vxoz ky u s ouc/a k q ifj"kn }kjk pyk; s x.kekU; vfrfFkx.k oDr lEiw.kZ ns'k esa 31 pSIVj dk;Zjr dks ,d lekjksg vk;skftr fd;k tykdj yk[kksa ouoklh HkkbZ-cguksa tk jg s ouoklh lekt d s fy, x;kA lekjksg dh eq[; vfrfFk g Sa ftue as yxHkx 52]000 ,dy dksydkrk pSIVj us vDrwcj dk;ØZ e dh eDq r dBa l s i'z kla k dhA gksxk] vkSj rc ,dy vfHk;ku vius fo|ky; lpa kfyr fd; s tk jg s g aS mue as dsk jk"Vª dh eq[;/kkjk ls tksM+us dk 2015 esa th-Mh- fcM+yk lHkkxkj esa y{; & f'kf{kr Hkkjr] LoLFk Hkkjr] Jherh m"kk tkyku, v?;{k, ,dy egrh dk;Z dj jgh gSA mUgksaus Jh jes'koj yky dkcjk us dgk vfHk;ku jk¡ph lEHkkx ,oa lg izeq[k yxHkx 15,000,00 cPp sa f'k{kk ikz Ir dj vkxjk ds lHkh lnL;ksa ls vihy dh viuk 26oka okf"kZdksRlo euk;kA bl tkxzr Hkkjr o leFkZ Hkkjr dks izkIr - jg s gASa volj ij eq[; vfrfFk if'pe fd f'k{kk dk ifj.kke O;fDr ij gksrk djus esa fuf'pr gh lQy gksxkA dsUnzh; efgyk foHkkx, fof'k"V ftl izdkj ls vcrd vki 25 o"kZ ls caxky ds jkT;iky Jh ds'kjhukFk gS] pawfd O;fDr lekt dk vfHkUu vfrfFk Jh Lo:i pUnz tSu, egklfpo Jh jfo vxzoky us jk"V ª fuek.Z k d s bl nhi dk s viu s vax gksrk gSA vr% lekt ij Hkh ml bl volj ij uhjt vk;kZ }kjk pS;jeSu, eklZUl xzqi vkWQ bl o"kZ dh xrfof/k;ksa ls voxr lg;kxs dh ckrh l s tyk jg s ga S Hkfo"; f=ikBh] lqizfl) m|ksxifr djkrs gq, dgk fd ge vius lHkh e as vkjS rkdr l s tykr s jgxas Aas Jh Hkxoku nkl vxzoky ,oa eq[; izfØ;k dk ifj.kke lqfuf'pr gh gSA jfpr 15oha lnh dh vk/;kfRed bUMªkLVht+ ,oa Jh iwju pUnz f'k{kk ls ouoklh dh xq.k lEink foHkwfr lar dchj dh thoar jpukvksa vxzoky, LkaLFkkid lnL;, oucU/kq nku nkrkvksa ls o"kZ esa ,d ckj epa lpa kyu Jh th- ih- vxoz ky oDrk ds :i esa Jh jkes'oj yky O;fDrxr lEidZ dj pSIVj dh dkcjk ¼eqEcbZ½ mifLFkr FksA fodflr gksxh] mlesa pSrU;rk ij vkf/kfjr Hkko&foHkksj laxhre; ifj"kn vkxjk dk vfHkuUnu fd;k }kjk fd;k x;kA Jh fot; [kUuk tkxsxh] rks jk"Vª dh lEink o dk;ZØe ^dchj dSQs* dh izLrqfr dh x;kA xrfof/k;ksa ls voxr djkrs gSa rFkk dk"s kk/;{k ,o a Jh vkj- Mh- vxoz ky muds tUe fnu ij c/kkbZ lUns'k egkefge jkT;iky us bl voLFkk esa lq/kkj o mUufr Hkh vo'; x;hA bl volj ij ,d Lekfjdk }kjk lHkh vkxUq rdk as dk Lokxr fd;k volj ij dgk fd eq>s blesa dksbZ gh gksxhA izd`fr dh vrqfyr lEink rFkk fo'ks"k R;ksgkj o ioZ ij x;kA Jh gfj vkes vxoz ky ,o a Jh jke ^ouoklh lektksRFkku niZ.k^ dk Hkh 'kqHkdkeuk,a Hkh Hkstrs gSaA lansg ;k la'k; ugha fd ouca/kq o ÅtkZ dk lEiw.kZ jk"Vª mi;ksx dj var esa /kU;okn Kkiu ouca/kq foekspu fd;k x;k ftldk lEiknu jru feRry }kjk lkjh O;oLFkk ifj"kn vius y{; dh izkfIr vFkkZr~ ldsxkA blls fu'p; gh mUufr ifj"kn ds ea=h Jh jes'k ekgs'ojh us Jh nkÅ nk;ky xks;y }kjk ,oa Jherh m"kk tkyku us vius lHa kkyh x;hA Mk-¡ vkj- ih- exa y }kjk ,d yk[k xkaoksa rd ,dy vfHk;ku djus ;ksX; ifjfLFkfr;ksa dk fuekZ.k fd;kA la;kstu Jh pUnz eksgu vxzoky }kjk mn~cksnu esa crk;k fd oucU/kq lHkh dk /kU;okn Kkiu fd;k x;kA

