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Mahatma Gandhi and Education Contents 07 Editorial Team Contents Education has been a means of knowledge and enlightenment to revolutionise the mankind. Editorial team shares a perspective of the vision of Mahatma Gandhi on Education while exploring his philosophical ideas besides outlining a blueprint of his education system for Indian.

Launch of Second Phase of Project E-Shiksha 12 Sri Shankar Halder E-Shiksha has proved one of the best means for Ekal students to easily remember and relate content with moving pictures or videos in a pre-loaded tablet. The success of the first phase inspired launch of the second phase of the project in twenty sanches across India, Sri Shankar Halder and Dr. Pramod Kumar both bring different reports of the happening.

Ekal Parinam Kumbh Lucknow Cover Story 16 Sri Madhawendra Singh A Kumbh has a deep philosophical and socio-spiritual significance. Similarly, Ekal Kumbh has its own significance, in a specific context, for the Ekal Movement. 1. Vanyatra Ka Mahatva 20 2. Gramin Mahila Samiti … 22 Sri Madhawendra Singh's article takes a close look at the purpose, programme and 3. Roundup of Ekal Events 27 4. Vanyatra 35 preparation of Parinam Kumbh to be held in Lucknow in the month of November 2019. 5. Standing Tall 39 6. Gaurav Gatha 41

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July-August, 2019 03 Opinion

CONGRATULATIONS Team Ekal Congratulations to Ekal Abhiyan for What a great fundraising event! We the Gandhi Peace Prize, 2017 started from a magnificent venue to conferred on it. It's indeed a great very sumptuous dinner, great kids achievement which means Ekal's programme, stand-up comedy and fivefold education programme has musical programme to the collection of been credited with enhancing literacy in funds for over 500 Ekal Vidyalayas. You remote areas while reducing social guys did an outstanding job. gaps between haves and have nots. We know it took significant The award is a wonderful accolade for commitment from all of you to pull such the organization, and team Ekal. an excellent programme. We are Vijay Kashyap especially impressed that you are Mumbai involving your children in the cause of education and in the process passing Congratulations to Ekal Abhiyan on on great “SANSKARS” to your next being conferred the Gandhi Peace generation. Prize 2017, affirming the impact of your model of social change for rural Bharat, Our heads off to all of you. Some of xka/kh 'kkafr iqjLdkj 2017 ls and its effectiveness in creating holistic you have wondered about our ever increasing involvement in Ekal. lEekfur fd, tkus ij ,dy development in rural and tribal areas ifjokj dks c/kkbZ! mEehn gS fd ;g across the country. I also appreciate the After we both retired from the consistent dedication of team Ekal to Corporate America, we wanted to help iqjLdkj vkidks xzkeh.k Hkkjr dks improve human development at those, who are not as fortunate as we vf/kd l'kä cukus ds fy, ,oa grassroots level, and furthering have been. We wanted to do it through vius fu/kkZfjr y{; dks gkfly strengthening the core of national education because of its long term djus ds fy, çsfjr djsxkA eSa vkids economic growth. impact. We started by providing college dke ds ifj.kkeksa dks ns[kus ds fy, scholarships to the Magnet school Dr Anita Singh vkSj mRlqd gwa rFkk vkidh gj Educationist, Ghaziabad students in the Greater Hartford area. We were quite disappointed that our lQyrk dh dkeuk djrk gwaA Congratulations on receiving the funds did not mean much either to the nation's most important and prestigious school or to the students. award -- the Gandhi Peace Prize, 2017. We were quite apprehensive lks'ky ,fDVfoLV] fnYyh Ekal Abhiyan's achievements in supporting any organization in India. empowering rural Bharat through Based on all we had read, we were ,dy dk s xk/akh 'kkfar ijqLdkj] education initiatives, over a period of afraid that majority of our funds may get 2017 l s lEekfur fd, tku s ij three decades, have expanded the siphoned off and never reach the c/kkbAZ vokM Z lfefr u s xkzeh.k vkjS boundaries of social welfare and the desired recipients. When we learnt volunteerism domain, paving the way about Ekal, it was very hard for us to vkfnoklh lenqk;k as dk sf'k{kk d sek/;e for many others to discover and comprehend how any organization can l sl'kä cuku se as ,dy d s;kxsnku understand the Ekal's methods and run an entire school in 1 Dollar a day. dk sekU;rk nh vkjS bl rjg ftud s model of Integrated Village Develop- With what we have seen first in Ekal ikl g SvkjS ftud sikl ugh ag Sd schp ment in rural and tribal Bharat. Vidyalayas, and now in the Integrated lkekftd vkjS vkfFkdZ fo"kerk dk s I am very much delighted, and can Village Development, we have now de dju sd sfy, dke fd;kA ,d ckj say that this achievement of yours become die hard supporters of this reflects that Ekal has been evaluated so great organization called Ekal. We are fQj l s ,dy ifjokj dk s gkfndZ highly - which inspires each and every now trying to get our family involved to 'kHqkdkeuk,]a vkjS c/kkbAZ one of us. pass on the baton. Rashmi Wali With our thanks and regards, Social Entrepreneur, Himachal Adish and Asha Jain, USA v/;kfidk] Mh,oh] lkfgckckn

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July-August, 2019 05 YOUR EVERY ` COUNTS IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY SERVICES AT EKAL, It is a common belief that education that all official documents and the best must lay the foundation for developing a newspapers were in English and that THINK EKAL! society that is strongly grounded in education was carried out in English for ethics and moral values to ensure the chosen few. He did not blame the peace and contentment in life. Which is colonial powers for this. He saw that it why, education must inculcate social, was quite logical that they would want moral, ethical and spiritual values apart elite of native Indians to become like from seeking to empower the future their rulers in both manners and values. citizens with knowledge and wisdom. In this way, the Empire could be consolidated. Gandhi blamed his fellow Mahatma Gandhi once said that Indians for accepting the situation. education which does not build Later in his life he was to declare that character was a sin. The education with 'real freedom will come only when we the best education pedagogies, free ourselves of the domination of teaching methods and techniques in western education, culture and way of the world, without losing our ethical living which have been ingrained in us... moorings was necessary to regain Emancipation from this culture would India's position as Vishwa Guru. mean real freedom for us'. For just ` 22,000/- you can adopt a village, ON EDUCATION Mahatma As we have seen, Gandhi had not for one year, for its integrated development. only rejected colonial education but Given Gandhi's values and his also put forward a radical alternative. vision of what constituted a truly Gandhi So what was this alternative? What was Ekal, the biggest voluntary organization in India working in rural areas, has its presence in more than 85,000 villages across the nation, and aims to reach one lakh villages soon. civilized and free India, it was not and so radical about it? When you support Ekal Movement, you are empowering rural Bharat for a true sustainable surprising that he developed firm views change, for Ekal's Mission is to provide and create awareness for Education, Basic on education. Education not only First of all, we need to understand Healthcare, Values, Development and Empowerment, along with executing projects for moulds the new generation, but also Education about Gandhi's attitude to health, skill and organic farming aiming at integrated development. reflects a society's fundamental industrialization. He was, in fact, assumptions about itself and the give millions a knowledge of English is absolutely opposed to modern individuals by which it is comprised of. to enslave them … that, by receiving machinery. In his collected works, he His experience in South Africa not only English education, we have enslaved refers to machinery as having changed his outlook on politics but also the nation'. He was enraged that he had impoverished India that it was difficult to Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India Friends of Tribals Society Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad Cultural Society for Tribals helped him to see the role education to speak of Home Rule or measure the harm that Manchester had 1st Floor, 8 Local Shopping Complex, Ekal Bhawan, 123/A, Harish GI-17, G.T. Karnal Road Industrial Area, Shri Hari Satsang Samiti played in that struggle. He was aware Independence in what was clearly a done to them by producing machine- Okhla-II, New Delhi-110 020. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700 026. Azadpur, Delhi - 110 033. Vanvasi Raksha Parivar Foundation Phone: +91 11 4050 3331 Phones: +91 33 2454 4510-13 Phones: +91 11 4752 3879, 4247 8184 National Co-ordination Committee that he had been a beneficiary of foreign tongue, that he could not made cloth which, in turn, ruined the Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Fortune Terraces, "B" Wing,10th Floor, practice in court in his mother tongue, internal market for locally produced www.ekal.org www.ftsindia.com www.blspindia.org New Link Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai - 400 053 Western education and for a number of Phones: 022-2673 4822 / 6735 3333. years while he was in South Africa he hand-woven goods. Typically of E-mail: [email protected] • www.shss.org.in

Chapter in : Chapters in : Chapters in : Chapters in : still tried to persuade Indians to take Gandhi, however, he does not blame Amritsar, Delhi and Pathankot Agra, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bangalore Mahila, Bhopal, East Delhi, North Delhi, Agra, Bardawan, Delhi, Foundations & Support Groups in : Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Dhanbad, Kochi, Erode, South Delhi, West Delhi, Bareilly, Dibrugarh, Gangtok, Guwahati, advantage of it. However, it was not Manchester or the mill owners. 'How Australia, Canada, Dubai, Egypt, Germany, Gwalior, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Faridabad, Gurugram, Jammu, Hyderabad, Jaigaon, Kolkata, Hong Kong, Muscat, New Zealand, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Mumbai West, Nagpur, Nashik, Patna, Pune, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Malda, Mumbai, Ranchi, until the early years of this century, can Manchester be blamed?' he writes. Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Silchar, Siliguri, Surat, Telangana and Vadodara Moradabad, Prayag and Varanasi Silchar, Silliguri and Surat when he was in his middle thirties, that 'We wore Manchester cloth and this is he became so opposed to English why Manchester wove it'. However, he education that he could write about 'the notes that where cloth mills were not rottenness of this education' and that 'to introduced in India, in places such as SANSTHAN Ekal Sansthan Arogya Foundation of India Ekal Gramotthan Foundation Ekal Gram Sangthan

And many other State Voluntary Organizations July-August, 2019 07 YOUR EVERY ` COUNTS IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY SERVICES AT EKAL, It is a common belief that education that all official documents and the best must lay the foundation for developing a newspapers were in English and that THINK EKAL! society that is strongly grounded in education was carried out in English for ethics and moral values to ensure the chosen few. He did not blame the peace and contentment in life. Which is colonial powers for this. He saw that it why, education must inculcate social, was quite logical that they would want moral, ethical and spiritual values apart elite of native Indians to become like from seeking to empower the future their rulers in both manners and values. citizens with knowledge and wisdom. In this way, the Empire could be consolidated. Gandhi blamed his fellow Mahatma Gandhi once said that Indians for accepting the situation. education which does not build Later in his life he was to declare that character was a sin. The education with 'real freedom will come only when we the best education pedagogies, free ourselves of the domination of teaching methods and techniques in western education, culture and way of the world, without losing our ethical living which have been ingrained in us... moorings was necessary to regain Emancipation from this culture would India's position as Vishwa Guru. mean real freedom for us'. For just ` 22,000/- you can adopt a village, ON EDUCATION Mahatma As we have seen, Gandhi had not for one year, for its integrated development. only rejected colonial education but Given Gandhi's values and his also put forward a radical alternative. vision of what constituted a truly Gandhi So what was this alternative? What was Ekal, the biggest voluntary organization in India working in rural areas, has its presence in more than 85,000 villages across the nation, and aims to reach one lakh villages soon. civilized and free India, it was not and so radical about it? When you support Ekal Movement, you are empowering rural Bharat for a true sustainable surprising that he developed firm views change, for Ekal's Mission is to provide and create awareness for Education, Basic on education. Education not only First of all, we need to understand Healthcare, Values, Development and Empowerment, along with executing projects for moulds the new generation, but also Education about Gandhi's attitude to health, skill and organic farming aiming at integrated development. reflects a society's fundamental industrialization. He was, in fact, assumptions about itself and the give millions a knowledge of English is absolutely opposed to modern individuals by which it is comprised of. to enslave them … that, by receiving machinery. In his collected works, he His experience in South Africa not only English education, we have enslaved refers to machinery as having changed his outlook on politics but also the nation'. He was enraged that he had impoverished India that it was difficult to Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India Friends of Tribals Society Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad Cultural Society for Tribals helped him to see the role education to speak of Home Rule or measure the harm that Manchester had 1st Floor, 8 Local Shopping Complex, Ekal Bhawan, 123/A, Harish GI-17, G.T. Karnal Road Industrial Area, Shri Hari Satsang Samiti played in that struggle. He was aware Independence in what was clearly a done to them by producing machine- Okhla-II, New Delhi-110 020. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700 026. Azadpur, Delhi - 110 033. Vanvasi Raksha Parivar Foundation Phone: +91 11 4050 3331 Phones: +91 33 2454 4510-13 Phones: +91 11 4752 3879, 4247 8184 National Co-ordination Committee that he had been a beneficiary of foreign tongue, that he could not made cloth which, in turn, ruined the Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Fortune Terraces, "B" Wing,10th Floor, practice in court in his mother tongue, internal market for locally produced www.ekal.org www.ftsindia.com www.blspindia.org New Link Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai - 400 053 Western education and for a number of Phones: 022-2673 4822 / 6735 3333. years while he was in South Africa he hand-woven goods. Typically of E-mail: [email protected] • www.shss.org.in

