tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89143469202997208012024-03-13T05:54:50.800+05:30Payir - Blog<i>Payir envisages the transformation of Indian
villages into a socially stimulating, self reliant,
growth oriented community rooted in the
principles of Truth.</i>Roopesh Chanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373979458051224935noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-45326332444920895152011-08-20T21:52:00.013+05:302011-08-20T22:26:47.487+05:30Payir connects to the world - Wirelessly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwnCaX_D7HgPqDhmX7dA4xD3A4zcfv1F-AOyiX3V6bNaKfYom5i3aMyBTjSWGdq64M9qX8Pstih_FBaBbYjs9JSG9n7fDcrHWfZ_oOkETCt5iTu3svSryP0u7-ihn0Hq3cbhyphenhyphenwxMrs4__/s1600/CloseUp.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwnCaX_D7HgPqDhmX7dA4xD3A4zcfv1F-AOyiX3V6bNaKfYom5i3aMyBTjSWGdq64M9qX8Pstih_FBaBbYjs9JSG9n7fDcrHWfZ_oOkETCt5iTu3svSryP0u7-ihn0Hq3cbhyphenhyphenwxMrs4__/s320/CloseUp.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642982505270894834" border="0" /></a>
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<br />Friday Aug, 19th 2011 is a memorable day in the diary of Payir Trust, and Payir Innovations... We connected to the world wireless using Radio Wave transmission from our nearest telephone exchange (~5km away).
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<br />This has been a long journey which started in November 2010. We were connected to the internet over wired line from Puthanampatti exchange. BSNL ran a special line for ~5Km. We used to get ~2Mbps, which was heavily shared by the many computers in our IT center, Learning center for e-Learning, and Health center for tele-medicine. This was also the main contact line for our founder, employees and volunteers to connect to the rest of the world and spread the work we do. However running a cable for ~5km, exclusively for us with not much revenue, had its own challenges - physical, natural and human interventional. As a result, we were out of internet services for many days, sometime months...
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<br />We were brain-storming on various ideas on how to connect wirelessly. We contacted RuTag unit in IIT-M as well. We explored various ideas which were either expensive or not feasible. Finally we had a ray of hope in Mr. Kuppuswamy, an ex-employee of BSNL, now retired and settled in Bangalore. He is part of our Friends of Payir - Bangalore Chapter. He introduced us to the Chief General Manager of BSNL Mr. Mahendrakumar, who took special interest in getting wireless connection to Payir.
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<br />The initial steps happened at a lightning pace:
<br />- BSNL 'emerging business unit' did feasibility study in Thenur and gave the go ahead signal
<br />- BSNL Head Telecom Office approved our request to erect a wireless Radio Wave Tower in our premises
<br />- We got in touch with Mr. Nagaraj of Vista Infotech, who gave special attention to Payir to get tower installed and all other necessary cabling and equipments
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<br />Then came change of personnel in BSNL, the TN elections and things were stalled. We were patient but persistent in our goal to get wireless connectivity in Thenur, and kept talking to various people in BSNL. Finally we got the approval to install the 8Mbps modem on our tower, after a lot of last mile push.
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<br />We are now happy that our time, money and efforts have paid off, and we are getting 3-4 Mbps uninterrupted internet connection for the past 2 days. We plan to utilize this for the uninterrupted continuity of our current services, and future activities. We have the provision to transmit wireless upto 21km radius, and plan to transmit and connect many other village centers to the internet, and truly make RURAL world CONNECTS TO URBAN world a reality
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<br />We would like to thank all our supporters and well wishers who have helped us to achieve this feat.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-56701194943879161102010-11-26T22:40:00.005+05:302010-11-26T22:59:49.600+05:30HOPE for us to Have and GiveToday I visited a person who is nearing 80. She has done yeoman service in her professional life spanning nearly 50 years and still doing in other ways. During our conversation, at one point she told that she is surprised that I carry the hope for a better to-morrow. She says, with the magnitude of (immoral) happenings that she sees around today, people (like her) of her generation hope only for the end of their mortal life. I am sure, this is not one person's commentary, but of many.<br />This strikes me very hard. If our generation is creating such disdain with our previous one, we need to question ourselves what is that we are giving to our next generation? I tell myself that all these stuff of working for social development is secondary, tertiary more so...the most important meaningful work we can do ..is to create HOPE...a hope that communities and societies based on compassion, honor and truth can exist even among the ruins created by the same human society.Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-35538220246375614142010-10-20T06:45:00.002+05:302010-10-20T06:49:17.791+05:30Jai HoPreethi, a Homeopathic Doctor, even though has been with us on and off for past couple of months, was initiated into actual community work yesterday. And it turned out to be a day to remember for her. <br /> Preethi came back from the field visit saying she can't take off from her memory the tears and the eyes that beheld it! She, with a deep thought, asked me when the house for her in the village will be ready (she is now staying in the farm). I was a little perplexed .. she told, staying there she can physically help with the construction work of Amutha's home .. the beholder of those tears.<br /> I opined that while it is a good thought, we should also look at alternate solutions for Amutha. Preethi is just going through exactly the battles I went through when I started living with the community here. Our breed of people bleeds with the heart which actually does. For many of the policy makers, growth model managers and students of development theories Preethi's decision may seem emotional, a solution that is neither scalable nor sustainable, that has little direction and has limited impact. On the contrary, I believe, what she is carrying now is something that will in certainty bring in happiness to the immediate life of Amutha and her son. There is an indirect consequence that this happiness spreads. Thats a far better impact than many of the theories which never sees the daylight and when it does brings no solace for people like Amutha..contradictorily these policies landed her in trouble in the first place!<br /> As I was discussing with Preethi about Amutha, the MSN page I was browsing had an article "Anil Ambani's $1 billion home still not in the list of Forbes most expensive homes"... Jai Ho!!! I pray, Preethi's heart and her breed of people swell large enough to be some day listed in the annals of history! <br /> Now, let me get to the day of Preethi's! She visited a few homes where our health workers found it very hard to make an impact even though care is absolutely necessary. Later she had a meeting with a group of ladies. <br /> When coming back, she visited Amutha whose husband moved out of her life immediately after a boy was born. Amutha has very few relatives and her son is also not a healthy boy. While she goes out to do daily labour work, she is not the "strong" ones whom a farm owner/employer prefers...she can't be a load (wo)man, masons won't prefer her or she can't do paddy thrashing. She won't get work all days because of this and she may not be equally paid like the rest.<br /> Now, through a Government housing scheme she was offered a "pucca concrete" house for her thatched home. The Government pays Rs.70,000, part of it by supplies. Like many of the ill planned schemes, some 3 lakh homes were to come in the 1st year across the state. The timing was wrong, demand shot up, prices of raw materials went up by nearly 200%. A brick which was costing Rs. 2.75 a month before is now Rs.6 .. and if the person is lucky to get a hand on it. Anyway, lot of her neighbours convinced Amutha to go for it. Now, she is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, with her house raced down and not knowing how to finish this building!<br />Amutha found a patient ear in Preethi to tell all her life sorrows and sufferings. She being pushed into a dependent life all through her life and the daily suffering she has to go through, any Tom, Dick and Harry has an idea for her. I have seen many times she takes a decision which hurts her later. We can endlessly debate on the attitudal change that change makers have to bring in her...but for some one who suffers day in and day out .. who is loved by very few, who goes empty stomach many days, on whom the society slants its concocted eye ... the only comfort given is love and sharing.Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-84610337782485354262010-10-03T13:29:00.004+05:302010-10-03T14:08:39.165+05:30In searchMany of these days, I keep questioning myself what I would do if I decide to just be an individual person of help to those who are suffering. I would be able to relate my emotions more truly without the constraints of being part of an organization. I would truly be a nomad moving from one place to another doing whatever little help, making those small differences, adding life skills and passing on my values. I would have no one to command but just be a partner for someone, some groups of human beings who wants solace in life and a better tomorrow. I would just be answerable to my own conscience and to those lives I am part of. There will still be goals, changes, improvements, setbacks but no reports to write about, nothing to tell anyone.<br /><br />Deep inside, this is me..these are the reasons Payir was founded. My life is meant to be lived this way. Now, it hurts with such pain that no longer my life is this way.