36 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 37 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

students. A woman teacher locally sums were done on the blackboard In the last lap of our visit, we dressed and head covered was correctly by the younger students and decided to ask the students questions engrossed teaching, and students were little difficult ones by the seniors. on their achievements and aspirations. in rapt attention. An aura of discipline Alphabets and even words were written They had big dreams. Some wanted to prevailed. It was a mixed class without in Hindi and English and pronounced become engineers, some doctors, gender or any other distinction. The well by juniors (4 to 6 years). Seniors some wanted to join army, and some students were sitting in three orderly could write sentences in Hindi. wanted to set up their own workshops HARNESSING rows and had their kits beside them. etc. The girls preferred to be teachers They were in the age group of 4 to 12. Names of our gods and goddesses and doctors. A sense of commitment There was no dress code but the wards were at the fingers of all and they could was seen in their replies. were neatly and cleanly dressed decipher their pictures pasted on the RURAL showing influence of good teaching. wall. They also sang a patriotic song. In brief, the Ekal Vidyalaya was They knew the names of some our considered no less than a vital and We were welcomed by the great leaders and had some knowledge vibrant instrument of spreading value- students. It all began with Aum, of their contributions. As part of based education in the villages and followed by Gayatri Mantra and extracurricular activities, games like thereby bringing about the much- Saraswati Vandana. At our behest, the kho kho were demonstrated. It was lot needed socio-economic change in the teacher explained with confidence what of fun watching them play with vigour. country and creating a pride of place for HUMAN CAPITAL subjects she taught and how. She then The girls also, participated. The our motherland in the community of asked the students to demonstrate responsibility of looking after of issues nations in the world. Undeterred by the noontime heat, what they had learnt. Tables up to 10 relating to primary health, hygiene, AT FORMATIVE YEARS the villagers had gathered in large were orally recited. Simple addition, nutrition etc in the village was ably Krishan Kumar numbers along with samiti members, subtraction, multiplication and division being discharged by the Arogya Sevika. Delhi Ekal karyakartas, sarpanch etc for our My Vanyatra along with a team of Commuting a distance of more reception. Simplicity and humility was four senior management level officers than 40km, the last stretch of which was writ large enough on their faces and of Reed Elsevier India, Gurgaon to Ekal a few kilometers of uneven and jerky they were all eager to showcase the Vidyalaya at Raju Pur village, Sanch - kucha road, we reached Raju Pur Vidyalaya being run there. After a Amar Pur in Haryana, was unique in village. The road extended no further ENRICHING SOUL traditional welcome and serving water many ways. Sri Vijay Sethi escorted us. being the farthest end giving fairly a in stainless steel tumblers, we were I was thrilled about my visit as India good idea of the locale of the village. ushered in. It was a Panchyat Ghar. The lives in the villages. For us to be a super The existence of Ekal Vidyalaya there stark simplicity of the place struck us. in itself reveals the sincerity of reaching FILLING EXPERIENCE power, our villages must become There were no grand rooms and other important drivers of socio-economic education and social values to remote infrastructure. growth and self-sustaining centers of areas. This was the first overpowering experience to visit a Vidyalaya of Ekal. Ekal has a strong structured production and gainful employment. experience that impressed me to the The Vidyalaya was in session in an Students and villagers gave us a heart way of spreading education by full Communication and scientific and core. open-air verandah of the Panchyat filling welcome. The spirit of 'Athithi devo time volunteers. The teachers are Ghar large enough to accommodate 30 technological advances seen in urban We arrived at the village almost at bhavah' with garland welcome touched trained in training centres of towns and cities must reach there at an noontime. It was a typical village with our heart. Schoolchildren energised the curriculum designed by Ekal, and accelerated speed. This underscores kuchcha and brick laid lanes, open atmosphere with their prayers. They teaching under a tree is a low cost the sum and substance of the Vidyalaya, drains, a mixture of pucca and mud did yoga exercise and presented a method at these centres. Well- the foresight, passion and commitment thought provoking song on bringing up wishers both in India and abroad houses built to no plan, having Sri Venkat with students with which it is run. It provides value- compounds and cattle barns. The girl child. The confidence in children to contribute to sustain activities of based education to the village boys and village was surrounded by fields of I am back in Dubai gaining come on stage and talk was Ekal, and we were overwhelmed by girls at the grassroots level - an green paddy and other seasonal crops, experience and one was a visit to Ekal tremendous. And we shared our the visit. I am glad to be associated undeniable priority and necessity to which cater to essential human needs. Vidyalaya in Mawat district, Haryana. knowledge and experience with with Ekal Movement. ensure the establishment of the social We were face to face with the It was an enriching soul filling children. C A Venkat, Dubai and economic transformation, which we conditions prevailing in our villages and are contemplating. the urgent need to address them. Visitors with villagers