And many other State Voluntary Organizations July-August, 2019 07 Bengal, the original hand-weaving felt that the work of the craftsman or subservience to the prescribed and self-regulation is reflected in the occupation was thriving. Where they labourer should be the ideal model for textbook and the curriculum. It ethos of informal education. Gandhi's did have mills e.g. in Bombay, he felt the 'good life'. Schools which were presented a concept of learning that conception of basic education was that the workers there had become By education, based around productive work where simply could not be fully implemented concerned with learning that was slaves. He was shocked by the that work was for the benefit of all were, with the help of textbooks. Of equal, if generated within everyday life which is conditions of the women working in the I mean an all-round therefore, carrying out education of the not more importance, was the freedom the basis on which informal educators mills of Bombay and made the point that drawing of the best in whole person – mind, body and spirit. it gave the teacher in matters of work. It was also an education focused before they were introduced these curriculum. It denied the state the on the individual but reliant on co- child and man in body, The right to autonomy that women were not starving. He power to decide what teachers taught operation between individuals. There is Gandhi's educational plan assigns to maintained that 'if the machinery craze mind and spirit. and what they did in the classroom. It also a familiar picture of the “ the teacher in the context of the grows in our country, it will become an gave autonomy to the teacher but it relationships between educators and school's daily curriculum is consistent unhappy land'. What he wanted was for was, above all, a libertarian approach to students/learners. with the libertarian principles that he Indians to boycott all machine-made schooling that transferred power from goods not just cloth. He was quite clear shared with Tolstoy. Gandhi wanted to A teacher who establishes rapport hierarchy of the caste system. into the school system was not really as the state to the village. when he asked the question 'What did free the Indian teacher from with the taught, becomes one with Knowledge of the production processes outrageous as may appear. What he India do before these articles were interference from outside, particularly Gandhi's basic education was, them, learns more from them than he involved in crafts, such as spinning, really wanted was for the schools to be introduced?' And then he answered his government or state bureaucracy. therefore, an embodiment of his teaches them. He who learns nothing weaving, leather-work, pottery, metal- self-supporting, as far as possible. own question by stating 'Precisely the Under colonial rule, the teacher had a perception of an ideal society from his disciples is, in my opinion, work, basket-making and bookbinding There were two reasons for this. Firstly, same should be done today. As long as prescribed job to do that was based on consisting of small, self-reliant had been the monopoly of specific a poor society such as India simply worthless. Whenever I talk with we cannot make pins without what the authorities wanted the children communities with his ideal citizen being caste groups in the lowest stratum of could not afford to provide education for someone I learn from him. I take from machinery, so long will we do without to learn. Textbooks were mandatory so the traditional social hierarchy. Many of all children unless the schools could an industrious, self-respecting and him more than I give him. In this way, a them. The tinsel splendour of that Gandhi found that 'the living word them belonged to the category of generate resources from within. generous individual living in a small co- true teacher regards himself as a glassware we will have nothing to do of the teacher has very little value. A 'untouchables'. India's own tradition of Secondly, the more financially operative community. student of his students. If you will teach with, and we will make wicks, as of old, teacher who teaches from textbooks education as well as the colonial independent the schools were, the your pupils with this attitude, you will with home-grown cotton and use hand- does not impart originality to his pupils'. For informal educators, we can education system had emphasized more politically independent they could benefit much from them. Gandhi's plan, on the other hand, draw out a number of useful pointers. made earthen saucers or lamps. So skills such as literacy and acquisition of be. What Gandhi wanted to avoid was implied the end of the teacher's First, Gandhi's insistence on autonomy doing, we shall save our eyes and knowledge of which the upper castes dependence on the state which he felt Lastly, it was an education that money and support Swadeshi and so had a monopoly. would mean interference from the aimed at educating the whole person, shall we attain Home Rule'. centre. Above all else, Gandhi valued rather than concentrating on one Gandhi's proposal intended to self-sufficiency and autonomy. These aspect. It was a highly moral activity. Within this context of the need for a stand the education system on its head. were vital for his vision of an machine-less society, Gandhi The social philosophy and the independent India made up of We can say that true education developed his ideas on education. The curriculum of what he called 'basic autonomous village communities to emancipates you from the bondage of core of his proposal was the education' thus favoured the child survive. It was the combination of ignorance. It must remove obscurantist introduction of productive handicrafts in belonging to the lowest stratum of swaraj and swadeshi related to the beliefs and superstitions. In Indian the school curriculum. The idea was not society. In such a way it implied a education system. A state system of Tradition it is said – “Ya Vidya Sa simply to introduce handicrafts as a programme of social transformation. It education within an independent India Vimuktaye” – What emancipates is the compulsory school subject, but to make sought to alter the symbolic meaning of would have been a complete Knowledge. It is an essential part of all the learning of a craft the centrepiece of 'education' and to change the contradiction as far as Gandhi was human life which makes an individual the entire teaching programme. It established structure of opportunities concerned. civilized, refined, cultured and implied a radical restructuring of the for education. sociology of school knowledge in India, He was also of the opinion that educated. where productive handicrafts had been Why Gandhi proposed the manual work should not be seen as Complied by associated with the lowest groups in the introduction of productive handicrafts something inferior to mental work. He Editorial Team

08 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 09 Bengal, the original hand-weaving felt that the work of the craftsman or subservience to the prescribed and self-regulation is reflected in the occupation was thriving. Where they labourer should be the ideal model for textbook and the curriculum. It ethos of informal education. Gandhi's did have mills e.g. in Bombay, he felt the 'good life'. Schools which were presented a concept of learning that conception of basic education was that the workers there had become By education, based around productive work where simply could not be fully implemented concerned with learning that was slaves. He was shocked by the that work was for the benefit of all were, with the help of textbooks. Of equal, if generated within everyday life which is conditions of the women working in the I mean an all-round therefore, carrying out education of the not more importance, was the freedom the basis on which informal educators mills of Bombay and made the point that drawing of the best in whole person – mind, body and spirit. it gave the teacher in matters of work. It was also an education focused before they were introduced these curriculum. It denied the state the on the individual but reliant on co- child and man in body, The right to autonomy that women were not starving. He power to decide what teachers taught operation between individuals. There is Gandhi's educational plan assigns to maintained that 'if the machinery craze mind and spirit. and what they did in the classroom. It also a familiar picture of the “ the teacher in the context of the grows in our country, it will become an gave autonomy to the teacher but it relationships between educators and school's daily curriculum is consistent unhappy land'. What he wanted was for was, above all, a libertarian approach to students/learners. with the libertarian principles that he Indians to boycott all machine-made schooling that transferred power from goods not just cloth. He was quite clear shared with Tolstoy. Gandhi wanted to A teacher who establishes rapport hierarchy of the caste system. into the school system was not really as the state to the village. when he asked the question 'What did free the Indian teacher from with the taught, becomes one with Knowledge of the production processes outrageous as may appear. What he India do before these articles were interference from outside, particularly Gandhi's basic education was, them, learns more from them than he involved in crafts, such as spinning, really wanted was for the schools to be introduced?' And then he answered his government or state bureaucracy. therefore, an embodiment of his teaches them. He who learns nothing weaving, leather-work, pottery, metal- self-supporting, as far as possible. own question by stating 'Precisely the Under colonial rule, the teacher had a perception of an ideal society from his disciples is, in my opinion, work, basket-making and bookbinding There were two reasons for this. Firstly, same should be done today. As long as prescribed job to do that was based on consisting of small, self-reliant had been the monopoly of specific a poor society such as India simply worthless. Whenever I talk with we cannot make pins without what the authorities wanted the children communities with his ideal citizen being caste groups in the lowest stratum of could not afford to provide education for someone I learn from him. I take from machinery, so long will we do without to learn. Textbooks were mandatory so the traditional social hierarchy. Many of all children unless the schools could an industrious, self-respecting and him more than I give him. In this way, a them. The tinsel splendour of that Gandhi found that 'the living word them belonged to the category of generate resources from within. generous individual living in a small co- true teacher regards himself as a glassware we will have nothing to do of the teacher has very little value. A 'untouchables'. India's own tradition of Secondly, the more financially operative community. student of his students. If you will teach with, and we will make wicks, as of old, teacher who teaches from textbooks education as well as the colonial independent the schools were, the your pupils with this attitude, you will with home-grown cotton and use hand- does not impart originality to his pupils'. For informal educators, we can education system had emphasized more politically independent they could benefit much from them. Gandhi's plan, on the other hand, draw out a number of useful pointers. made earthen saucers or lamps. So skills such as literacy and acquisition of be. What Gandhi wanted to avoid was implied the end of the teacher's First, Gandhi's insistence on autonomy doing, we shall save our eyes and knowledge of which the upper castes dependence on the state which he felt Lastly, it was an education that money and support Swadeshi and so had a monopoly. would mean interference from the aimed at educating the whole person, shall we attain Home Rule'. centre. Above all else, Gandhi valued rather than concentrating on one Gandhi's proposal intended to self-sufficiency and autonomy. These aspect. It was a highly moral activity. Within this context of the need for a stand the education system on its head. were vital for his vision of an machine-less society, Gandhi The social philosophy and the independent India made up of We can say that true education developed his ideas on education. The curriculum of what he called 'basic autonomous village communities to emancipates you from the bondage of core of his proposal was the education' thus favoured the child survive. It was the combination of ignorance. It must remove obscurantist introduction of productive handicrafts in belonging to the lowest stratum of swaraj and swadeshi related to the beliefs and superstitions. In Indian the school curriculum. The idea was not society. In such a way it implied a education system. A state system of Tradition it is said – “Ya Vidya Sa simply to introduce handicrafts as a programme of social transformation. It education within an independent India Vimuktaye” – What emancipates is the compulsory school subject, but to make sought to alter the symbolic meaning of would have been a complete Knowledge. It is an essential part of all the learning of a craft the centrepiece of 'education' and to change the contradiction as far as Gandhi was human life which makes an individual the entire teaching programme. It established structure of opportunities concerned. civilized, refined, cultured and implied a radical restructuring of the for education. sociology of school knowledge in India, He was also of the opinion that educated. where productive handicrafts had been Why Gandhi proposed the manual work should not be seen as Complied by associated with the lowest groups in the introduction of productive handicrafts something inferior to mental work. He Editorial Team

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July-August, 2019 11 of this pilot phase with structured 20 Sanch Coordinators and imparting 4. Kukarmunda Gujarat Launch of Second Phase of feedback from Sanch Project Karya- two days training to all Sanch 5. Mishrikh Uttar Pradesh kartas, their analysis by Ekal Co-coordinators in Delhi. 6. Nagram Uttar Pradesh Sansthan and visit of our Ekal 7. Chaka Uttar Pradesh Project The planning of launching of Sansthan EC members. After 8. Khunti Jharkhand Phase-III of E-Shiksha tablets is slated identifying and addressing the 9. Bengabad Jharkhand to happen during the Deepawali. Based E-Shiksha weakness of the pilot project 10. Gandey Jharkhand towards Ekal Digital strategy and considerable changes were on the weekly report from sanch 11. Harur Tamil Nadu empowering Ekal Vidyalaya students implemented in the Phase-II of coordinators few new initiatives will be 12. Bordubi Assam with power and opportunity to E-Shiksha. During the second phase taken up like benchmarking and 13. Sabang West Bengal participate in the digital education of the project, 11 States have been qualitative assessment to evaluate the 14. Tilason West Bengal through tablets. covered which include Assam, impact of E-Shiksha. 15. Jarangloi Odisha 16. Sitarganj Uttarakhand After the success of pilot project Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya The following is the list of the sanches Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, 17. Thanagaji Rajasthan at Nanakmatta Sanch in Uttrakhand in covered in Phase-II: 18. Mahvesi Maharashtra the year 2016, the phase-I of E- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. S.N. SANCH NAME STATE 19. Pratapgad Maharashtra Shiksha was implemented covering 6 20. Mandleshwar Madhya Pradesh sanches, a year back, in the states of Dr Sushila Madan of Ekal 1. Pampasarovar Gujarat Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Sansthan played key role in creating 2. Kharsana Gujarat Shankar Halder Uttarakhand. A significant learning out contents for all three Gats, selection of 3. Nidhvada Gujarat Secretary, Ekal Sansthan After successful launch of the second phase of E-Shiksha project at significance of the Ekal Abhiyan. She significance of the E-Shiksha project. He Smt. Manju Srivastava launched 13 sanches out of total 20, remaining 7 Distribution of Ekal Tablets to informed that the Ekal Vidyalayas are said that the acharyas of Harur Sanch the E-Shiksha project with the first sanches also joined the project by end functioning in remote villages from must feel proud that their village cluster tablet handed over to Sri P. Sarath of April, 2019. The entire proceedings Acharyas in Harur Sanch Kashmir to Kanyakumari including the was chosen to be the first one in Tamil Kumar, Harur Sanch Coordinator. simultaneously happened at all the tense border villages situated on the Nadu for the launch of the E-Shiksha Sri Sarath gave a demo of the content in (Tablets Donated by Sarva Mangal Family Trust) Indo-Pak border. She called upon all places with great enthusiasm among project. It indicates the great confidence Tamil loaded on the tablet for benefit of anchal and local sanch karyakartas. The Harur town panchayat in of Ekal leadership in them and now they the participants. With that a set of three have to live up to this expectation. He Tablets with loaded content were Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu tablets each was handed over to the also narrated how Ekal Sansthan distributed to the acharyas, in the created history to become the first Ekal acharyas of the 30 villages in Coimbatore took the initiative to convert selected villages, in the presence of Sanch in Tamil Nadu to launch the Ekal Harur Sanch. They were accompanied karyakartas, samiti members and other E-Shiksha project. the contents of the tablets into Tamil for benefit of the Tamil students and by the Gram Samiti members from their important local dignitaries. Three village. tablets were given to each school for The launch event was held at teachers. The Chairperson gave specific three groups to ensure proper ratio of Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, instructions regarding the careful Harur, and excitement of Ekal acharyas handling of the tablets and The presence of the members of tablet and students for effective Harur Sanch Samiti and Salem Anchal communication by acharyas. The and Gram Samiti members was responsibilities of the Ekal acharyas. He also thanked the Sarva Mangal Family Samiti during the launch made the launch ceremony, at all locations, was infectious. The local Ekal Karyakartas, Trust for sponsoring the Ekal tablets. event even more significant. preceded by training of all 30 sanch the Sanch coordinator, the Anchal Srivastava, National President, Ekal the Ekal karyakartas to develop a Shiksha Pramukh, the acharyas and Sansthan; Sri T S Mohan Shankar, strong positive will to ensure the Sri Chellappan of the Harur Sanch Acharyas of each sanch by the their entire team had worked sincerely Chairperson, Ekal Sansthan success of the E-Shiksha project. Samiti and Sri Vidya Sankar of Salem respective sanch coordinator. At each Sri E R K Selvaraj, Chief Guest during the run-up to this event. Coimbatore; Sri Vidya Shankar from delivered the keynote address and sanch they were appointed by local Anchal Samiti extended their full Salem Anchal Samiti and others. Sri T. S. Mohan Shankar, assured his full support to the activities of samitis to execute and monitor the support to the event. The event started with the lighting Chairperson of Ekal Sansthan, Ekal in Harur Sanch, and cited many project. One tablet each uploaded with of the lamp by the Chief Guest Sri ERK Smt. Manju Srivastava delivered Coimbatore enthralled the audience with examples of how education can Dr. Pramod Kumar total content of all the 3 tablets was Selvaraj, Correspondent of ERK the benedictory address and motivated his crisp and thought provoking transform the lives of children in rural General Secretary given to each sanch coordinator. This is Institutions, Harur; Smt. Manju the Ekal acharyas to understand the presidential address in Tamil on the areas. Ekal Sansthan, Coimbatore an indication of another distinct step