<br />Why is it, people have to find a motive with Payir except other than these? While I understand and value discussions, debates and sharing ideas, Why is it, people want to push their own "development theories and timelines" when I live my life only for these ideals? Why is it sometimes, "the purpose and effect of use" of donations/contributions not only be explained but rationally proved?! Why is it, Payir and myself are not considered as an instrument in and for the community and every minute of our existence goes on thinking about the community we share our lives with?<br /><br />My journey continues in search of a better answer than the narrow constrains of being part of an organization ... knowing and working with its own practical limitation.Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-8479337503118791212010-09-16T00:43:00.005+05:302010-10-03T13:35:57.883+05:30Hazards of one-dimensonal solutionsOur broad band connection is the back bone for our Software development, E-learning initiative and Tele-Medicine – each one of them making a huge difference to our efforts here. In the first place, this type of connection to a rural area beyond the normal limits, itself was a tremendous effort by the local staff of BSNL. <br />Lately, for the past 3 months, we have been having constant issues with this connection. And I don't think the initial level of efforts is there now to try solving the issues. Normally, such issues are not one-dimensional but our working culture wants to solve that way. In this case – distance from sender tower to us is larger than normal limits. <br />I think, in solving issues that has a high amount of social impact, one needs to first decongest the small bottle necks. While, a larger and permanent solution could come from the "one-dimensional" issue – the high level of technicalities, economics and time for creating such solutions means insisting on it can tremendously slow social progress.Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-25550280300502555682010-08-24T07:24:00.000+05:302010-08-24T07:42:28.536+05:30The people element at Payir<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">My visit to Thenur, like Senthil loved to put it time and again, was more a dawn of a relation with Payir and the people there, than a mere volunteering activity. And I suppose that is exactly what I ended up making it... I have wonderful memories of the place, listing all of which will be quite literally impossible. But I do have a few words to say about those extraordinary people... Let me mention here that there are many many more people I should be listing and that the I am not doing justice to a whole lot of people by not taking their names here. These people are the first few I would want to speak about, though...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For the refreshing company they offered me, the endless chats we shared, for the visits they accompanied me on, for all their time and patience with me, I thank Saroja and Karthi. I learnt more about art from them than I could ever hope to teach them.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For those sweaty mornings we spent working together on cataloging, her sweet way of humming while we were at it, I shall remember Then. I hope the kids still adore her like they did when I was there, and I hope they don't test her patience as much!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For all those fresh conversations laced with a rustic wit, for all the profound knowledge about various fields that he imparted to me, I shall remember Ponnudurai Sir. I hope his daughter, Ahalya, is doing fine and that his wife's scanning has shown good results...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For all those evenings that I spent running behind her, I shall remember my first ever cycle student... I hope Mallika is doing good. Tell her I want my ride with her, as a pillion, on her cycle the next time I visit!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For those evenings that we spent scraping the violin, the guffaws we shared about extinct species, the little nothings in our evenings, the delicious parting lunch that she and her mum prepared for us, the pleasant and patient, the haunting trademark smile of hers, I shall remember Mythili. I hope this multi-faceted lady has been practicing sketching. Have you, Mythili?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">To all those refreshing coffees that she took special efforts to brew just for me, to all those mouth watering dishes she indulged me with, to all the motherly love and affection that she gave me... I shall forever remain indebted to Jayamma. I hope she has learnt to sign her name right now. Somebody please tell her I miss the coffees' she used to brew me in the kitchen, after freshly cleaning the place with cow-dung-mixed-water!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">To those endless engaging conversations that captured my days effortlessly, to all those narration filled evenings that seemed ever too short for me to let go, to all the borrowed eccentricities that I can add to my own character henceforth, to all those enthusiastic pursuits that he set me unto, to all the glorious moments that he managed to spare for me despite his time being too expensive to be spent on trifles like me, to have taught me just about every lesson that I have learnt during my stay there and for opening my vision to capture new perspectives of life that I had never seen existing before... to all of these and much more, I can barely thank Senthil enough. He is 'THE' magic charm behind Payir... the wonderful man who can ceaselessly manage to keep you in awe of him!