38 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 39 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

38 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 39 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk all eSa vHkh gky esa Jh nsohnhu iky x;kA brus esa eq>s /;ku esa vk;k fd vHkh nwj FkkA izkr% dky gks x;k FkkA dhyksa dk nnZ fdruk gksxk] ;g ugha x,A Vªsu ls gh igq¡psA bl ls feyus y[kuÅ x;k FkkA xr 12 VDdj ekjus okyk pkyd Hkh rks eq>s [;ky vk;k fd esjs lkFk py jgs lkspdj esjk fnekx [kjkc gks jgk le; ge bUgsa lkURouk nsus vk, gSa flrEcj dks os nq?kZVukxzLr gks x, lM+d ds ,d fdukjs ewfNZr voLFkk dk;ZdrkZvksa dh pk; rks vHkh rd Fkk vkSj ;g O;fDr gal jgk gSA eSaus vkSj ;s gh ge lcdk k¡lh ds fudV xk¡o ls ,d LFkkuh; Hkh vLirky ys pyuk pkfg,A pk; ihus dk vkxzg fd;kA Lo;a eSa cgqr Bgkds ds lkFk gals vkSj pyus dh ckr dgh] ,dne ekuks anding T dk;ZdrkZ eksVj lkbZfdy pyk jgk vLirky igq¡prs&igq¡prs rks mldh

t ,d iSj ls yaxM+krs gq, y?kq'kadk ls cksyus yxs] Þ';ke th! ijekRek mRQqfyr gksdj dgus yxs] Þ';ke FkkA eSa ihNs cSBk Fkk vpkud xyr e`R;q gks pqdh FkhA >k¡lh ds vLirky