12 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 13 of this pilot phase with structured 20 Sanch Coordinators and imparting 4. Kukarmunda Gujarat Launch of Second Phase of feedback from Sanch Project Karya- two days training to all Sanch 5. Mishrikh Uttar Pradesh kartas, their analysis by Ekal Co-coordinators in Delhi. 6. Nagram Uttar Pradesh Sansthan and visit of our Ekal 7. Chaka Uttar Pradesh Project The planning of launching of Sansthan EC members. After 8. Khunti Jharkhand Phase-III of E-Shiksha tablets is slated identifying and addressing the 9. Bengabad Jharkhand to happen during the Deepawali. Based E-Shiksha weakness of the pilot project 10. Gandey Jharkhand towards Ekal Digital strategy and considerable changes were on the weekly report from sanch 11. Harur Tamil Nadu empowering Ekal Vidyalaya students implemented in the Phase-II of coordinators few new initiatives will be 12. Bordubi Assam with power and opportunity to E-Shiksha. During the second phase taken up like benchmarking and 13. Sabang West Bengal participate in the digital education of the project, 11 States have been qualitative assessment to evaluate the 14. Tilason West Bengal through tablets. covered which include Assam, impact of E-Shiksha. 15. Jarangloi Odisha 16. Sitarganj Uttarakhand After the success of pilot project Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya The following is the list of the sanches Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, 17. Thanagaji Rajasthan at Nanakmatta Sanch in Uttrakhand in covered in Phase-II: 18. Mahvesi Maharashtra the year 2016, the phase-I of E- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. S.N. SANCH NAME STATE 19. Pratapgad Maharashtra Shiksha was implemented covering 6 20. Mandleshwar Madhya Pradesh sanches, a year back, in the states of Dr Sushila Madan of Ekal 1. Pampasarovar Gujarat Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Sansthan played key role in creating 2. Kharsana Gujarat Shankar Halder Uttarakhand. A significant learning out contents for all three Gats, selection of 3. Nidhvada Gujarat Secretary, Ekal Sansthan After successful launch of the second phase of E-Shiksha project at significance of the Ekal Abhiyan. She significance of the E-Shiksha project. He Smt. Manju Srivastava launched 13 sanches out of total 20, remaining 7 Distribution of Ekal Tablets to informed that the Ekal Vidyalayas are said that the acharyas of Harur Sanch the E-Shiksha project with the first sanches also joined the project by end functioning in remote villages from must feel proud that their village cluster tablet handed over to Sri P. Sarath of April, 2019. The entire proceedings Acharyas in Harur Sanch Kashmir to Kanyakumari including the was chosen to be the first one in Tamil Kumar, Harur Sanch Coordinator. simultaneously happened at all the tense border villages situated on the Nadu for the launch of the E-Shiksha Sri Sarath gave a demo of the content in (Tablets Donated by Sarva Mangal Family Trust) Indo-Pak border. She called upon all places with great enthusiasm among project. It indicates the great confidence Tamil loaded on the tablet for benefit of anchal and local sanch karyakartas. The Harur town panchayat in of Ekal leadership in them and now they the participants. With that a set of three have to live up to this expectation. He Tablets with loaded content were Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu tablets each was handed over to the also narrated how Ekal Sansthan distributed to the acharyas, in the created history to become the first Ekal acharyas of the 30 villages in Coimbatore took the initiative to convert selected villages, in the presence of Sanch in Tamil Nadu to launch the Ekal Harur Sanch. They were accompanied karyakartas, samiti members and other E-Shiksha project. the contents of the tablets into Tamil for benefit of the Tamil students and by the Gram Samiti members from their important local dignitaries. Three village. tablets were given to each school for The launch event was held at teachers. The Chairperson gave specific three groups to ensure proper ratio of Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, instructions regarding the careful Harur, and excitement of Ekal acharyas handling of the tablets and The presence of the members of tablet and students for effective Harur Sanch Samiti and Salem Anchal communication by acharyas. The and Gram Samiti members was responsibilities of the Ekal acharyas. He also thanked the Sarva Mangal Family Samiti during the launch made the launch ceremony, at all locations, was infectious. The local Ekal Karyakartas, Trust for sponsoring the Ekal tablets. event even more significant. preceded by training of all 30 sanch the Sanch coordinator, the Anchal Srivastava, National President, Ekal the Ekal karyakartas to develop a Shiksha Pramukh, the acharyas and Sansthan; Sri T S Mohan Shankar, strong positive will to ensure the Sri Chellappan of the Harur Sanch Acharyas of each sanch by the their entire team had worked sincerely Chairperson, Ekal Sansthan success of the E-Shiksha project. Samiti and Sri Vidya Sankar of Salem respective sanch coordinator. At each Sri E R K Selvaraj, Chief Guest during the run-up to this event. Coimbatore; Sri Vidya Shankar from delivered the keynote address and sanch they were appointed by local Anchal Samiti extended their full Salem Anchal Samiti and others. Sri T. S. Mohan Shankar, assured his full support to the activities of samitis to execute and monitor the support to the event. The event started with the lighting Chairperson of Ekal Sansthan, Ekal in Harur Sanch, and cited many project. One tablet each uploaded with of the lamp by the Chief Guest Sri ERK Smt. Manju Srivastava delivered Coimbatore enthralled the audience with examples of how education can Dr. Pramod Kumar total content of all the 3 tablets was Selvaraj, Correspondent of ERK the benedictory address and motivated his crisp and thought provoking transform the lives of children in rural General Secretary given to each sanch coordinator. This is Institutions, Harur; Smt. Manju the Ekal acharyas to understand the presidential address in Tamil on the areas. Ekal Sansthan, Coimbatore an indication of another distinct step

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14 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 15 ek ';ke xIqr d s fun'Zs ku e as y[kuÅ egkuxj d s dk;dZrkvZk as u s feydj vk;ktsu lfefr dk xBu rk s yxHkx ,d o"k Ziow Zgh dj fy;k Fkk ftld s }kjk fuEukfadr dk; Z Øe'k% ixzfr ij g aS % Cover Story 1- lEi.wk Z O;; d s vFk Z i{k dh O;oLFkk grs q Lokxr lfefr dk xBu] ftld sv/;{k egkns; dk s dEqHk e as ,d djkMs +#i; sdh jkf'k fnYyh dqEHk esa ek- eksgu Hkkxor dk;ZØrkZvksa dks lacksf/kr djrs gq, rFkk lnL; x.kk as dk s1 yk[k 25 gtk+j dh jkf'k lg;kxs Lo:i fofHkUu ifjokjk as e as fuokl djoku s LFkkiuk grs q ukfer gkus s oky s tek djuh gAS bldh lnL;rk dh ;ktsuk gAS bl grs qifjokjk as dh Lojkt luskfu;k as ds fo'kky dk dk; Zi.wk Zdju sgrs qy[kuÅ lpwh fujUrj cMh+ gkrsh tk jgh gAS lEeysu dk vk;ktsu fd;k x;k pISVj d s dk;dZrk Z pISVj v/;{k ilzUurk bl ckr dh g Sfd uxj gSA mldh lEHkkfor la[;k Jh mek 'kdaj gyokfl;k ds e as lEid Z dju s ;k lpwh e as uke 1]25]000 lkpsh x;h gAS ;g l[a;k usr`Ro esa fujUrj izxfr iFk ij fy[kku sokyk as dh gksM+&lh fn[k mRrj iHzkkx d s mRrj inz'sk ,o a vxzlj gSaA jgh gSA mRrjk[k.M ds xkao&xkao esa ukfer ds 2- dEqHk e as mifLFkr gkus soky suxj 3- ifjoruZ dEqHk e as iFzke fnol :Ik esa mifLFkr gksus okyh gSA viu s tUe l s gh HkkX;'kkyh lxaBu ,o a xkze lxaBu d s vFkkrZ ~ uoEcj 17] 2019 dk s bl fufeRr iwjs izHkkx ds lHkh dgyku s okyk ,dy vfHk;ku viu s lnL;k as dk sy[kuÅ egkuxj d s xkoa&xkoa e as xkze Lojkt dh lfefr inkf/kdkjh] lsokozrh thou d s30o as o’k Zdh i.wkrZk dh vkjs dk;ZdrkZ ,oa vkpk;Z x.k Øe'k% vxlzj gAS bl o‘k Z2 egRoi.wk Z fujUrj vius&vius xkao esa dk; ZvfHk;ku d s}kjk i.wk Zgkus sg&aS ifjorZu **Lojkt lsukuh^^ ukfer djus esa yxs gq, gSaA dju sgrs q,d yk[k fo|ky;k as d sy{; y[kuÅ dh ikzfIrA dq EHk fodkl dh xfr lfquf'pr dju s rFkk Hk’zVkpkj dk sleyw uk'k dju s i;zRu'khy gAaS dk ,d gh mik; g Sfd bl n'sk pjekRsd‘k Z dk ck/sk djku s okyk dk; Z dk ;oqk ox ZldafYir gkdsj [kM s+ vFkkrZ ~ gk s tk,Aa bll s fuf'pr gh leLr uxj lxaBuk as u sfeydj ,d ikz.kghu ljdkjh e'khujh dk s ?kk"sk dk n'sk d s gtk+jk as xkoak as e as yk[k fo|ky;k as grs qvko';d vFk Zi{k ,oa nksuksa gh ,d nwljs ds iwjd gSaA ck/; fd;k tk ldrk g S viu s fØ;kUo;u ,o a bld s dkj.k n'sk d s dh O;oLFkk rk sekp Ze as gh dj nh FkhA izFke i{k dqEHk vk;kstu lfefr dk dke d s ifzr beZkunkj gkus s d s fofHkUu LFkkuk as ij gkus soky s vc foLrkj dk; Zdk serw Z:i nus sgrs q dk;Z ,oa f}rh; i{k dqEHk esa fy,A blh dYiuk ds vk/kkj ij lHkh lsokozrh dk;ZdrkZ vgfuZ'k lfEefyr gksus okys izfrfuf/kx.kA ,dy vfHk;ku us vius dks

16 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 17 ek ';ke xIqr d s fun'Zs ku e as y[kuÅ egkuxj d s dk;dZrkvZk as u s feydj vk;ktsu lfefr dk xBu rk s yxHkx ,d o"k Ziow Zgh dj fy;k Fkk ftld s }kjk fuEukfadr dk; Z Øe'k% ixzfr ij g aS % Cover Story 1- lEi.wk Z O;; d s vFk Z i{k dh O;oLFkk grs q Lokxr lfefr dk xBu] ftld sv/;{k egkns; dk s dEqHk e as ,d djkMs +#i; sdh jkf'k fnYyh dqEHk esa ek- eksgu Hkkxor dk;ZØrkZvksa dks lacksf/kr djrs gq, rFkk lnL; x.kk as dk s1 yk[k 25 gtk+j dh jkf'k lg;kxs Lo:i fofHkUu ifjokjk as e as fuokl djoku s LFkkiuk grs q ukfer gkus s oky s tek djuh gAS bldh lnL;rk dh ;ktsuk gAS bl grs qifjokjk as dh Lojkt luskfu;k as ds fo'kky dk dk; Zi.wk Zdju sgrs qy[kuÅ lpwh fujUrj cMh+ gkrsh tk jgh gAS lEeysu dk vk;ktsu fd;k x;k pISVj d s dk;dZrk Z pISVj v/;{k ilzUurk bl ckr dh g Sfd uxj gSA mldh lEHkkfor la[;k Jh mek 'kdaj gyokfl;k ds e as lEid Z dju s ;k lpwh e as uke 1]25]000 lkpsh x;h gAS ;g l[a;k usr`Ro esa fujUrj izxfr iFk ij fy[kku sokyk as dh gksM+&lh fn[k mRrj iHzkkx d s mRrj inz'sk ,o a vxzlj gSaA jgh gSA mRrjk[k.M ds xkao&xkao esa ukfer ds 2- dEqHk e as mifLFkr gkus soky suxj 3- ifjoruZ dEqHk e as iFzke fnol :Ik esa mifLFkr gksus okyh gSA viu s tUe l s gh HkkX;'kkyh lxaBu ,o a xkze lxaBu d s vFkkrZ ~ uoEcj 17] 2019 dk s bl fufeRr iwjs izHkkx ds lHkh dgyku s okyk ,dy vfHk;ku viu s lnL;k as dk sy[kuÅ egkuxj d s xkoa&xkoa e as xkze Lojkt dh lfefr inkf/kdkjh] lsokozrh thou d s30o as o’k Zdh i.wkrZk dh vkjs dk;ZdrkZ ,oa vkpk;Z x.k Øe'k% vxlzj gAS bl o‘k Z2 egRoi.wk Z fujUrj vius&vius xkao esa dk; ZvfHk;ku d s}kjk i.wk Zgkus sg&aS ifjorZu **Lojkt lsukuh^^ ukfer djus esa yxs gq, gSaA dju sgrs q,d yk[k fo|ky;k as d sy{; y[kuÅ dh ikzfIrA dq EHk fodkl dh xfr lfquf'pr dju s rFkk Hk’zVkpkj dk sleyw uk'k dju s i;zRu'khy gAaS dk ,d gh mik; g Sfd bl n'sk pjekRsd‘k Z dk ck/sk djku s okyk dk; Z dk ;oqk ox ZldafYir gkdsj [kM s+ vFkkrZ ~ gk s tk,Aa bll s fuf'pr gh leLr uxj lxaBuk as u sfeydj ,d ikz.kghu ljdkjh e'khujh dk s ?kk"sk dk n'sk d s gtk+jk as xkoak as e as yk[k fo|ky;k as grs qvko';d vFk Zi{k ,oa nksuksa gh ,d nwljs ds iwjd gSaA ck/; fd;k tk ldrk g S viu s fØ;kUo;u ,o a bld s dkj.k n'sk d s dh O;oLFkk rk sekp Ze as gh dj nh FkhA izFke i{k dqEHk vk;kstu lfefr dk dke d s ifzr beZkunkj gkus s d s fofHkUu LFkkuk as ij gkus soky s vc foLrkj dk; Zdk serw Z:i nus sgrs q dk;Z ,oa f}rh; i{k dqEHk esa fy,A blh dYiuk ds vk/kkj ij lHkh lsokozrh dk;ZdrkZ vgfuZ'k lfEefyr gksus okys izfrfuf/kx.kA ,dy vfHk;ku us vius dks

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20 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 21 dgk tkrk g S fd tk s luqr s g aS mldk 50 çfr'kr ân; e as mrjrk g]S tk si

20 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 21 y[kuÅ e as xkze lxaBu efgyk mRrjk[k.M lkush 4. c BS d as 10. LokoyEcu lfefr dh okf"kdZ cBSd viySz 28] mRrj iowh ZHkkjr bfanjk 5. migkj lxagz ,o amigkj forj.k 2019 dk svk;kfstr dh xbAZ bl nk s rRi'pkr ~iozkl ;ktsuk d sckj se as lHkh loksofzr;k as u s viu s iozkl] 6. lfefr xBu ,o alfØ;rk fnolh; okf"kdZ cBSd dh fo'k"skrk ;g dk sdUsnhz; lfpo Jherh uhjk flga u s lfefr xBu] GSD migkj ;ktsuk e as bl l= dh ppk Ze as uxj lxaBu foLrkj l sle>k;kA Fkh fd xkze lxaBu efgyk lfefr d s viuh Hkfwedk ,o a vU; dk;k asZ ,o a lkFk ,dy vfHk;ku dh dUsnhz; efgyk dUsnhz; leUo; lfefr dk s xkze dk;ØZek as dh fjikVs ZnhA Jh ek/koUns z lxaBu dh dk; Zi.zkkyh] miyfC/k;k]s a 1. iozkl dh ;ktsuk dlS s cukb Ztk;s leUo; lfefr dh lkefwgd cBSd flga d s/;ku e as ; sfcna qyk; sx;As igy s fnu gbqAZ lfefr d s fo'k"sk puqkfSr;k as d sckj se as tkudkjh feyh vkjS 2. iozkl }kjk fo|ky; x.qkoRrk dk sdlS slfquf'pr fd;k tk vkea=.k ij 9 cguksa dh mifLFkfr esa 1 fjikfsVZxaZ vkjS ppk Z d s ek/;e l s mUgkuas s viu s vuHqkok as d s vk/kkj ij . ldrk gS o"kZHkj dh ;kstuk cukus ,oa vU; ;g /;ku e as vk;k fd 4 lkyk as e as Hkfo"; e as i.wk Z lg;kxs dk vk'oklu fn;kA fo"k;ksa dh ppkZRed l=ksa dk cgqr efgyk lfefr laxBu dk;ZØrkZ ,oa lsokozrh ge lHkh lHakkxk as e as loskorzh 3. vpay izHkkjh }kjk lpa lfefr dks ykHk gqvkA ;g iz;kl vius vki esa cguk as dh fu;fqDr ugh adj ik, g aS nlwj sfnu 29 viySz dk siFzke l= dlS slfØ; fd;k tk ldrk g S lQy jgkA xzke lxaBu efgyk lfefr dh e as efgyk lfefr dh Hkfwedk ij ppk Z 4 loskofzr;k as l s vkReh;rk dlS s 2. lHkh lHakkxk as e as dUsnhz; uhfr;k as d s gbqAZ Jherh m"kk tkyku u slHkh dk s . e[q; vfrfFk Jh ek/koUsn zflga ,o a LFkkfir dh tk ldrh gS vulqkj dk; Zugh agk sikrk g S ipae[qkh f'k{kk d svraxrZ fuEufyf[kr nkusk as dUsnhz; lfefr;k as d sinkf/kdkjh fo"k;k as dk slfa{kIr e as crk;kA 5. ifz'k{k.k oXkk aZs dh x.qkoRrk dlS s vkjS lnL;k as u s cBSd dk 'kHqkkjHak okf"kZd cSBd 3. gj ,d lHakkx ij de l sde ,d ck;k x;kA enaw Mk+] Jherh yrk ekyikuh] Jherh m"kk fdlh Hkh dkj.k ls ugha fey ik;k gS dukVZd dLrjwh tkyku] ,o aJherh vkuUn o