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Besides, I hope Senthil (NOT the founder!) Sir's daughter is doing good. Manoharan Sir, I hope he is not as busy as Senthil usually keeps him! Gajendran Sir, I hope he has been hunting as much as he likes. I hope Soubhagyam Ma'am and Selvaraj Sirare keeping well... And, how are the folks in the Chutti school and the BPO?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I can only wish they're all keeping well... and that I shall!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></span>Aparna Vittal Dhashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14956275358198817606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-68356223851454784402010-08-09T22:29:00.003+05:302010-08-09T22:51:10.049+05:30Do the farms look green?<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How can one ever expect a man chasing greedy goals to understand what it means for a farmer when the rains disappoint him yet again? Or how it shatters a villager to see arable lands without cultivation? How can one expect a man who spends half his life in an AC chamber to understand what if feels like to stand on a parched land feeling the sun’s fury on one’s head and to look into a well that shows no traces of water despite the numerous bores that scar it? How can one ever get a man, skipping a job that pays him in lakhs for another that pays him a few thousands more, to understand how folks in the village work on all the days of the week for much longer hours and do far more strenuous work for an annual income that amounts only to those few thousands?</span></span><span style="color:black"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><u1:p></u1:p>Cultivation is tough job. Constant and persistent vigilance, sheer hard work, endless perseverance is what it takes to get a good yield. In the end their crop is sold at a mere amount. So, what lies ahead for the farmers there if they don’t move out and the current state of affairs don’t improve? Can we hold them responsible for wanting a better standard of life that their endless efforts in their farms don’t seem to accommodate? What destiny awaits these fertile lands when each farmer decides to move into towns in pursuit of better pay and a better quality of life? How do we propose to feed the huge population if such a thing ever happens?</span></span><span style="color:black"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><u1:p></u1:p>Folks in the villages seem quite ignorant of how life in the towns is. But their ignorance seems much lesser than the ignorance town folks have about village life. People in the cities have no clue how a village functions and how dramatically their way of life is changing the rural life. Media seems to be barely reaching out to addressing certain issues they must have addressed ages ago. Issues that deserve all the attention they can afford to get; issues that would certainly hold much more relevance to the Indian masses than certain other news pieces that cram our media like which business tycoon is dating which actress.</span></span><span style="color:black"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><u1:p></u1:p><u1:p></u1:p>Misplaced priorities and misplaced focus are commonplace problems. Sometimes they don’t make much difference. At other times, they make all the difference there is to make. Sad</span></span><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">...</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></p>Aparna Vittal Dhashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14956275358198817606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-25233231897990584372010-08-09T21:53:00.002+05:302010-08-09T22:28:28.781+05:30Destination Payir<div><br /></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Pre-script:</span></span></i></b></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">iVolunteer India Fellow Youth Programme is an annual affair conducted by iVolunteer. The programme places urban students with rural and tribal NGOs for a span of one month. iVolunteer IFY Programme 2010 saw Aparna, an information science and engineering student from Bangalore, as one of the candidates who got through the initial scanning process. She was placed with Payir Trust, a rural empowerment facilitation center based n Thenur village, Perambalur District, Tamil Nadu. She would incidentally be the author of this blog post too.</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>After many weeks of eager waiting, I finally found myself aboard the train to Trichy - all set to spend a month volunteering with Payir Trust. A month in the rustic backdrop, trying to be of some use to somebody, trying to touch a few lives in a small way at least, all by myself for the first time ever... A month living the kind of life I have always wanted to live... I cannot find words to express how disarming I found the whole prospect!