S fuo`Rr gqvkA FkksM+k ikuh eaxkdj eq¡g dh fdruh vlhe vuqdEik gSA th! fpark er dfj,xkA nks eghus jkLrs ls cgqr rst+ xfr ls pyh vk esa gkFk&iSj dk rks izkFkfed mipkj /kks;kA isLV fd;k] 'kso cukbZ vkSj mls 'kjhj dk dksbZ vax ysuk Fkk rks dh ckr gSA eSa cl Bhd gksdj jgh ,d eksVj lkbZfdy us VDdj fd;k x;k rFkk vk¡[kksa ds Åij rqjar tjk rjksrkt+k vuqHko gqvkA brus esa mlus fcYdqy Hkh dke ugha vkus bruk t+ksjnkj izokl d:axk fd ekjhA og Hkh lM+d ij vkSj eSa Hkh 25 Vkads yxk, x,A eSaus Vkads yxkus lkFkh dk;ZdrkZvksa dh pk; Hkh gks xbZ okyh ck¡;sa gkFk dh rtZuh dh cfy bl pkj ekl izokl u dj ldus lM+d ds chpA nksukas gh ej.kkoLFkk okys MkWDVj ls dgk fd ÞMkWDVj FkhA dkuiqj igq¡prs gh ,dy ifjokj ysdj esjh j{kk dj nhAß os gal jgs dh lkjh dlj fudky nwaxkAß esaA cl bruk vUrj fd eq>s FkksM+k lkgc] Vkads bl izdkj yxkuk fd ds gh izfl) MkWDVj dh ns[kjs[k esa Fks] vkSj esjk eu t+ksj ls jksus dk gks lk gks'k Fkk] mls rks og Hkh ughaA ckn psgjs dh lqUnjrk [kjkc ugha gksuh gkFk&iSj dk vkWijs'ku fd;k x;kA jgk FkkA brus esa csVh pk; ysdj csVh us b'kkjk dj fn;k FkkA esa irk pyk fd og 'kjkc ds u'ks esa pkfg,Aß mudks vk'p;Z gqvkA os ck¡;h gFksyh dh NksVh vaxqyh rks vk xbZA pk; dh pqfLd;ksa esa eSa [kks gekjs dkj.k os cSBs gq, FksA mudks /kqÙk FkkA ml pksV dk mlds efLr"d nos hnhu iky dYiuk dj jgs Fks fd Vkadks ds nnZ igys ls dVdj vyx gks pqdh FkhA x;kA eSa fopkjksa esa Mwc x;kA ;gh rks ysVuk pkfg, FkkA mudh ihM+k iSj rFkk gkaFk esa dbZ txg gM~Mh rks og O;fDr gS ftlus /kuckn esa dk vankt+k rks ge yxk gh ugha ik VwV xbZ FkhA yksgs dh NM+ Mkyh izn'kZuh dk nkf;Ro bl c[kwch ls jgs FksA vr% cl vk¡[k cUndj izHkq vn~Hkqrvn~Hkqr lkgllkgl dhdh izfrewfrZizfrewfrZ xbZ rFkk dhy ls Bksad dj fuHkk;k fd vkt pkjksa vksj mldh dk Lej.k fd;k vkSj dejs ls gfM~M;ksa dks cka/kk x;k rFkk Åij okgokgh gks jgh gSA o"kZ 2009 dh ckgjA 'kjhj ls eSa ckgj vk pqdk ls iDdk IykLVj yxk fn;k x;kA ckr ;kn vkbZA fnYyh esa ,dy Fkk fdUrq eu muds ikl gh vVdk ij xgjk vlj FkkA esjh eksVj FkhA cl xuher ;g Fkh fd esjk ls eSa fpYykÅaxk] ij eSa rks et+kd tc 'kY; fØ;k iwjh gqbZ rc dqEHk ds volj ij izn'kZuh yxkus gqvk Fkk vkSj lksp jgk Fkk dSlh lkbZfdy pykus okyk dk;ZdrkZ Hkh nk¡;k gkFk] nk¡;h vk¡[k rFkk nk¡;k iSj dj jgk FkkA brus esa vkSj Hkh ifjokj dks lwfpr fd;kA os vk, esa ;s O;Lr FksA vpkud [kcj vkbZ vn~Hkqr gS thoVrk] dSlk vn~Hkqr gS lnesa ls vkgr FkkA 'kkjhfjd pksV Bhd FksA eSaus vius lkFkh dks dgk fd dk;ZdrkZ vk x, FksA ;g r; fd;k vkSj eq>s y[kuÅ ys vk,A yxHkx fd cM+k nkekn nq?kZVukxzLr gks lkgl\ cl ,sls gh nqyZHk mls de yxhA eSaus gh mls cqykdj esjs lkeku ds lkFk esjk eksckbZy dgha x;k fd rqjar dkuiqj ds cM+s nks ekl gks x, gSaA vc eSa Bhd gw¡ x;kA mldh e`R;q Hkh gks xbZA dk;ZdrkZvksa ds cy ij gh rks dgk fd eq>s [khapdj lM+d ds fxjk gksxk] mls s tkudkjh ugha ns ik;k] vr% mudks FksA iwjs 'kjhj ij Hk;adj nnZ gks jgk mlesa mifLFkr ugha gks ik jgk gw¡Aß t+cjnLrh Hkstuk iM+kA vHkh&vHkh rks /kuckn esa d`ik dh o"kkZ gqbZA Kkr gqvk fd eSa [kwu ls yFkiFk gw¡A vkus esa nsjh gqbZA rc rd jDr izokg FkkA ck¡;as gkFk rFkk iSj esa dsoy nks o"kZZ iwoZ dh ckr gSA bu ij e/; vc iqu% os vfXu&ijh{kk ys jgs gSa ck¡;k gkFk vkSj iSj rks dke ugha dj t+kjh FkkA eSaus vkse ue% f'kok; dk iV~Vh ca/kh FkhA vUnj ds ÝSDpj ij eSa lkeus cSBdj lkspus yxk izns'k dk nkf;Ro FkkA esjk ogk¡ & ekuks iqu% fdlh d`ik dh o"kkZ dh jgs FksA u tkus fdruh txg ls tki izkjEHk dj fn;kA vR;ar FkksM+k lk Hkh >Vdk yxus ij ekuks fd esjs lkeus cSBk gqvk ;g izokl py jgk FkkA vpkud iwoZ Hkwfedk cu jgh gSA bl vn~Hkqr gM~Mh VwVh Fkh] ck;ha vk¡[k ds Åij vk'p;Z dh ckr fd vk¡[k rFkk gkFk tku fudy tkrh FkhA fdUrq eSa ph[k lkekU; euq"; gS ;k iwoZ tUe dk lekpkj vk;k fd iRuh dh lkgl dks ekufld iz.kke dj ge Hkh xgjk ?kko FkkA mlls [kwu ls gksus okyk jDr izokg Lo;a cUn gks Hkh ugha ldrk FkkA lkFk esa py jgs nsorkA e`R;q eq[k ls vHkh&vHkh vdLekr e`R;q gks xbZ gSA ge lc lcus izLFkku fd;kA yxkrkj cg jgk FkkA ck¡;sa gkFk dh x;kA brus esa ,Ecqysal vk xbZA eq>s r:.k dk;ZdrkZvksa dk Hkh eq>s gh cpk gSA gkFk&iSj ij iV~Vh ca/kh lUu jg x,A eSaus bUgsa rqjar foeku ';ke xqIr vaxqyh rks dV dj vyx gh gks xbZ yxHkx ?klhV dj mlesa ys tk;k [;ky djuk iM+ jgk FkkA dkuiqj gSA vUnj dh NM+ksa rFkk mlesa yxh ls tkus dk vkxzg fd;kA foeku ls ekxZn'kZd] ,dy vfHk;ku