22 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 23 y[kuÅ e as xkze lxaBu efgyk mRrjk[k.M lkush 4. c BS d as 10. LokoyEcu lfefr dh okf"kdZ cBSd viySz 28] mRrj iowh ZHkkjr bfanjk 5. migkj lxagz ,o amigkj forj.k 2019 dk svk;kfstr dh xbAZ bl nk s rRi'pkr ~iozkl ;ktsuk d sckj se as lHkh loksofzr;k as u s viu s iozkl] 6. lfefr xBu ,o alfØ;rk fnolh; okf"kdZ cBSd dh fo'k"skrk ;g dk sdUsnhz; lfpo Jherh uhjk flga u s lfefr xBu] GSD migkj ;ktsuk e as bl l= dh ppk Ze as uxj lxaBu foLrkj l sle>k;kA Fkh fd xkze lxaBu efgyk lfefr d s viuh Hkfwedk ,o a vU; dk;k asZ ,o a lkFk ,dy vfHk;ku dh dUsnhz; efgyk dUsnhz; leUo; lfefr dk s xkze dk;ØZek as dh fjikVs ZnhA Jh ek/koUns z lxaBu dh dk; Zi.zkkyh] miyfC/k;k]s a 1. iozkl dh ;ktsuk dlS s cukb Ztk;s leUo; lfefr dh lkefwgd cBSd flga d s/;ku e as ; sfcna qyk; sx;As igy s fnu gbqAZ lfefr d s fo'k"sk puqkfSr;k as d sckj se as tkudkjh feyh vkjS 2. iozkl }kjk fo|ky; x.qkoRrk dk sdlS slfquf'pr fd;k tk vkea=.k ij 9 cguksa dh mifLFkfr esa 1 fjikfsVZxaZ vkjS ppk Z d s ek/;e l s mUgkuas s viu s vuHqkok as d s vk/kkj ij . ldrk gS o"kZHkj dh ;kstuk cukus ,oa vU; ;g /;ku e as vk;k fd 4 lkyk as e as Hkfo"; e as i.wk Z lg;kxs dk vk'oklu fn;kA fo"k;ksa dh ppkZRed l=ksa dk cgqr efgyk lfefr laxBu dk;ZØrkZ ,oa lsokozrh ge lHkh lHakkxk as e as loskorzh 3. vpay izHkkjh }kjk lpa lfefr dks ykHk gqvkA ;g iz;kl vius vki esa cguk as dh fu;fqDr ugh adj ik, g aS nlwj sfnu 29 viySz dk siFzke l= dlS slfØ; fd;k tk ldrk g S lQy jgkA xzke lxaBu efgyk lfefr dh e as efgyk lfefr dh Hkfwedk ij ppk Z 4 loskofzr;k as l s vkReh;rk dlS s 2. lHkh lHakkxk as e as dUsnhz; uhfr;k as d s gbqAZ Jherh m"kk tkyku u slHkh dk s . e[q; vfrfFk Jh ek/koUsn zflga ,o a LFkkfir dh tk ldrh gS vulqkj dk; Zugh agk sikrk g S ipae[qkh f'k{kk d svraxrZ fuEufyf[kr nkusk as dUsnhz; lfefr;k as d sinkf/kdkjh fo"k;k as dk slfa{kIr e as crk;kA 5. ifz'k{k.k oXkk aZs dh x.qkoRrk dlS s vkjS lnL;k as u s cBSd dk 'kHqkkjHak okf"kZd cSBd 3. gj ,d lHakkx ij de l sde ,d ck;k x;kA enaw Mk+] Jherh yrk ekyikuh] Jherh m"kk fdlh Hkh dkj.k ls ugha fey ik;k gS dukVZd dLrjwh tkyku] ,o aJherh vkuUn o

22 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 23 xï sFkAs xkoa okyk as d slg;kxs l sxì se as Lojkt dh fn'kk esa vkxs c< jgk feêh Hkjh xb Z vkjS vc mudh gh vkfFkdZ lgk;rk l sefanj fuek.Zk dk Joy of ,dy xkao&vyhxat dk; Zpy jgk gAS xkoa e as LFkk;h jktsx+kj cuku sdh fn'kk Subscribing Ekal Prayas grows e as vkx sc

24 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 25 xï sFkAs xkoa okyk as d slg;kxs l sxì se as Lojkt dh fn'kk esa vkxs c< jgk feêh Hkjh xb Z vkjS vc mudh gh vkfFkdZ lgk;rk l sefanj fuek.Zk dk Joy of ,dy xkao&vyhxat dk; Zpy jgk gAS xkoa e as LFkk;h jktsx+kj cuku sdh fn'kk Subscribing Ekal Prayas grows e as vkx sc

24 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 25 Gangaur Sindhara by Mahila Samiti FTS Delhi Ekal Celebrates Performing Pooja Dance Performance Playing Game

Mahila Samiti recently organized a Movement. It was an evening full of special guests on the occasion. Both of programme of Gangaur Sindhara. More entertaining activities involving musical them initiated a discussion with the International Yoga Day than eighty women participated in the programme and dances. Twelve new members on the activities of the chapter, event. A PPT was shown to familiarize members joined FTS. status of Sewa Patra, Sankranti them with the activities of FTS and also Smt. Geeta Mundra from Indore and distribution besides motivating them for motivated them to join the Ekal Smt. Shanta Sarda from Kolkata were fundraising programme.

Donor's Felicitation Programme by Jodhpur Chapter On October 16, 2018 Jodhpur During his address he mentioned that the stage for facilitation by Sri Bajrang Chapter of Friends of Tribals Society was Ekal Vidyalayas of Rajasthan would be Bagra and Sri Jyoti Maheshwari. Donors Yoga is an ancient physical, mental started. Since then it has organized enriched with digital education shortly. also chose to share their experience with and spiritual practice that originated in many programmes, and added 155 He appreciated the efforts of the chapter Jodhpur Chapter, and assured their India. The word 'yoga' derives from donors while adopting 200 schools for president Sri Suresh Rathi on continuous support to Ekal. Few of the Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, the session 2019-20. In this context a conducting 5 vanyatras since inception vanyatries also shared their experience symbolizing the union of body and felicitation function was organized to of the chapter. He also applauded the with the audience. consciousness. honour the donors. efforts of treasurer CA Yogesh Birla for Treasurer CA Yogesh Birla professionally managing donor- conducted the programme, and Recognizing its universal appeal Sri Bajrang Bagra, was the chief organisation relationship. Secretary informed invitees about the significance the United Nations proclaimed 21 June guest on the occasion. He shared the Dr Ram Gopal presented chapter's of donor relationship mechanism and as the International Day of Yoga. The information with the gathering that more report, and plan for the year. All donors continuous support the movement Yoga day aims to raise worldwide than 85,000 Ekal Vidyalays are being run awareness of the many benefits of of this year were invited in this 'Donor with tan-man-dhan. Jt. Secretary to impart education to tribal and rural practicing yoga. Felicitation Function', and were called on Sri Damodar Dubey gave vote of thanks. students. Schools spread from remote International Yoga Day was villages to boarder areas are making celebrated by the students and approximately 23 Lakhs students are teachers of Ekal Vidyalayas, across the being educated on entry level. country, with enthusiasm. Students Sri Bagra appreciated efforts of demonstrated various asanas followed Jodhpur chapter for adopting 200 by Omkar chanting. Warm up exercises schools in a short duration, and were taken and all the students especially acknowledged that it was the performed sitting and standing first time wherein biggest donor base of asanas. The celebration concluded by 155 donors created in the first year. speeches of the Acharyas to encourage students to practice regular yoga to Sri Jyoti Maheshwari, President, remain fit and improve concentration. Jaipur Chapter was guest of honour. Executive members at donors' meet

26 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 27 Gangaur Sindhara by Mahila Samiti FTS Delhi Ekal Celebrates Performing Pooja Dance Performance Playing Game

26 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 27 Ekal Yuva team visits Wada Arogya Foundation at A team of eleven members of Ekal them in turning into an ideal villages. Rotary International Convention, Germany Yuva Mumbai including two guests- They also visited a reservoir at GRC Founder & Director of Edu Abroad centre at Wada that collects one crore member of international fellowship of Consultant visited Sagpada and litres of rain water. They also inspected Rotarian doctors, and has been Galachapada villages in Wada anchal. Ekal on Wheels. representing India as a Vice-Chair for The purpose of the visit was to introduce last 5 years. Doctor Chopra together Ekal Yuva devised a follow up plan a Skill Lab team to Ekal Abhiyan and with Dr Harishanad prepared a which included - employment facilitate the adoption of villages under promotional presentation on Arogya opportunities for the men and women, Project Chirag. Yuva team members discussing issues Foundation of India to introduce Arogya providing seeds for farming and cultivation Foundation health initiatives in Europe Smt. Pratibha Jain, Founder of Edu of fruits in Sagpada, facilitating more Chirag, help install solar panelling in 20 Dr Kusum Chopra at Rotary International Convection and UK to the Rotary world. Ekal Stall Abroad, not only addressed the Ekal activities at the GRC centre to develop huts of the village and generating more students but also interacted with more skills among the villagers, following donations and volunteers through Dr Kusum Chopra, Member, Ekal The convention was attended by work to Rotarian doctors. Dr Kusum villagers to learn the problems faced by up with skill lab team to take up project association with skill lab team members. Arogya Foundation was in Hamburg, twenty thousand Rotarians from all Chopra distributed literature to the Germany, to attend Rotary over the world, members of Inner visiting delegates, and explained them International Convention between wheel and allied partners. There were the work of Arogya Foundation in Medical Check-up and Health Awareness Camps June1-5, 2019. Dr Chopra is a exhibition booths to showcase AFI's India. After successful completion of all villages of 10 districts in Jammu & camps included general medical the 60 Medical Camps in J&K, a Kashmir with support from the local examination, monitoring of BP, valedictory function was held at Kailash Arogya Samity and AFI workers. Blood Sugar levels, along with Ekal Yuva Team distributes Slippers Ashram Chinore, Jammu. Sri Chander treatment of common ailments, • Villagers were invited in camps for Mohan Gupta, Mayor, Jammu City was followed by dispensing of free medical check-ups by qualified the chief guest, and he said that it was a medicines. and experienced doctors. great opportunity for him to be • Along with these medical camps, associated with this project undertaken • Free medicines were dispensed to Health Awareness talks were by Arogya Foundation of India, with ailing/needy patients. also given to participants, on CSR support from IRCON International • General health awareness amongst Hygiene / Sanitation under Ltd. He also profoundly appreciated the School Health Programme in 20 doctors, medical staff, and volunteers. the villagers were created to introduce sense of well being. Schools. CONCLUSION • Volunteers / participants were • 12579 patients were benefited from Activities undertaken: educated about First Aid to enhance these camps. Slippers distribution to parents Student with slippers • As per the terms of reference of the their skill towards precautionary and In all the medical camps medicines MoU between IRCON and AFI, preventive care and handling of were provided free of cost to all the As an Indian, we have always have serious health implications, that struggle to make both ends meet. Arogya Foundation of India emergencies. patients by Arogya Foundation of India. been comfortable with the notion of according to experts. Moreover Their parents are more than happy bare feet. Over the years, we have walking barefoot could lead to that their children get to attend school. organized 60 Health Awareness Snapshot of Camps and Outcome IRCON and AFI are very enthusiastic Medical Camps from August 11, with the successful outcome of the grown accustomed to 'slipping out of problems such as worm infestation, They do not worry about anything 2018 to March 6, 2019 in distant • More than 100 Doctors and 200 camps. my shoes before stepping into my own infections due to thorn pricks or from else. Yuva team knew how difficult it is Para Medical Staff and Volunteers, home' (to not bring germs indoors with other dangerous objects such as nails to walk barefoot in the scorching heat, all volunteers of AFI with support of and decided to provide slippers to the the field workers of Arogya me), when we visit friends and family, lying on the road. Foundation of India and help of or during prayers at temples. And yet, students. Twenty two hundred slippers local villagers, successfully despite this conditioning, even they During the Ekal Learning Yatra by were distributed to students of Ekal organized these medical camps, were unprepared what we had seen in Ekal Yuva Indore along with 30 DAVV Vidyalayas in 60 villages covering two in 60 villages under the overall the two sanches. university students, they observed sanches - Mandleshwar and Ratlam. guidance of Dr. Harish Anand, the that village children were walking Ekal students and their parents felt coordinator of the project. Besides the heat and dust, the barefoot on the burning hot ground. great at the initiative of Ekal Yuva Patients collecting medicines • The services provided in these Health awareness session practice of travelling barefoot could These children coming from families team.

28 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 29 Ekal Yuva team visits Wada Arogya Foundation at A team of eleven members of Ekal them in turning into an ideal villages. Rotary International Convention, Germany Yuva Mumbai including two guests- They also visited a reservoir at GRC Founder & Director of Edu Abroad centre at Wada that collects one crore member of international fellowship of Consultant visited Sagpada and litres of rain water. They also inspected Rotarian doctors, and has been Galachapada villages in Wada anchal. Ekal on Wheels. representing India as a Vice-Chair for The purpose of the visit was to introduce last 5 years. Doctor Chopra together Ekal Yuva devised a follow up plan a Skill Lab team to Ekal Abhiyan and with Dr Harishanad prepared a which included - employment facilitate the adoption of villages under promotional presentation on Arogya opportunities for the men and women, Project Chirag. Yuva team members discussing issues Foundation of India to introduce Arogya providing seeds for farming and cultivation Foundation health initiatives in Europe Smt. Pratibha Jain, Founder of Edu of fruits in Sagpada, facilitating more Chirag, help install solar panelling in 20 Dr Kusum Chopra at Rotary International Convection and UK to the Rotary world. Ekal Stall Abroad, not only addressed the Ekal activities at the GRC centre to develop huts of the village and generating more students but also interacted with more skills among the villagers, following donations and volunteers through Dr Kusum Chopra, Member, Ekal The convention was attended by work to Rotarian doctors. Dr Kusum villagers to learn the problems faced by up with skill lab team to take up project association with skill lab team members. Arogya Foundation was in Hamburg, twenty thousand Rotarians from all Chopra distributed literature to the Germany, to attend Rotary over the world, members of Inner visiting delegates, and explained them International Convention between wheel and allied partners. There were the work of Arogya Foundation in Medical Check-up and Health Awareness Camps June1-5, 2019. Dr Chopra is a exhibition booths to showcase AFI's India. After successful completion of all villages of 10 districts in Jammu & camps included general medical the 60 Medical Camps in J&K, a Kashmir with support from the local examination, monitoring of BP, valedictory function was held at Kailash Arogya Samity and AFI workers. Blood Sugar levels, along with Ekal Yuva Team distributes Slippers Ashram Chinore, Jammu. Sri Chander treatment of common ailments, • Villagers were invited in camps for Mohan Gupta, Mayor, Jammu City was followed by dispensing of free medical check-ups by qualified the chief guest, and he said that it was a medicines. and experienced doctors. great opportunity for him to be • Along with these medical camps, associated with this project undertaken • Free medicines were dispensed to Health Awareness talks were by Arogya Foundation of India, with ailing/needy patients. also given to participants, on CSR support from IRCON International • General health awareness amongst Hygiene / Sanitation under Ltd. He also profoundly appreciated the School Health Programme in 20 doctors, medical staff, and volunteers. the villagers were created to introduce sense of well being. Schools. CONCLUSION • Volunteers / participants were • 12579 patients were benefited from Activities undertaken: educated about First Aid to enhance these camps. Slippers distribution to parents Student with slippers • As per the terms of reference of the their skill towards precautionary and In all the medical camps medicines MoU between IRCON and AFI, preventive care and handling of were provided free of cost to all the As an Indian, we have always have serious health implications, that struggle to make both ends meet. Arogya Foundation of India emergencies. patients by Arogya Foundation of India. been comfortable with the notion of according to experts. Moreover Their parents are more than happy bare feet. Over the years, we have walking barefoot could lead to that their children get to attend school. organized 60 Health Awareness Snapshot of Camps and Outcome IRCON and AFI are very enthusiastic Medical Camps from August 11, with the successful outcome of the grown accustomed to 'slipping out of problems such as worm infestation, They do not worry about anything 2018 to March 6, 2019 in distant • More than 100 Doctors and 200 camps. my shoes before stepping into my own infections due to thorn pricks or from else. Yuva team knew how difficult it is Para Medical Staff and Volunteers, home' (to not bring germs indoors with other dangerous objects such as nails to walk barefoot in the scorching heat, all volunteers of AFI with support of and decided to provide slippers to the the field workers of Arogya me), when we visit friends and family, lying on the road. Foundation of India and help of or during prayers at temples. And yet, students. Twenty two hundred slippers local villagers, successfully despite this conditioning, even they During the Ekal Learning Yatra by were distributed to students of Ekal organized these medical camps, were unprepared what we had seen in Ekal Yuva Indore along with 30 DAVV Vidyalayas in 60 villages covering two in 60 villages under the overall the two sanches. university students, they observed sanches - Mandleshwar and Ratlam. guidance of Dr. Harish Anand, the that village children were walking Ekal students and their parents felt coordinator of the project. Besides the heat and dust, the barefoot on the burning hot ground. great at the initiative of Ekal Yuva Patients collecting medicines • The services provided in these Health awareness session practice of travelling barefoot could These children coming from families team.

