Last month saw the Dream Mile conducted in a few other cities, two of which were in Atlanta and Washington D.C. In stark contrast was the magnitude of the events, but similar were their success stories. While Atlanta was hosting their biggest event in 12 years raising more than 100,000 dollars, D.C more than doubled…
Mrs. Rajani Paranjape, popularly known as Rajani Tai is the founder of the Door Step School, a non-profit organization that focuses on providing primary education for children of migrant workers. Rajani Tai has always liked to work for and with people. So after nearly 15 years of graduation, which was also 15 years of her married life,…
I spoke at length with Mr. E. S. Ramamurthy, founder of Sikshana about his thoughts on Right to Education Act. We looked at the first part of this interview in an article published last month. For those of you who didn’t catch it earlier, it’s available at http://vibhablog.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/interview-with-mr-ramamurthy-founder-of-sikshana-on-right-to-education-act/ Let’s continue on this note to catch…
The cricket carnival event recently conducted at the Minnesota action center was a grand success. The event was very well received in the community and feedback from the participants and spectators was unanimously positive. The participants were impressed with the organization and professionalism of the tournament. The event was conducted at Minnesota for the second…
Ahhhh, summer. The lazy days, the “mom-aggravating” bedtimes, and the heat! It didn’t seem so bad, especially with the tempting ternion of months out of school, until the glaring eyes of the thermometer that forever seemed to indicate 104°F. But who was to let such a petty thing stop us? We were the Easterly Beasts, a coterie…
Have you ever used a “shake table” in school to understand the effects of earthquakes on buildings? I haven’t! I had never seen one, let alone build one. So I was pleasantly jolted (no pun intended) to see a “shake table” kit being built along with many other innovative modules at the Resource Area For…
We all know several people working in the IT industry, and also know how busy their work lives can get. But seldom do we meet, IT people who have invested a major part of their time to do something for the people of their country and the community. Meet Vijay Vemulapalli, Secretary and member of Vibha…
–By Nikhil Vora From the traditional Bharatnatyam to the multicultural folk dance, from the bollywood fusion dancers in black and white to the glamorous and colorful ladies in the Miss India Beauty pageant, from the Middle Eastern belly-dancing to the South American salsa, from a simple evening for one to winning an Apple iPad for…