40 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 41 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk all eSa vHkh gky esa Jh nsohnhu iky x;kA brus esa eq>s /;ku esa vk;k fd vHkh nwj FkkA izkr% dky gks x;k FkkA dhyksa dk nnZ fdruk gksxk] ;g ugha x,A Vªsu ls gh igq¡psA bl ls feyus y[kuÅ x;k FkkA xr 12 VDdj ekjus okyk pkyd Hkh rks eq>s [;ky vk;k fd esjs lkFk py jgs lkspdj esjk fnekx [kjkc gks jgk le; ge bUgsa lkURouk nsus vk, gSa flrEcj dks os nq?kZVukxzLr gks x, lM+d ds ,d fdukjs ewfNZr voLFkk dk;ZdrkZvksa dh pk; rks vHkh rd Fkk vkSj ;g O;fDr gal jgk gSA eSaus vkSj ;s gh ge lcdk k¡lh ds fudV xk¡o ls ,d LFkkuh; Hkh vLirky ys pyuk pkfg,A pk; ihus dk vkxzg fd;kA Lo;a eSa cgqr Bgkds ds lkFk gals vkSj pyus dh ckr dgh] ,dne ekuks anding T dk;ZdrkZ eksVj lkbZfdy pyk jgk vLirky igq¡prs&igq¡prs rks mldh

t ,d iSj ls yaxM+krs gq, y?kq'kadk ls cksyus yxs] Þ';ke th! ijekRek mRQqfyr gksdj dgus yxs] Þ';ke FkkA eSa ihNs cSBk Fkk vpkud xyr e`R;q gks pqdh FkhA >k¡lh ds vLirky