28 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 29 EVF-US President Visited E-Shiksha Schools Ekal Awareness Marathon by Nepal Chapter

Sri Suresh Iyer, President, Ekal increase the breadth and depth of education sector of Nepal, especially Vidyalaya Foundation USA visited two curriculum. Moreover, the tablets also touching remote areas. villages - Bithora and Tapeda in the help bring digital literacy to children at Sitraganj and Nanakmata sanches a very young age. Sri Suresh Iyer was The Ekal Vidyalaya Abhiyan was respectively, especially to assess and quite satisfied with the implementation started by Janakalyan Pratisthan. It has understand the impact of E-shiksha. and progress of the project. He also presence in 53 districts of Nepal, and Sri Prem Assudani, Sri Arun Roy questioned the students on maths and reaching out to every part of Nepal to Choudhary, and Ms Shruti Gupta all language, and they were very provide education to children. The main from Ekal Delhi joined him. Upon confidently answered. Similar activity focus of the Pratisthan is to teach reaching both the villages they were was also conducted at the Bithora Ekal Sri Suresh Iyer, third from right with Ekal students Marathon runners with participation certificates children along with social education, welcomed by the village ladies, the vidyalaya. Sri Iyer was very impressed. yoga, exercise and helping them to back they visited GRC Gajraula, and The 19th Jestha public awareness marathon. The first, second, and third sanch and anchal samities members. develop their personality to make them On next day, they attended the met some of the team members of programme was organized by Ekal winners were awarded with the trophy better citizens of Nepal. Sri Suresh Iyer interacted with varshik varg of the Acharyas of GRC to know status of PMKVY centre Vidyalaya Abhiyan and DAV school, and medal. both the students and the Acharya to Sitarganj and Nanakmatta, and and EoW in one of the villages. Nepal. The marathon was started with a Around 125 people donated Sri Mahabir Ghiraiya, President, know how tablet has provided a Sri Iyer had a discussion session with Sri Suresh Iyer also interacted with the message if a child cannot reach school around 65,000/- to Ekal Abhiyan. Ekal Vidyalaya Abhiyan, Sri Sunil unique opportunity to improve the the Acharyas to find out their students, and Gram Sabha members then school must reach him. Seventy eight students of DAV Kumar Agrawal, General Secretary, teaching and learning skill because experience, challenges that they were to familiarise with project and its The marathon was started from participated in the event, and prizes Sri Narayan Bajaj, President, tablets provide an opportunity to facing in regard to e-teaching. On way benefits to the villagers. DAV school following Pulchowk, were given to top five girls and boys Kathmantu chapter, Smt. Bimala Bakhundol, Jhamsikhel, and ended students. The vice principle of the DAV Bagadiya, President, Rastriya Mahila again at the DAV school. More than school said that Ekal Vidyalaya Abhiyan Samiti, and Ms. Rekha Ghiraiya First Excutive Committee Third Generation hundred students participated in the had played an important role in the Tresurer attended the event. Meeting of Amritsar Chapter Supporter of Ekal Inauguration of Telemedicine Project, Jharkhand The Telemedicine Project in Jharkhand was inaugurated with great fanfare at Dimara village of Gola ARC in Ramgarh district. The occasion was graced by the President Bharat Lok Sri Ravi Dev Gupta addressing the meeting Ananya Shiksha Parishad, East Delhi chapter Sri D. K. Jain, Secretary Sri Atul Jain, The first Executive Committee urbanites and the villagers for their Smt. Priyanka and her father Sri Ashok Agarwal, and 30 other Inauguration Pooja Demonstration of tele-medicine techniques Meeting of the Amritsar Chapter of Ekal holistic development through the five- Sri Naresh Kumar from Mumbai have members from the same chapter. villages in form of soak pits, compost Telemedicine were also presented. Vidyalaya Foundation of India held on prong functionalities of Ekal. been supporting Ekal for years. Now, Dr. Bhupendra Singh, Vice President June1, 2019 at Conference Hall, their third generation has also joined pits and toilets. Sri Ravi Dev also urged upon the Ekal Arogya Prakalp, Jharkhand, As a part of demonstration of the Madhav Vidya Niketan, under the them in supporting Ekal. Ananya, members to work as guardians of the Dr. Lalan Sharma, Pramukh, Gramothan Arogya Sevikas staged a drama telemedicine operation a history of chairmanship of Sri Anil Singhal, the daughter of Smt Priyanka, has made sewavraties working at the grassroots Prakalp and Sri Prabhas Prakash highlighting Arogya Prakalp's functions three patients taken by three President of the Chapter. them proud by making presentation in a level. Time to time undertake visits to Singh, Block Up-Pramukh of Gola also in the villages. Besides this, two films – Sanyojika was mailed to Dr. Anup programme covering activities of Ekal Sri Ravi Dev Gupta President, the vidyalayas to have an insight into graced the occasion. Dr. Mukul Bhatia one about the need of Sanitation and Singh the coordinating doctor and in just seven minutes. EVFI explained objectives of the the functioning both of the vidyalayas started the programme and Hygiene, and another about the Pre- Dr. Bhupendra Singh for their advice. foundation and about the role of the and sewavraties. This will boost their demonstrated the telemedicine Medical Externship Programme for After studying the case they reverted Unless someone has a good members of ten chapters in functioning morale. techniques to guests and sambhag USA students organized in back with the prescriptions, and it was understanding of Ekal, it is not possible of the Ekal Vidyalaya. samiti members. Mahila samiti collaboration with Health Foundation delivered to the patients. Before The meeting concluded with a for anyone to explain concept of Ekal at members carried out a procession for Rural India, USA. Two PPTs– one concluding the programme Sri D.K He further advised that the chapter resolve to meet monthly and organize such a short time, and that too at such a through the streets of Dimara village and related to achievements of EAP and Jain promised all possible help to would function as a bridge between the the chapter on expected lines. tender age. stressed on the need of sanitation in the another focusing on the function of Arogya Projects to make it a success.

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30 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 31 fljksgh flykbZ çf'k{k.k dsUæ dk mn~?kkVu Lkwjr esa ouoklh dFkkdkjksa }kjk lqUnjdk.M ikB ,dy vfHk;ku xzkeksRFkku vfrfFk ds rkSj ij vkcwfiaMokM+k dk;ØZe lxaBu e=ah Jherh vta q QkÅaMs'ku }kjk fljksgh flykbZ fo/kk;d Jh lekjke xjkfl;k] vxozky d s fuokl lkyklj iySls] çf'k{k.k dsaæ dk mn~?kkVu lekjksg Jherh ik;y v#.k ijljke iqfj;k] ols]q ljwr e as lEiUu gvqkA bl vxzlsu /keZ'kkyk l:ixat esa ft+yk çeq[k fljksgh Jh jsok vk;ktsu e as yxHkx 80 Jkrsk mifLFkr vk;ksftr fd;k x;kA Jh j?kqukFk 'kadjjkoy] Hkkx v/;{k Jh jgAs Jherh dlqeq ljkQ] Jherh dkUrk ykBh us bl dk;ZØe esa egRoiw.kZ txnh'kHkkbZ czãkdqekjh vkfn Hkh lkush rFkk Jherh l’qkek fla?kkfu;k us mn~?kkVu lekjksg ;ksxnku fd;kA bl dk;ZØe esa mifLFkr FksA O;kl dFkkdkj bl vk;ktsu d s fy, uxj dh O;kl dFkkdkjksa }kjk Hktu dhrZu O;oLFkkvksa dks fuiq.krk ls fuHkk;kA Jh gfj lRlxa lfefr] ljwr ckn gh ,d Jksrk us iqu% lqUndk.M lwjr efgyk lfefr dh cgusa fdlkuksa dks fl[kk;saxh efgyk 'kk[kk u s,d HkO; lUqnj dk.M xqtjkr ds dFkkdkj lqUnjdk.M ikB dk vk;kstu fuf'pr dj fn;kA ikB dk vk;ktsu fd;kA ble as xtqjkr ikB dh izLrqfr esa fu'.kkr gSaA ,sls dk;ZØeksa ds ek/;e ls laLdkj thoke`r ds xq.k lLadkj f'k{kk d suk SO;kl dFkkdkjk as u s dFkkdkjksa dh krh gqbZ pSIVj ds iz;klksa ls lwjr ds rhljs ds lHkh xkaoksa esa dFkk vk;kstu d sfy, icz/aku ifz'k{k.k fo"k;k as ij ekx Z vkSj ns'k ds 40osa Jhgfj eafnj jFk dk lEiUu djk;s gSa] dks oL= iznku dj ljwr efgyk lfefr d srRok/kku e as mUgkuas s Hkfwe e as ldkjkRed Åtk Z n'kuZA mn~?kkVu HkO;rk ls lEiUu gqvkA lEekfur fd;k x;kA lkusx< + efgyk lfefr d s lg;kxs l s fØ;k'khy dju sd sfy, ßvfXugk=sÞ d s pSIVj v/;{k Jh jruyky nk:dk] bl fopkj xk"sBh e as ljwr efgyk Jh jruyky nk:dk u s lHkh ,dy d si.wkdZkfyd dk;dZrkvZk as d sfy, fo"k; ij lEi.wk Ztkudkjh nhA lfefr dh v/;{k Jherh fot;k dkdsMk+] dk;Zdkjh v/;{k Jh egs'k dqekj ßtfSod [krsh ,o aik"sk.k okfVdkÞ fo"k; ij lnL;k as l slfefr d sb'Zojh; dk;k aZs l s [krsh dh leL;k] te+hu dBkjs e=ah Jherh vkf'krk ukxafy;k] mik/;{k feÙky] ea=h Jh jes'k vxzoky] }hi izTToyu dk;ZØe ,d fopkj&xk"sBh dk lQy vk;ktsu tMqu+ sdh vihy dh vkjS crk;k fd gkus sdh lEkL;k d sdkj.k] vkjS ?kjys q Jherh iUuk vxozky] ouc/ak qifj"kn ~d s laxBu ea=h Jh fo'oukFk fla?kkfu;k lkusx< + e as fd;k x;kA ljwr dh ouoklh jFk nkunkrkvk as dk s mud s mipkj ij Hkh tkudkfj;k anh x;hAa v/;{k Jh foukns vxozky] e=ah Jh ljq'sk lfgr jFk ds nkunkrk Jh fo".kq Jherh oysk xkysokyk eq[; oDrk FkhAa pkS/kjh ,oa Jh vt;HkkbZ pkSdlh njokt s+ rd efanj igpaq ku s d s fy, lkFk gh ;fwj;k ,o avU; jlk;uk as dh vxozky] ,dy xkzekRsFkku d s dk;dZkjh mUgkuas su flQ ZßtfSod [krshÞ d segRo 'kHqkk"kh'k Hkts jg sgAaS Jh eg'sk deqkj txg ßthoker`Þ d smi;kxs ij idzk'k ¼yky'kk½ lifjokj mifLFkr FksA bl dk sle>k;k cfYd ijqkrujhfr d segRo v/;{k Jh fctzekgsu vxozky] lg volj ij Jhgfj ds laLFkkid feÙky u s mifLFkr 'kgjhtuk as dk s Mkyk] thoker` cuku sdh fof/k le>kb Z dk sHkh crk;kA mUgkuas scrk;k fd Ik;koZj.k lxaBue=ah Jh jkd'sk ukxafy;k] lkusx< + v/;{k Jh ckcwyky feÙky] ouca/kq lEckfs/kr djr sg,q crk;k fd ;g jFk vkjS bl fof/k dk sMk;jh e as fy[kok;k dk lrayqu cuk; sj[ku sd sfy, xkoa e as efgyk lfefr dh v/;{k Jherh o'Skkyh ifj"kn~ ds laj{kd Jh fo|kdj caly] lLadkj f'k{kk dh jFk ;ktsuk d s x;kA lkFk gh nlsh xk; d segRo ij nk:dk ifjokj }kjk jFk mn~?kkVu dkuS&dkuS l s o{`k gkus s vko';d g\aS fc;kuh] Jherh lrak"sk] Jherh vujqk/kk] mik/;{k Jh lhrkjke xks;y] iwoZ vUrxrZ xtqjkr mÙkj Hkkx d svpayk as Hkh ppk ZgbqAZ cPpk as d sfy, mi;kxsh o{`k vkjS mue as o{`kk as lEHkkx iez[qk Jh je'skHkkb Z oyoh] jFkksa ds nkunkrk Jh izeksn iksÌkj] Qkxyokyk] Jh cuokjhyky e as iozkl djxskA lLaFkk dh ;ktsukvk as l s d sifzr yxko dlS smRiUu fd;k tk,\ Jherh oysk xkysokyk d s bl Jh vejflga Hkkb]Z Jh foØeHkkb]Z Jh t;izdk'k lksuh] Jh vkuUn Nkifj;k] Jhgfj efgyk lfefr rFkk ouoklh lekt e as u'kk efqDr dh ijsz .kk lkFk gh ;fwj;k o jklk;fud [kkn l s iozkl e as dosy ,dy dk;dZrkvZk as dk Jh vjfonaHkkb Z ,o a uhnaokMk] ddqjqeMaq k] dqekj lrukyhokyk] Jherh m"kk ;qok 'kk[kk lnL;ksa ds lkFk&lkFk tkxrz gk s jgh g S vkjS ouoklh gkus s oky s udqlku dh vkjs Hkh /;ku ekxnZ'kuZ fd;k x;kA lpak as d sfdlkuk as xkes[qk] mdkb]Z Mkyso.k] ckyijq] ukjk.kijq nk:dk] Mhih,l ds v/;{k Jh iou 'kgj ds yxHkx 100 efgyk&iq:"k Hkkb&Zcgu /kekpZj.k vkjS lLadkjk as dk s vkdf"krZ fd;k x;kA bld s vykok dh bUgh a fo"k;k as ij ,d ikz;kfsxd d slpa iez[qk Hkh mifLFkr jgAs >qu>quokyk] Jh ';kelqUnj mifLFkr jgsA laLdkj f'k{kk dh vkRelkr dj jg sgAaS

