It is a sad yet common scene that children forget about their parents while being busy with estate planning and trying how to avoid probate. Last year, Laxmi, a 68-year-old elderly woman was abandoned by her daughter and son-in-law, as they considered her a burden in the house. Since then, Laxmi has been begging on the streets of Hyderabad. After meeting with an accident a few weeks ago, she was […]
Although NGOs help those in need, there are over two million NGOs in India and many of them don’t really do what they claim Greenpeace claim that this is a crackdown on dissent from potential ‘disruptors of the narrative’ Sewa UK admit that honest NGOs are affected, but believe that Modi is doing this for the right reason In his first two years in office we have seen much of […]
Sunil Mantri: Could you please tell something about yourself? Shailesh Chowatia: Being a religious person, I have always been more sensitive towards mute souls (animals and birds), as a child I was always taught to help Distress souls. And being so close to the Nature, […]
CBI on Monday raised a question mark on NGOs in the country, informing the Supreme Court that of the more than 22 lakh NGOs in various states, less than 10% had filed their balance sheets on grants received and their expenditures with the authorities. CBI collated data from 20 states and seven UTs, and informed the court that 22,45,655 NGOs were operating in the states. Of these only 2,234,78 NGOs, […]
In October 1947, soon after India became independent, Pakistani troops had reached the borders of Kashmir. All the efforts of political leaders had failed. Time was ticking. In these conditions Sardar Patel sent a message to the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), MS Golwalker, requesting him to use his influence to prevail upon the Maharaja to accede to India. ‘Guruji’, as he was fondly called, cancelled all engagements […]
After two decades of wondering what to write on forms in the `What is your mother tongue’ column, I finally stopped apologising to myself and the world for not knowing any of my native languages and declared openly in the answer space – ‘English.’ But it is only five years ago, when I helped my closest friend Pascal set up our NGO for street children in Delhi, called Tara; that […]