40 January-February, 2016 January-February, 2016 41 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk

gMs ekLVj th u s ejs k uke

xkFkk idq kjk vkjS dgk Qf.k deq kjh

eSa Qf.k dqekjh ,dy fo|ky; FkkA e aS dyq nos h vk'kkijw k rFkk HkjS k as th esjk uke iqdkjk vkSj dgk Qf.k dh Nk=k gw¡A esjk xkao i.ksrjk gSA o"kZ dh ikz FkuZ k djrh&vk'kk e;S k gekj s dqekjh gekjs Ldwy esa izFke vkbZ gSA 2011 esa gekjs ;gka ,dy fo|ky; d"V njw dj nkAs lc cPpksa us rkfy;k¡ ctk;hA eq>s [kqykA ogka Jh Hkhekjke vkpk;Z FksA buke esa ySiVkWi fn;kA esjs flj ij ge oanuk djrs] fgUnh&xf.kr i<+rsA eSa ,dy fo|ky; tkrhA [kwc gkFk j[kk vkSj dgk ,sls gh i<+ks vkSj fQj [ksyrs vkSj vius ?kj vk tkrsA eu yxkdj i<+rhA Ldwy esa lcls vkxs c<+ksA vkxs jgrh FkhA ekLVj th dks ?kj e as ekrk th] firkth] nk s cgu as ns[kdj yxrk] cM+h gksdj eSa Hkh eq>s Hkh cM+h [kq'kh FkhA eSa ,dy ,o a pkj Hkkb Z FkAs dyq 8 lnL; FkAs Vhpj cuwaxhA ,sls gh i<+kÅaxhA esa i<+h FkhA eSaus vius ,dy ds iwoZ ds Hkkb&Z cguk as e as e aS lcl s cMh+ FkhA Jh Hkhekjko vkpk;Z esjh i<+us esa fe=ksa dks Hkh crk;kA ljdkjh Ldwy firkth et+njw h djr s gAaS ek a ?kj ij cgqr lgk;rk djrsA xf.kr] fgUnh] esa ,dy ls vk;s fo|kFkhZ ,oa ckgj ds jgrh FkhAa Åpa h igkMh+ ij ejs k ?kj FkkA vaxszth esa tgka esjh le> ugha vkrh] fo|kFkhZ nksuksa i<+rs FksA geyksxksa esa uhp s d,q a l s ikuh Hkjdj Åij y s tkuk le>k nsrs FksA izfr;ksfxrk Hkh gksrh FkhA ,dy ds iMr+ k FkkA tkuojk as dh n[s kHkky djuk] fo|kfFkZ;ksa us [kwc t'u euk;kA lc Hkkb&Z cguk as dk s lHa kkyuk cgrq dke igy s geykxs ikuh ,ls s gh ih yrs s us ukjk yxk;k & ,dy fo|ky; jgrk FkkA firkth dk s dHkh&dHkh dke FkAs ge as ,dy fo|ky; e as crk;k x;k QLVZ gks x;kA eSa buke ysdj ?kj feyrk FkkA ?kj e as cgrq ij's kkuh FkhA fd ikuh ge's kk Nkudj rFkk mckydj vk;hA cgqr [kq'k FkhA eka us rFkk dHkh&dHkh gea s Hk[w k s iVs lkus k iMr+ k ihuk pkfg,A mld s ckn ge ikuh firkth us esjh [kwc iz'kalk dhA Nkudj ihu s yxAs ge as crk;k x;k Hkkts u dju s l s igy s gkFk Bhd l s lkQ eSa lksp jgh Fkh fd vxj ,dy djuk pkfg,A fQj vUu nos rk dk s gkFk fo|ky; u gksrk rks] esjh tSlh tkMs d+ j i.z kke djuk pkfg,A ge olS k xjhc cPph ;g lEeku ugha ikrhA gh djrAs e aS cMh+ Fkh] NkVs s Hkkb Z cguk as eSa HkSjk th ls gkFk tksM+dj fourh dk s Hkkts u djku s d s ckn Hkkts u djrhA djrh gw¡ fd ,dy fo|ky; esjh tSlh cfPp;ksa dks ,sls gh vkxs o"kZ 2013 esa eSaus 8oha dh ijh{kk c<+krk jgsA nhA dqN fnu ckn Ldwy esa fjt+YV feyuk FkkA ge lc Ldwy esa ,d Qf.k dqekjh lkFk cSBs FksA gekjs gsMekLVj th us mn;iqj] jktLFkku