32 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 33 fljksgh flykbZ çf'k{k.k dsUæ dk mn~?kkVu Lkwjr esa ouoklh dFkkdkjksa }kjk lqUnjdk.M ikB ,dy vfHk;ku xzkeksRFkku vfrfFk ds rkSj ij vkcwfiaMokM+k dk;ØZe lxaBu e=ah Jherh vta q QkÅaMs'ku }kjk fljksgh flykbZ fo/kk;d Jh lekjke xjkfl;k] vxozky d s fuokl lkyklj iySls] çf'k{k.k dsaæ dk mn~?kkVu lekjksg Jherh ik;y v#.k ijljke iqfj;k] ols]q ljwr e as lEiUu gvqkA bl vxzlsu /keZ'kkyk l:ixat esa ft+yk çeq[k fljksgh Jh jsok vk;ktsu e as yxHkx 80 Jkrsk mifLFkr vk;ksftr fd;k x;kA Jh j?kqukFk 'kadjjkoy] Hkkx v/;{k Jh jgAs Jherh dlqeq ljkQ] Jherh dkUrk ykBh us bl dk;ZØe esa egRoiw.kZ txnh'kHkkbZ czãkdqekjh vkfn Hkh lkush rFkk Jherh l’qkek fla?kkfu;k us mn~?kkVu lekjksg ;ksxnku fd;kA bl dk;ZØe esa mifLFkr FksA O;kl dFkkdkj bl vk;ktsu d s fy, uxj dh O;kl dFkkdkjksa }kjk Hktu dhrZu O;oLFkkvksa dks fuiq.krk ls fuHkk;kA Jh gfj lRlxa lfefr] ljwr ckn gh ,d Jksrk us iqu% lqUndk.M lwjr efgyk lfefr dh cgusa fdlkuksa dks fl[kk;saxh efgyk 'kk[kk u s,d HkO; lUqnj dk.M xqtjkr ds dFkkdkj lqUnjdk.M ikB dk vk;kstu fuf'pr dj fn;kA ikB dk vk;ktsu fd;kA ble as xtqjkr ikB dh izLrqfr esa fu'.kkr gSaA ,sls dk;ZØeksa ds ek/;e ls laLdkj thoke`r ds xq.k lLadkj f'k{kk d suk SO;kl dFkkdkjk as u s dFkkdkjksa dh krh gqbZ pSIVj ds iz;klksa ls lwjr ds rhljs ds lHkh xkaoksa esa dFkk vk;kstu d sfy, icz/aku ifz'k{k.k fo"k;k as ij ekx Z vkSj ns'k ds 40osa Jhgfj eafnj jFk dk lEiUu djk;s gSa] dks oL= iznku dj ljwr efgyk lfefr d srRok/kku e as mUgkuas s Hkfwe e as ldkjkRed Åtk Z n'kuZA mn~?kkVu HkO;rk ls lEiUu gqvkA lEekfur fd;k x;kA lkusx< + efgyk lfefr d s lg;kxs l s fØ;k'khy dju sd sfy, ßvfXugk=sÞ d s pSIVj v/;{k Jh jruyky nk:dk] bl fopkj xk"sBh e as ljwr efgyk Jh jruyky nk:dk u s lHkh ,dy d si.wkdZkfyd dk;dZrkvZk as d sfy, fo"k; ij lEi.wk Ztkudkjh nhA lfefr dh v/;{k Jherh fot;k dkdsMk+] dk;Zdkjh v/;{k Jh egs'k dqekj ßtfSod [krsh ,o aik"sk.k okfVdkÞ fo"k; ij lnL;k as l slfefr d sb'Zojh; dk;k aZs l s [krsh dh leL;k] te+hu dBkjs e=ah Jherh vkf'krk ukxafy;k] mik/;{k feÙky] ea=h Jh jes'k vxzoky] }hi izTToyu dk;ZØe ,d fopkj&xk"sBh dk lQy vk;ktsu tMqu+ sdh vihy dh vkjS crk;k fd gkus sdh lEkL;k d sdkj.k] vkjS ?kjys q Jherh iUuk vxozky] ouc/ak qifj"kn ~d s laxBu ea=h Jh fo'oukFk fla?kkfu;k lkusx< + e as fd;k x;kA ljwr dh ouoklh jFk nkunkrkvk as dk s mud s mipkj ij Hkh tkudkfj;k anh x;hAa v/;{k Jh foukns vxozky] e=ah Jh ljq'sk lfgr jFk ds nkunkrk Jh fo".kq Jherh oysk xkysokyk eq[; oDrk FkhAa pkS/kjh ,oa Jh vt;HkkbZ pkSdlh njokt s+ rd efanj igpaq ku s d s fy, lkFk gh ;fwj;k ,o avU; jlk;uk as dh vxozky] ,dy xkzekRsFkku d s dk;dZkjh mUgkuas su flQ ZßtfSod [krshÞ d segRo 'kHqkk"kh'k Hkts jg sgAaS Jh eg'sk deqkj txg ßthoker`Þ d smi;kxs ij idzk'k ¼yky'kk½ lifjokj mifLFkr FksA bl dk sle>k;k cfYd ijqkrujhfr d segRo v/;{k Jh fctzekgsu vxozky] lg volj ij Jhgfj ds laLFkkid feÙky u s mifLFkr 'kgjhtuk as dk s Mkyk] thoker` cuku sdh fof/k le>kb Z dk sHkh crk;kA mUgkuas scrk;k fd Ik;koZj.k lxaBue=ah Jh jkd'sk ukxafy;k] lkusx< + v/;{k Jh ckcwyky feÙky] ouca/kq lEckfs/kr djr sg,q crk;k fd ;g jFk vkjS bl fof/k dk sMk;jh e as fy[kok;k dk lrayqu cuk; sj[ku sd sfy, xkoa e as efgyk lfefr dh v/;{k Jherh o'Skkyh ifj"kn~ ds laj{kd Jh fo|kdj caly] lLadkj f'k{kk dh jFk ;ktsuk d s x;kA lkFk gh nlsh xk; d segRo ij nk:dk ifjokj }kjk jFk mn~?kkVu dkuS&dkuS l s o{`k gkus s vko';d g\aS fc;kuh] Jherh lrak"sk] Jherh vujqk/kk] mik/;{k Jh lhrkjke xks;y] iwoZ vUrxrZ xtqjkr mÙkj Hkkx d svpayk as Hkh ppk ZgbqAZ cPpk as d sfy, mi;kxsh o{`k vkjS mue as o{`kk as lEHkkx iez[qk Jh je'skHkkb Z oyoh] jFkksa ds nkunkrk Jh izeksn iksÌkj] Qkxyokyk] Jh cuokjhyky e as iozkl djxskA lLaFkk dh ;ktsukvk as l s d sifzr yxko dlS smRiUu fd;k tk,\ Jherh oysk xkysokyk d s bl Jh vejflga Hkkb]Z Jh foØeHkkb]Z Jh t;izdk'k lksuh] Jh vkuUn Nkifj;k] Jhgfj efgyk lfefr rFkk ouoklh lekt e as u'kk efqDr dh ijsz .kk lkFk gh ;fwj;k o jklk;fud [kkn l s iozkl e as dosy ,dy dk;dZrkvZk as dk Jh vjfonaHkkb Z ,o a uhnaokMk] ddqjqeMaq k] dqekj lrukyhokyk] Jherh m"kk ;qok 'kk[kk lnL;ksa ds lkFk&lkFk tkxrz gk s jgh g S vkjS ouoklh gkus s oky s udqlku dh vkjs Hkh /;ku ekxnZ'kuZ fd;k x;kA lpak as d sfdlkuk as xkes[qk] mdkb]Z Mkyso.k] ckyijq] ukjk.kijq nk:dk] Mhih,l ds v/;{k Jh iou 'kgj ds yxHkx 100 efgyk&iq:"k Hkkb&Zcgu /kekpZj.k vkjS lLadkjk as dk s vkdf"krZ fd;k x;kA bld s vykok dh bUgh a fo"k;k as ij ,d ikz;kfsxd d slpa iez[qk Hkh mifLFkr jgAs >qu>quokyk] Jh ';kelqUnj mifLFkr jgsA laLdkj f'k{kk dh vkRelkr dj jg sgAaS

32 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 33 lwjr efgyk lfefr dh igy most of the villages. Each school has around 30 students both boys and girls. Students look forward to attending Ekal ljwr efgyk lfefr dh cguk as u s GRC lkusx< + e as lpakfyr flykb Z xtqjkr d srkih vpay dh ouoklh cguk as ifz'k{k.k dUsn z,o avkeyhikMk+ xkoa dh 50 schools as can be seen by very high rate over 95% of attendance in the dk sekfld /ke Zdh leL;k, a,o amud s cguk as dk s LoPNrk] efgykvk as d s jkxs] schools. fuokj.k fo"k; e as tkudkjh nus svkjS e¶qr lØae.k leL;k rFkk jkdsFkke fo"k; e as Tailoring Centers lushVjh iMS forfjr dju sd smí's; l s tkudkjh inzku dj mudh 'kdakvk as dk lkusx< + ,o a vkeyhikMk xkoa e as iozkl fujkdj.k fd;k x;k rFkk nkusk as xkoak as e as Ekal has established a main tailoring center and 6 satellite centers efgyk,a lsuhVjh iSM cukrs gq, fd;kA e¶qr lushVjh iMS dk forj.k fd;k x;kA for women to learn tailoring and has already trained 130 women. We visited the main tailoring center as well as xqtjkr lEHkkx uSiq.; oxZ Our Visit to several satellite centers. Most of the women were making dresses for laLdkj f'k{kk&xqtjkr lEHkkx v/;{k Jh euos'kkHkkbZ xkfer ,oa themselves and their families and were dk uSiq.; oxZ lEHkkx dk;kZy;] lsokozrh mifLFkr jgsA lwjr pSIVj eager to make dresses for a supple- lksux<+ esa lEiUu gqvkA uSiq.; oxZ ds lnL; lsokozrh Jh tloarHkkbZ Shikharji Village mental income. lekiu l= esa Jhgfj lRlax lfefr ds ?kj xkao dqbZnk esa x;sA og We were impressed with the lwjr pSIVj ds v/;{k Jh jruyky ifjokj ds lHkh lnL;ksa ls feysaA Last year, with the guidance of feedback we got from the students. One nk:dk] dks"kk/;{k Jh fo'oukFk blds ckn og blh {ks= ds djksM+ Sri Ramesh Bhai Shah, we started an and around... of the students, Ms Lovely Kumari Integrated Village Development (IVD) spoke about the great opportunity fla?kkfu;k] Jh v'kksd fVcM+soky] ,oa xkao esa O;kl lqJh la/;kcsu ds tailoring was providing her. We heard Project, first of its kind by Ekal to uplift regularly visits all of the 60 villages on ;qok 'kk[kk v/;{k Jh ;ksxsUnz ifjokjds lnL;ksa ls feysA mUgsa the same story from many other the lives of the villagers in and around his motor cycle. Interestingly, Sri Amit students, who were determined to vxzoky dh mifLFkfr mRlkg o/kZd mudh leL;kvksa dks gy djus ds Shikharji in the state of Jharkhand. We Anand is an MBA, and does not speak oxZ ea gfj dFkkdkj make a change in their lives with the jghA bl volj ij lksux<+ lfefr fy, vk'oklu fn;kA decided to target 20,000 villagers in 60 the local dialect and has developed opportunity Ekal was providing them. villages as it would provide the critical great personal relationship with the mass to make a permanent change in villagers. Ekal is now developing contacts the lives of the villagers. Lkwjr pSIVj }kjk vksfj,aVs'ku dkslZ Ekal Vidyalayas with a local merchant to help them We visited Shikharji, in the month market their products. Ekal is also We visited Ekal Vidyalaya in dUsnhz; dk;dZkfj.kh lfefr ppk ZgbqAZ nkusk as l=k as e as ouc/ak qifj"kn]~ f'k{kk ,o axkzekRsFkku dUsn zd sdk;k aZs dh of March to view the progress that has planning to send us 30 cushion covers (CEC) Karpardadih. Sri Tota Ram Das has been achieved besides meeting the for test marketing during our d sv/;{k Jh ctjxa yky ckxMk+ dk Jhgfj lRlxa lfefr] ,o a ,dy foLrr` tkudkjh inzku dh xbAZ been teaching in this Ekal Vidyalaya for villagers, visiting schools, tailoring fundraising in Connecticut. ljwr iozkl gvqkA Jh ckxMk+ d s xkzekRsFkku QkÅMa'sku ljwr pISVj dh uoEcj] 2019 e as y[kuÅ e as vk;kfstr a longtime and is an outstanding centers, poshan vatikas etc to teacher. We were impressed that some Computer Center ekxnZ'kuZ e as pISVj vkfsj,Va'sku dkls Z e[q; dk;dZkfj.kh] rFkk efgyk ,o a;oqk ifj.kke dqaHk dh tkudkjh ,o a understand how the project is helping of the students in the first grade were (COC) , o a Ekal Vision 2020 ij opSkfjd 'kk[kk d slnL; mifLFkr jgAs mifLFkfr d sfy, fuf'pr ekunMa dh them in their overall development. Ekal has setup a computer training tkudkjh lnL;k as dk snh xbAZ able to recite multiples up to 16, center for the young persons and has ,dy vfHk;ku ij cuh y?k q Visit to Shikherji students in the second grade read already trained 100 of them in the fQYek as ,o a ,dy }kjk xk/akh 'kkfUr ,dy vfHk;ku dh lLaFkkxr lja puk English and in the third grade did computer basics. We saw main center, ijqLdkj xgz.k dju sdh ohfM;k sfDyi dh tkudkjh] uxj ,o axkze lXakBu d s We travelled with Sri Ramesh Bhai multiplication of large numbers. and were very pleased with the strong Shah from Delhi to Parasnath by train, Students welcomed us with the desire of the students to become part of fn[kk;h x;hA Jh ckxMk+ u s PPT d s dk; Z ,o a nkf;Ro] pISVl Z d s vUrxrZ and reached there in the morning to songs and the dances, and we realized the modern India through computer ek/;e l s,dy i)fr d svulqkj vpayk as d s iHzkkjh fu;Dqr dj {k=s e as drive down to Shikharji, some 30 kms COC that Sri Tota Ram is teaching not only training. away by car. Sri Amit Anand, in-charge, d slEc/ak e as ekxnZ'kuZ fd;kA uxj ,o a ,dy dk; Zdk sxfr inzku dju svkfn the subjects but also imparting cultural Ekal Integrated Village Development With improvement in the xkze lxaBu dh dk; Zi)fr ,o amud s fo"k;k as ij ekxnZ'kuZ gvqkA ljwr e as ,d values through songs and dances. fØ;kUo;u d sckj se as tkudkjh inzku vkjS xtqjkr e as u; spISVl Z Project, Shikharji joined us. Since its infrastructure between the villages, Sub-Chapter inception, last year, he has been Ekal has already established Ekal is now planning to start an Ekal on Jh ctjax ckxM+k ,oa dk;Zdkfj.kh lnL; dh xbAZ ,dy vfHk;ku dh ipae[qkh LFkkfir dju sij fopkj&foe'k ZgvqkA managing and nurturing it. Sri Anand schools for the primary education in Wheel to serve all of the villages very

34 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 35 lwjr efgyk lfefr dh igy most of the villages. Each school has around 30 students both boys and girls. Students look forward to attending Ekal ljwr efgyk lfefr dh cguk as u s GRC lkusx< + e as lpakfyr flykb Z xtqjkr d srkih vpay dh ouoklh cguk as ifz'k{k.k dUsn z,o avkeyhikMk+ xkoa dh 50 schools as can be seen by very high rate over 95% of attendance in the dk sekfld /ke Zdh leL;k, a,o amud s cguk as dk s LoPNrk] efgykvk as d s jkxs] schools. fuokj.k fo"k; e as tkudkjh nus svkjS e¶qr lØae.k leL;k rFkk jkdsFkke fo"k; e as Tailoring Centers lushVjh iMS forfjr dju sd smí's; l s tkudkjh inzku dj mudh 'kdakvk as dk lkusx< + ,o a vkeyhikMk xkoa e as iozkl fujkdj.k fd;k x;k rFkk nkusk as xkoak as e as Ekal has established a main tailoring center and 6 satellite centers efgyk,a lsuhVjh iSM cukrs gq, fd;kA e¶qr lushVjh iMS dk forj.k fd;k x;kA for women to learn tailoring and has already trained 130 women. We visited the main tailoring center as well as xqtjkr lEHkkx uSiq.; oxZ Our Visit to several satellite centers. Most of the women were making dresses for laLdkj f'k{kk&xqtjkr lEHkkx v/;{k Jh euos'kkHkkbZ xkfer ,oa themselves and their families and were dk uSiq.; oxZ lEHkkx dk;kZy;] lsokozrh mifLFkr jgsA lwjr pSIVj eager to make dresses for a supple- lksux<+ esa lEiUu gqvkA uSiq.; oxZ ds lnL; lsokozrh Jh tloarHkkbZ Shikharji Village mental income. lekiu l= esa Jhgfj lRlax lfefr ds ?kj xkao dqbZnk esa x;sA og We were impressed with the lwjr pSIVj ds v/;{k Jh jruyky ifjokj ds lHkh lnL;ksa ls feysaA Last year, with the guidance of feedback we got from the students. One nk:dk] dks"kk/;{k Jh fo'oukFk blds ckn og blh {ks= ds djksM+ Sri Ramesh Bhai Shah, we started an and around... of the students, Ms Lovely Kumari Integrated Village Development (IVD) spoke about the great opportunity fla?kkfu;k] Jh v'kksd fVcM+soky] ,oa xkao esa O;kl lqJh la/;kcsu ds tailoring was providing her. We heard Project, first of its kind by Ekal to uplift regularly visits all of the 60 villages on ;qok 'kk[kk v/;{k Jh ;ksxsUnz ifjokjds lnL;ksa ls feysA mUgsa the same story from many other the lives of the villagers in and around his motor cycle. Interestingly, Sri Amit students, who were determined to vxzoky dh mifLFkfr mRlkg o/kZd mudh leL;kvksa dks gy djus ds Shikharji in the state of Jharkhand. We Anand is an MBA, and does not speak oxZ ea gfj dFkkdkj make a change in their lives with the jghA bl volj ij lksux<+ lfefr fy, vk'oklu fn;kA decided to target 20,000 villagers in 60 the local dialect and has developed opportunity Ekal was providing them. villages as it would provide the critical great personal relationship with the mass to make a permanent change in villagers. Ekal is now developing contacts the lives of the villagers. Lkwjr pSIVj }kjk vksfj,aVs'ku dkslZ Ekal Vidyalayas with a local merchant to help them We visited Shikharji, in the month market their products. Ekal is also We visited Ekal Vidyalaya in dUsnhz; dk;dZkfj.kh lfefr ppk ZgbqAZ nkusk as l=k as e as ouc/ak qifj"kn]~ f'k{kk ,o axkzekRsFkku dUsn zd sdk;k aZs dh of March to view the progress that has planning to send us 30 cushion covers (CEC) Karpardadih. Sri Tota Ram Das has been achieved besides meeting the for test marketing during our d sv/;{k Jh ctjxa yky ckxMk+ dk Jhgfj lRlxa lfefr] ,o a ,dy foLrr` tkudkjh inzku dh xbAZ been teaching in this Ekal Vidyalaya for villagers, visiting schools, tailoring fundraising in Connecticut. ljwr iozkl gvqkA Jh ckxMk+ d s xkzekRsFkku QkÅMa'sku ljwr pISVj dh uoEcj] 2019 e as y[kuÅ e as vk;kfstr a longtime and is an outstanding centers, poshan vatikas etc to teacher. We were impressed that some Computer Center ekxnZ'kuZ e as pISVj vkfsj,Va'sku dkls Z e[q; dk;dZkfj.kh] rFkk efgyk ,o a;oqk ifj.kke dqaHk dh tkudkjh ,o a understand how the project is helping of the students in the first grade were (COC) , o a Ekal Vision 2020 ij opSkfjd 'kk[kk d slnL; mifLFkr jgAs mifLFkfr d sfy, fuf'pr ekunMa dh them in their overall development. Ekal has setup a computer training tkudkjh lnL;k as dk snh xbAZ able to recite multiples up to 16, center for the young persons and has ,dy vfHk;ku ij cuh y?k q Visit to Shikherji students in the second grade read already trained 100 of them in the fQYek as ,o a ,dy }kjk xk/akh 'kkfUr ,dy vfHk;ku dh lLaFkkxr lja puk English and in the third grade did computer basics. We saw main center, ijqLdkj xgz.k dju sdh ohfM;k sfDyi dh tkudkjh] uxj ,o axkze lXakBu d s We travelled with Sri Ramesh Bhai multiplication of large numbers. and were very pleased with the strong Shah from Delhi to Parasnath by train, Students welcomed us with the desire of the students to become part of fn[kk;h x;hA Jh ckxMk+ u s PPT d s dk; Z ,o a nkf;Ro] pISVl Z d s vUrxrZ and reached there in the morning to songs and the dances, and we realized the modern India through computer ek/;e l s,dy i)fr d svulqkj vpayk as d s iHzkkjh fu;Dqr dj {k=s e as drive down to Shikharji, some 30 kms COC that Sri Tota Ram is teaching not only training. away by car. Sri Amit Anand, in-charge, d slEc/ak e as ekxnZ'kuZ fd;kA uxj ,o a ,dy dk; Zdk sxfr inzku dju svkfn the subjects but also imparting cultural Ekal Integrated Village Development With improvement in the xkze lxaBu dh dk; Zi)fr ,o amud s fo"k;k as ij ekxnZ'kuZ gvqkA ljwr e as ,d values through songs and dances. fØ;kUo;u d sckj se as tkudkjh inzku vkjS xtqjkr e as u; spISVl Z Project, Shikharji joined us. Since its infrastructure between the villages, Sub-Chapter inception, last year, he has been Ekal has already established Ekal is now planning to start an Ekal on Jh ctjax ckxM+k ,oa dk;Zdkfj.kh lnL; dh xbAZ ,dy vfHk;ku dh ipae[qkh LFkkfir dju sij fopkj&foe'k ZgvqkA managing and nurturing it. Sri Anand schools for the primary education in Wheel to serve all of the villages very

34 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 35 determination to make the best use of Life in the city tends to make us the opportunity Ekal was providing ignorant to the realities of life, doesn't it? them. We tend to get so occupied with our 'first world problems' that we forget to When we started this programme, value the big privileges that we have. One such privilege is education. we knew we were taking a very big risk in undertaking such a transformative Children today tend to take programme in the tribal India. Fortunately education for granted, as it is an easily available necessity that they are Ekal agreed to support and manage this 'supposed' to have by default. high risk programme. We have now seen great results in a very short time. Smt and Sri Adish Jain and Sri Ramesh Shah with villagers and Ekal students We found that similar programmes soon. It is also considering an additional but had since adopted Poshan Vatikas were earlier tried by local organizations training that can provide supplemental based on what they had observed in with poor results. Why the difference? these students despite being from a village were not very different from income of up to Rs. 10,000 per month Madhupur. We strongly believe that the major for the young people. them. difference in our programme is that it is Arogya Programme being managed by selfless and totally However, education is not something the middle of nowhere. However, they No educational adventure is Poshan Vatika complete without some fun and games! committed volunteers and workers. that is easily available 'by default' to started warming up to the idea of being Objective of the Arogya So Ekal family, being the gracious hosts those outside the city. There are in a village after the warm welcome they Ekal has distributed vegetable that they are, organized a tree planting Programme is to help the villagers children who yearn for a teacher or roof received from the Ekal family in Keljhar. plants and fruit trees to a large number What next? activity for the Mayo girls followed by an improve their health through prevention to study under, but the comfort of the They were overwhelmed with the of villagers. We met Sri Bhuvneshwar exciting archery lesson! The children techniques anaemia control, use of We expect it will take us about 5 city shrouds this issue making those warmth of the people as they showered Mahto in Madhupur, who had planted thoroughly enjoyed planting trees, as local herbs, first aid and access to local years before we see a major difference living in the city oblivious to this fact. flowers upon them and welcomed them different types of vegetable plants and they were made to understand that by hospitals. in the lives of the villagers. We believe Ekal Vidyalaya is a unique effort with garlands and 'tikas'. Mayo girls had planting a tree they were not only fruit trees, and was happy that the never experienced hospitality like that that this holistic development would taken by socially conscious individuals contributing to the environment but also Poshan Vatika was providing food for before. Once they interacted with Ekal Ekal has just started this make them self-reliant and proud of to spread awareness about the real leaving their mark in Keljhar, which his entire family. He was also able to India that city folk tends to forget amidst students and learned that the building would be associated with their memory. programme in Shikharji. We met 10 their heritage. It will give them the their luxuries. As Ekal volunteers we that they were sitting in was their sell the excess fruits and vegetables sevikas, who had received the basic Overall, the Ekal experience was opportunity to stay in their village as decided to make the children of one of school. They immediately started for Rs. 4,000 a month, a significant training and were focusing on the one of fun and learning. The Mayo girls against migrating to the cities to support the most prestigious schools in India, making comparisons to Mayo and supplemental income for his family. cleanliness in their villages. were thrilled to know that there were their families. Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer, realized how fortunate they were to study in proper classrooms. schools unlike Mayo where children We found that all of the villagers in aware of their privilege and the studied with the same zeal as them. We found that about 50% of the During the last six months, many The immediate perception of struggles of others like them in a The children gave us testimonials that Madhupur had Poshan Vatikas. villagers already had toilets but still villagers in the minds of city dwellers is prospective donors have approached different part of Rajasthan through our reflected that visiting the Ekal school Villagers in the neighboring village of many were not using them. The big that they are uneducated and us to ask about our experience. During socially conscious Go Rad 'Adventure'. had taught them to be happy with what Rajo did not believe in Poshan Vatika backward. But their interaction with challenge for the sevikas is going to be our Ekal Vanyatra, we learnt that We took the children of class 4th to an they have and to value their education. Ekal students completely changed this to convince the villagers to change their Ekal school in Keljhar which is 20 km They also learned that proper based on the success in Shikharji, perception. They were taken aback with day to day habits for a healthier life. away from Chittorgarh. classrooms and schools are not Ekal is now starting similar Inte- the kinds of prayers, patriotic songs and necessary for imparting education; it grated Village Development (IVD) At first the children were surprised 'dohas' recited by them. The Mayo girls Conclusion can be imparted wherever there is zeal when we took them to a small building in taught them their prayer, a few Programmes in seven more places to learn! Thus, Ekal not only changes the middle of nowhere. They were sentences in English and performed a We are extremely pleased with the located in Assam, Gujarat, Madhya the lives of the less fortunate but also apprehensive of where we were going dance for them. These interactions Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. changes the hearts of the fortunate! progress we observed in and around and continually questioned us as to why helped Ekal students, and the Mayo Shikharji in just over a year. We saw the Adish and Asha Jain could not we just take them to another girls become comfortable with each Radhika Joshi Display of creative work by villagers shine in the eyes of the students and the Connecticut, USA fort or museum instead of a village in other, making the Mayo girls realize that Student, National University, Singapore

36 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 37 determination to make the best use of Life in the city tends to make us the opportunity Ekal was providing ignorant to the realities of life, doesn't it? them. We tend to get so occupied with our 'first world problems' that we forget to When we started this programme, value the big privileges that we have. One such privilege is education. we knew we were taking a very big risk in undertaking such a transformative Children today tend to take programme in the tribal India. Fortunately education for granted, as it is an easily available necessity that they are Ekal agreed to support and manage this 'supposed' to have by default. high risk programme. We have now seen great results in a very short time. Smt and Sri Adish Jain and Sri Ramesh Shah with villagers and Ekal students We found that similar programmes soon. It is also considering an additional but had since adopted Poshan Vatikas were earlier tried by local organizations training that can provide supplemental based on what they had observed in with poor results. Why the difference? these students despite being from a village were not very different from income of up to Rs. 10,000 per month Madhupur. We strongly believe that the major for the young people. them. difference in our programme is that it is Arogya Programme being managed by selfless and totally However, education is not something the middle of nowhere. However, they No educational adventure is Poshan Vatika complete without some fun and games! committed volunteers and workers. that is easily available 'by default' to started warming up to the idea of being Objective of the Arogya So Ekal family, being the gracious hosts those outside the city. There are in a village after the warm welcome they Ekal has distributed vegetable that they are, organized a tree planting Programme is to help the villagers children who yearn for a teacher or roof received from the Ekal family in Keljhar. plants and fruit trees to a large number What next? activity for the Mayo girls followed by an improve their health through prevention to study under, but the comfort of the They were overwhelmed with the of villagers. We met Sri Bhuvneshwar exciting archery lesson! The children techniques anaemia control, use of We expect it will take us about 5 city shrouds this issue making those warmth of the people as they showered Mahto in Madhupur, who had planted thoroughly enjoyed planting trees, as local herbs, first aid and access to local years before we see a major difference living in the city oblivious to this fact. flowers upon them and welcomed them different types of vegetable plants and they were made to understand that by hospitals. in the lives of the villagers. We believe Ekal Vidyalaya is a unique effort with garlands and 'tikas'. Mayo girls had planting a tree they were not only fruit trees, and was happy that the never experienced hospitality like that that this holistic development would taken by socially conscious individuals contributing to the environment but also Poshan Vatika was providing food for before. Once they interacted with Ekal Ekal has just started this make them self-reliant and proud of to spread awareness about the real leaving their mark in Keljhar, which his entire family. He was also able to India that city folk tends to forget amidst students and learned that the building would be associated with their memory. programme in Shikharji. We met 10 their heritage. It will give them the their luxuries. As Ekal volunteers we that they were sitting in was their sell the excess fruits and vegetables sevikas, who had received the basic Overall, the Ekal experience was opportunity to stay in their village as decided to make the children of one of school. They immediately started for Rs. 4,000 a month, a significant training and were focusing on the one of fun and learning. The Mayo girls against migrating to the cities to support the most prestigious schools in India, making comparisons to Mayo and supplemental income for his family. cleanliness in their villages. were thrilled to know that there were their families. Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer, realized how fortunate they were to study in proper classrooms. schools unlike Mayo where children We found that all of the villagers in aware of their privilege and the studied with the same zeal as them. We found that about 50% of the During the last six months, many The immediate perception of struggles of others like them in a The children gave us testimonials that Madhupur had Poshan Vatikas. villagers already had toilets but still villagers in the minds of city dwellers is prospective donors have approached different part of Rajasthan through our reflected that visiting the Ekal school Villagers in the neighboring village of many were not using them. The big that they are uneducated and us to ask about our experience. During socially conscious Go Rad 'Adventure'. had taught them to be happy with what Rajo did not believe in Poshan Vatika backward. But their interaction with challenge for the sevikas is going to be our Ekal Vanyatra, we learnt that We took the children of class 4th to an they have and to value their education. Ekal students completely changed this to convince the villagers to change their Ekal school in Keljhar which is 20 km They also learned that proper based on the success in Shikharji, perception. They were taken aback with day to day habits for a healthier life. away from Chittorgarh. classrooms and schools are not Ekal is now starting similar Inte- the kinds of prayers, patriotic songs and necessary for imparting education; it grated Village Development (IVD) At first the children were surprised 'dohas' recited by them. The Mayo girls Conclusion can be imparted wherever there is zeal when we took them to a small building in taught them their prayer, a few Programmes in seven more places to learn! Thus, Ekal not only changes the middle of nowhere. They were sentences in English and performed a We are extremely pleased with the located in Assam, Gujarat, Madhya the lives of the less fortunate but also apprehensive of where we were going dance for them. These interactions Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. changes the hearts of the fortunate! progress we observed in and around and continually questioned us as to why helped Ekal students, and the Mayo Shikharji in just over a year. We saw the Adish and Asha Jain could not we just take them to another girls become comfortable with each Radhika Joshi Display of creative work by villagers shine in the eyes of the students and the Connecticut, USA fort or museum instead of a village in other, making the Mayo girls realize that Student, National University, Singapore