42 January-February, 2016 EKAL PRAYAS ,dy Á;kl Á;kl Lkkekftd ljkds kj dh ikfjokfjd if=dk gMs ekLVj th u s ejs k uke xkFkk idq kjk vkjS dgk Qf.k deq kjh

gekj s Ldyw e as iFz ke vkb Z gAS lc ,dy fo|ky; cPpk as u s rkfy;k ¡ ctk;hA e>q s buke e as yiS VkiW fn;kA ,dy d s fo|kfFk;Z k as u s [kcw t'u euk;kA lcus ukjk yxk;k&,dy xkSjo QLVZ gks x;k fo|ky; QLV Z gk s x;kA eSa Qf.k dqekjh ,dy fo|ky; FkkA e aS dyq nos h vk'kkijw k rFkk HkjS k as th esjk uke iqdkjk vkSj dgk Qf.k dh Nk=k gw¡A esjk xkao i.ksrjk gSA o"kZ dh ikz FkuZ k djrh&vk'kk e;S k gekj s dqekjh gekjs Ldwy esa izFke vkbZ gSA 2011 esa gekjs ;gka ,dy fo|ky; d"V njw dj nkAs lc cPpksa us rkfy;k¡ ctk;hA eq>s [kqykA ogka Jh Hkhekjke vkpk;Z FksA buke esa ySiVkWi fn;kA esjs flj ij ge oanuk djrs] fgUnh&xf.kr i<+rsA eSa ,dy fo|ky; tkrhA [kwc gkFk j[kk vkSj dgk ,sls gh i<+ks vkSj fQj [ksyrs vkSj vius ?kj vk tkrsA eu yxkdj i<+rhA Ldwy esa lcls vkxs c<+ksA vkxs jgrh FkhA ekLVj th dks ?kj e as ekrk th] firkth] nk s cgu as ns[kdj yxrk] cM+h gksdj eSa Hkh eq>s Hkh cM+h [kq'kh FkhA eSa ,dy ,o a pkj Hkkb Z FkAs dyq 8 lnL; FkAs Vhpj cuwaxhA ,sls gh i<+kÅaxhA esa i<+h FkhA eSaus vius ,dy ds iwoZ ds Hkkb&Z cguk as e as e aS lcl s cMh+ FkhA Jh Hkhekjko vkpk;Z esjh i<+us esa fe=ksa dks Hkh crk;kA ljdkjh Ldwy firkth et+njw h djr s gAaS ek a ?kj ij cgqr lgk;rk djrsA xf.kr] fgUnh] esa ,dy ls vk;s fo|kFkhZ ,oa ckgj ds jgrh FkhAa Åpa h igkMh+ ij ejs k ?kj FkkA vaxszth esa tgka esjh le> ugha vkrh] fo|kFkhZ nksuksa i<+rs FksA geyksxksa esa uhp s d,q a l s ikuh Hkjdj Åij y s tkuk le>k nsrs FksA izfr;ksfxrk Hkh gksrh FkhA ,dy ds iMr+ k FkkA tkuojk as dh n[s kHkky djuk] fo|kfFkZ;ksa us [kwc t'u euk;kA lc Hkkb&Z cguk as dk s lHa kkyuk cgrq dke igy s geykxs ikuh ,ls s gh ih yrs s us ukjk yxk;k & ,dy fo|ky; jgrk FkkA firkth dk s dHkh&dHkh dke FkAs ge as ,dy fo|ky; e as crk;k x;k QLVZ gks x;kA eSa buke ysdj ?kj feyrk FkkA ?kj e as cgrq ij's kkuh FkhA fd ikuh ge's kk Nkudj rFkk mckydj vk;hA cgqr [kq'k FkhA eka us rFkk dHkh&dHkh gea s Hk[w k s iVs lkus k iMr+ k ihuk pkfg,A mld s ckn ge ikuh firkth us esjh [kwc iz'kalk dhA Nkudj ihu s yxAs ge as crk;k x;k Hkkts u dju s l s igy s gkFk Bhd l s lkQ eSa lksp jgh Fkh fd vxj ,dy djuk pkfg,A fQj vUu nos rk dk s gkFk fo|ky; u gksrk rks] esjh tSlh tkMs d+ j i.z kke djuk pkfg,A ge olS k xjhc cPph ;g lEeku ugha ikrhA gh djrAs e aS cMh+ Fkh] NkVs s Hkkb Z cguk as eSa HkSjk th ls gkFk tksM+dj fourh dk s Hkkts u djku s d s ckn Hkkts u djrhA djrh gw¡ fd ,dy fo|ky; esjh tSlh cfPp;ksa dks ,sls gh vkxs o"kZ 2013 esa eSaus 8oha dh ijh{kk c<+krk jgsA nhA dqN fnu ckn Ldwy esa fjt+YV feyuk FkkA ge lc Ldwy esa ,d Qf.k dqekjh lkFk cSBs FksA gekjs gsMekLVj th us mn;iqj] jktLFkku

42 January-February, 2016