36 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 37 Standing Tall

Hkkjr ykds f'k{kk ifj"kn ~d siowh Z xkzeh.k {k=sk as e as ifjoruZ dk sHkh tkuu s tgk a xkzeh.k {k=sk as e as fMftVy f'k{kk Born on auspicious Gopastami fnYyh pISVj }kjk >kj[kMa dh dh dkfs'k'k dhA ,dy fo|ky; e as igpaq ku sd sfy, çf{k{k.k y sjgh vkpk;k aZs Day in 1960 in Kolkata, Sri Ramesh jkt/kkuh jkpah e as ,dy fo|ky; d s iu s dk cBSd dh ,o aviu svuHqko dk sHkh lk>k 7 years since 1989, he was associated 1982 when he met Sri Shyam Gupt in ç;kl fd;kA fd;kA lHkh u sjk"V ªd sfodkl e as ,dy with both the FTS and Kalyan Ashram. of all Ekal verticals in and out of Cuttack (Odisha) in All India meeting of çHkkvk as dk sHkh le>u sdh dkfs'k'k dhA d s;kxsnku dk s[kcw ljkgk vkjS dgk Since 1996, he has been fully devoted meetings and thus part of decision ou;kf=;k as u s,dy vfHk;ku }kjk Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram. Later in the fd fuf'pr :i l s n'sk dh ,drk] to the cause of tribal and rural making process at top echelons. lpakfyr /kuckn vpay d se/kcqu xkoa rhu fnolh; ou;k=k dk ;g same year he met Late Sri Madan Lal v[kMark] lH;rk vkjS lLa—fr dh j{kk communities through Ekal / FTS. d s,dy fo|ky; dh ljapuk dk cgrq lQj ,dy fo|ky; dk s vkRelkr d sfy, ,dy fo|ky; ,d ehy dk Agarwala in Dhanbad while on a Besides Ekal, his social work gh ckjhdh l sv/;;u fd;k vkjS ogk a djr s g,q vkx s c

38 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 39 Standing Tall

38 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 39 xkSjo ,dy ls vksyafIkd rd

gksus okyh fiadh deZdkj cpiu ls ynau dh lMd+k as ij vkysfaid dh

gh dq'kkxz cqf) dh FkhA [ksy&dwn e'kky nkSM+ esa 'kkfey gqbZA xkFkk ,oa i<+kbZ esa [kwc c<+&p<+dj fgLlk lqJh fiadh deZdkj ds firk ysrh FkhA lqJh fiadh viuh eka&cki Jh jktsu deZdkj viuh csVh ij xoZ dh ikapoha ykM+yh gSA os pkj cgusa djrs gq, dgrs gSa fd ,d pk; cxku ,oa ,d HkkbZ gSaA lcls cM+h cgu esa dke djus okys ifjokj dh csVh lqJh jk/kk gS] ftldh 'kknh fMczwx<+ dks yanu esa ,d lIrkg jgus dk esa gks pqdh gSA nwljh cgu ekSdk feykA vksyafid nkSM+ esa e'kky ,dy fo|ky; dh iow Z Nk=k lqJh vkjrh & Lukrd gSA rhljh ysdj nkSM++us dk lkSHkkX; izkIr gqvkA ynau e as vk;kfstr vkysfaid d se'kky cgu lqJh bUnq rFkk pkSFks Øekad ij vHkko xzLr thou xqt+j clj djus nkMS +e as 'kkfey gbqAZ vkysfaid dh fidah HkkbZ f'kok gS vkSj ikapos Øekad ij okys ifjokj dh fiadh Lo;a vle of Kolkata Pinjrapole Society, an family, whatever responsibility is At present, his three sons look dkbs ZvkjS ugh ag]S cfYd og vle jkT; Lo;a lqJh fiadh gSA lqJh fiadh ugha ?kwehA xksokgkVh ,oa fnYyh dk organization which is more than 100 assigned to him he will accept it as God after the different divisions of the d s fMcxwz < + fty+ s d s cjc: vkpk; Z deZdkj dks i<+uk ,oa i<+kuk&,dy n'kZu ugha dj ik;hA Bhd ls Vsªu dh years old. He is also Sangh chalak of sent opportunity. He has not planned business. His wife, Smt. Kiran cxku nk suEcj ykbu xkoa d s,dy ls vksyafIkd rd & nksuksa gh vPNk ;k=k ugha dj ik;hA ysfdu mldk Poorva Vibhag of Sangh in Kolkata. anything for his future because finding Saraogi, is also active in social work. fo|ky; dh iowNZk=k gAS mlu scpiu yxrk gSA og dgrh gSa fd eq>s HkkX; ,slk pedk fd og ns'k D;k] time after meeting commitments in the She is President of Mahila Samity of dh iq s,dy u sgh When Sri Ramesh Saraogi was also feels that patience is very dk vc uke ,o adke cMk+ gkrsk tk dk s ynau d s ukfSV?ake LDok;j e as fn[kkb ZgAS ,dy d sek/;e l sgh e aS asked about his future plans, he replied important in life and excess or paucity jgk gSA viuh vYik;q esa gh tks uke vk;kfstr vkysfaid dh e'kky nkMS +e as vkx sc< +jgh gA¡w vkysfaid e as e aS e'kky that the spirit of social service is of anything is equally bad. o [;kfr izkIr dh gS] og ,d fidah dedZkj dk s 'kkfey gkus s dk ydsj nkMS +e as 'kkfey gbq Z;g Bhd g S peRdkj ls de ugha gSSA viuh xkjSo ikzIr gAS okLro e as og xkjSo dk fdUr q ejs s thou dh e'kky ,dy assigned to him by God. After fulfilling Complied by his commitment to his business and Editorial Team esgur ,oa yxu ds cy ij vxzlj {k.k FkkA ,dy l si

40 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 41 xkSjo ,dy ls vksyafIkd rd

gksus okyh fiadh deZdkj cpiu ls ynau dh lMd+k as ij vkysfaid dh

40 July-August, 2019 July-August, 2019 41 ty lsuk dk lSfud cuk

dqekj o"kZ 2002 esa ,dy fo|ky; esa Hkh xkSjo dqekj us vPNh i<+kbZ dk fo|kFkhZ cukA djrs gq, viuk] vius ifjokj dk] ,dy fo|ky; d sNk= xkjSo u s xkao dk] ,oa ,dy fo|ky; dk uke viuh xjhch dk sdHkh Hkh viu sy{; d s xkSjokfUor fd;kA ckjgoha dh ijh{kk vkM s+ vku s ugh a fn;kA ,d gkusgkj mÙkh.kZ djus ds ckn xkSjo dqekj dk ckyd d s:i e as mldh :fp ge'skk p;u ty lsuk esa gks x;kA vkt ,dy fo|ky; dk iow ZNk= xkjSo n'sk iesz d sifzr tkxrz gkrsh jghA db Z viuh lsok eqEcbZ esa ty lsuk ds deqkj] ,dy vfHk;ku dk sxkjSokfUor ckj fo|ky; e as Hkh [kys&dnw ;k fQj lSfud ds :i esa ns jgk gSA dj jgk gAS xkjSo deqkj fgekpy inz'sk jxakjxa lkLadf`rd dk;ØZek as e as vius ,dy fo|ky; dh rRdkyhu d sdkxaMk+ fty+kUrxrZ ctSUkkFk i[zk.M vki dks lsuk ds cM+s vf/kdkjh ds vkpk;kZ ehuk 'kekZ] lEizfr vapy d slkgsy xkoa dk jguoskyk gAS xkjSo :i esa izLrqr djrk FkkA ,dy lRlax lk/kd izeq[k] xkSjo ds ckjs esa d s ekrk&firk u s i'k&qikyu ,o a fo|ky; dh f'k{kk iwjh djus ds ckn crkrs gq, dgrh gSa fd og tc Hkh fngkMh+ dk dke dj viu sifjokj dk tc gkbZ Ldwy esa igq¡pk rks ogka Hkh xkao vkrk gS rks ,dy fo|ky; ds Hkj.k&iks"k.k fd;kA bl vHkkoxzLr viuh izfrHkk dk izn'kZu djrs gq, ckjs esa tkudkjh ysrk gS ,oa ,dy ifjokj esa ,d u;s vè;k; dk izkjEHk nloha d{kk esa 90 izfr'kr vad izkIr fo|ky; esa Lo;a tkdj cPpksa dks rc gqvk tc blh ifjokj dk xkSjo dj mÙkh.kZ gqvkA ckjgoha dh ijh{kk i<+krk Hkh gSA

,dy Nk= VkWi 10 esa cPps ml ,dy fo|ky; esa i<+rs FksA ,dy fo|ky; esa Ik<+us vkrk Fkk rks dqN cPps laLdkfjr Fks] vfèkdka'k lHkh cPps mlls xkuk lqukus dh ekax cPps vf'k{kk ls xzLr FksA djrs FksA [ksy ls T;knk vPNk cXxw csch eudkSfV;k dgrh gSa fd & dks xkuk lqukuk vPNk yxrk FkkA esjs }kjk i<+k, x, ,dy ds fo|kFkhZ bldk lcl sykdsfi;z xkuk Fkk ^^dlSk vkt nloha] X;kjgoha rFkk ckjgoha esa yxk xkfsj,&idMk+ nk cl.kk**A ml s i<+kbZ dj jgs gSaA muessa ,d ckyd luqdj lc ykxs vkUkUn e as Mcw tkrAs lk/kkj.k fiNMs+&det+ksj Nk=ksa Fkk cXxw og cgqr gh xjhc FkkA ,dy fo|ky; esa tc og bl xhr dks vOoy cuk nsuk ,dy fo|ky; mlds firkth dk nsgkar gks pqdk dks xkrk rks jkg pyrs jkgxhj Hkh dh igpku gSA blh igpku dk FkkA mldh ekrk th chekj jgrh xhr dks lqudj ,dy fo|ky; esa mYys[k djrs gq, ,dy fo|ky; dh FkhA ?kj esa rhu&HkkbZ nks cgusa FkhaA :d tkrs ,oa xkuk dks lqudj rRdkyhu vkpk;kZ csch eudkSfV;k ,d cgu dh rks vHkh gky esa 'kknh vkuan mBkrs FksA gky gh esa ^fgekpy izns'k* uwjiqj vapy] dgrh gks x;h gSA cM+k HkkbZ viuh i<+kbZ ^^vkokt+ fgekpy dh** xhr&laxhr gSa fd og ,dy fo|ky; vfHk;ku ls NksM+dj fdlh QSDVjh esa dk;Z dj izfr;ksfxrk vk;ksftr dh xbZ Fkh o"kZ 2010 esa vkpk;kZ ds dke ls jgk gS] ftlls ?kj dk [kpZ pyrk ftlesa cXxw dks Hkh izfr;ksfxrk esa tqM+hA lap jSgu ds crjkgu ,dy gSA cXxw ,dy fo|ky; esa lcdk 'kkfey gksus dk volj feyk FkkA fo|ky; esa yxHkx ,d o"kZ rd I;kjk Nk= FkkA bls cpiu ls gh bl izfr;ksfxrk esa cXxq dks VkWi&Vsu vkpk;kZ ds :i esa dke fd;kA 35 laxhr dk cgqr 'kkSd FkkA tc og esa p;fur fd;k x;kA

42 July-August, 2019 ty lsuk dk lSfud cuk dqekj o"kZ 2002 esa ,dy fo|ky; esa Hkh xkSjo dqekj us vPNh i<+kbZ dk fo|kFkhZ cukA djrs gq, viuk] vius ifjokj dk] ,dy fo|ky; d sNk= xkjSo u s xkao dk] ,oa ,dy fo|ky; dk uke viuh xjhch dk sdHkh Hkh viu sy{; d s xkSjokfUor fd;kA ckjgoha dh ijh{kk vkM s+ vku s ugh a fn;kA ,d gkusgkj mÙkh.kZ djus ds ckn xkSjo dqekj dk ckyd d s:i e as mldh :fp ge'skk p;u ty lsuk esa gks x;kA vkt ,dy fo|ky; dk iow ZNk= xkjSo n'sk iesz d sifzr tkxrz gkrsh jghA db Z viuh lsok eqEcbZ esa ty lsuk ds deqkj] ,dy vfHk;ku dk sxkjSokfUor ckj fo|ky; e as Hkh [kys&dnw ;k fQj lSfud ds :i esa ns jgk gSA dj jgk gAS xkjSo deqkj fgekpy inz'sk jxakjxa lkLadf`rd dk;ØZek as e as vius ,dy fo|ky; dh rRdkyhu d sdkxaMk+ fty+kUrxrZ ctSUkkFk i[zk.M vki dks lsuk ds cM+s vf/kdkjh ds vkpk;kZ ehuk 'kekZ] lEizfr vapy d slkgsy xkoa dk jguoskyk gAS xkjSo :i esa izLrqr djrk FkkA ,dy lRlax lk/kd izeq[k] xkSjo ds ckjs esa d s ekrk&firk u s i'k&qikyu ,o a fo|ky; dh f'k{kk iwjh djus ds ckn crkrs gq, dgrh gSa fd og tc Hkh fngkMh+ dk dke dj viu sifjokj dk tc gkbZ Ldwy esa igq¡pk rks ogka Hkh xkao vkrk gS rks ,dy fo|ky; ds Hkj.k&iks"k.k fd;kA bl vHkkoxzLr viuh izfrHkk dk izn'kZu djrs gq, ckjs esa tkudkjh ysrk gS ,oa ,dy ifjokj esa ,d u;s vè;k; dk izkjEHk nloha d{kk esa 90 izfr'kr vad izkIr fo|ky; esa Lo;a tkdj cPpksa dks rc gqvk tc blh ifjokj dk xkSjo dj mÙkh.kZ gqvkA ckjgoha dh ijh{kk i<+krk Hkh gSA

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