<div><br /></div><div>A delayed train journey, several calls and messages to Senthil and a ride with Renga (in his Charlie Chaplain auto rickshaw) later I found myself in the charming place that was to make a profound impact on my life... my home for a July, an Adi season in 2010, Payir. Right from Jayamma making me eat twice the quantity of Upma than I'd normally consume, to Senthil refusing to let me pay Renga, everything about my first day gave me sufficient hints about how the rest of my stay there would be like.</div><div><br /></div><div>To the unmatched, unsurpassed hospitality that I was smothered with, the selfless ability of the folks there to adapt to anybody and make people feel like they have always belonged there, to all those wonderful people who have touched my life in ways that I cannot forget, to all the memories that I have managed to capture from these few days and to everything that has changed about me since my visit here, I shall forever remain indebted to Payir!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Aparna Vittal Dhashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14956275358198817606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-16127408961482106632010-06-16T22:18:00.001+05:302010-06-16T22:24:42.832+05:30Wrong turn:-)Exactly a month before, on a Sunday while playing cricket with children (!), I broke the middle finger of my right hand while making a wrong turn. It was a Sunday afternoon. I decided to get treated at G.H, Trichy. Fortunately, Dr. Sri Hari was on duty that day and so admission, X-Ray and PoP (Plaster of Paris) were all done within 3 hrs time.<br />One month after, while the cast is off..I am quite at difficulty stretching my hand with striking and shooting pain from the wrist to the shoulder with the wrist and elbow hurting the worst. The Doctors' say, the Plaster technician did a bad cast job resulting in nerve compression. I am on medication to relieve that and in the next few days will know how it goes.<br />The villagers, literally at every turn and every day, have been insisting (nearly hounding) me to go for traditional healers of oil cast as they feel PoP will harm. I tried my best convincing that “English” cast is as good and wanted to prove an extra point of using G.H for fractures. The PoP technician has “cast” a wrong turn on my ideals and probably make me eat my own pie with the villagers..hmm ..with my left hand!!:-)Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-90698488032277194952010-02-22T18:02:00.006+05:302010-02-22T18:45:01.166+05:30காலை உணவு வழங்கியதின் நோக்கம்<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkARWuvdTUnyit4THvVh1M6nI0E8RZZBgKPepamlhpwjHU5Uu918R9rBHyuDN5BbFzY1KnnupPhQ0LuhjJj5fx65iRryrCPkzdh1Wrzz_YPXXPf6ZWKlinT8E1lKewynTko-XrtRMXjI/s1600-h/DSCN2912.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkARWuvdTUnyit4THvVh1M6nI0E8RZZBgKPepamlhpwjHU5Uu918R9rBHyuDN5BbFzY1KnnupPhQ0LuhjJj5fx65iRryrCPkzdh1Wrzz_YPXXPf6ZWKlinT8E1lKewynTko-XrtRMXjI/s200/DSCN2912.JPG" 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Workers மூலம் ஆய்வுசெய்யப்பட்டது. அப்போது சில குடும்பங்களில் உள்ள பெற்றோர்கள் காலை 6 மணிக்கு வெளியூர் போய் வயல் வேலை, விறகு வெட்டுதல், செங்கல் செய்தல் போன்ற வேலைகளுக்கு போய் விடுவார்கள். இவர்களுடைய சில குழந்தைகளை ஆடு மேய்க்க சொல்லிவிட்டு வேலைக்கு போய் விடுவார்கள். சில குழந்தைகள் குளிக்காமலும், வீட்டில் சாப்பிடாமலும் பள்ளிக்கு வந்துகொண்டிருந்தனர். பள்ளியில் வருகை மிக குறைவாக இருந்தது. இக்குழந்தைகளை படிக்க வைக்க வேண்டும் என்ற நோக்கத்தில் இவ்வூரில் உள்ள ஊராட்சி ஒன்றிய தொடக்கப்பள்ளியில் பயிலும் 43 மானவர்களுக்கும் 15.10.2008 இல் இருந்து பள்ளி நாட்களில் காலை உணவு வழங்கப்படுகிறது. மேலும் இரண்டு துணை ஆசிரியர்கள் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு உதவியாகவும் குழந்தைகள் படிப்பதற்கு உதவவும்,குழந்தைகள் படிப்பதற்கு தேவையான சிலேட்டு, பென்சில், பேப்பர், எழுத்து பயிற்சி நோட்டு, போன்ற பொருட்களை வழங்கி உள்ளோம். குறிப்பாக அறக்கட்டளையிலிருந்து செல்லும் ஆசிரியர்கள் ஒன்றாம், மற்றும் இரண்டாம் வகுப்பு குழந்தைகளுக்கு அடுத்த வகுப்புக்கு செல்லும்போது அடிப்படை எழுதுகளையும் எண்களையும்,தெரிந்திருக்க வேண்டும்.என்ற நோக்கத்தில் பாடம் கற்று தரப்படுகிறது .<br />விளைவுகள்<br />1. மாணவர்கள் சோர்வில்லாமல் பள்ளியில் மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருக்கிறார்கள்.<br />2. மாணவர்களின் வருகைப்பதிவு நன்றாக உள்ளது.<br />3. மாணவர்களின் கல்வித் தரம் உயர்ந்துள்ளது. இதேபோன்று டிசம்பர் 2009 லிருந்து கூடுதலாக தேனுர் ஆதிதிராவிடர் நல தொடக்கப்பள்ளிக்கும் காலை உணவு வழங்கப்படுகிறது.<br /><br />இம்மாணவர்களுக்கு சென்னை ஆஷாவில் இருந்து உதவி வழங்கப்படுகிறது. சென்னை ஆஷாவிற்கு எங்களுடய நன்றியை தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறோம்.Patchai muthuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849736100935269122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-75257823592087760772010-01-06T18:41:00.005+05:302010-01-06T19:36:07.430+05:30பெரம்பலூர், அரியலூர் மாவட்ட கல்வி திறனாய்வு எடுத்த விவரம்<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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திறனாய்வு செய்வதற்கு பயிற்சி அளிக்க 24 9) இரண்டு நாட்களுக்கு திருமதி.சுமதி மற்றும் திரு.செந்தில் அவர்களால் பயிற்சி அளிக்கப்பட்டது. பயிற்சிக்கு அனைவரும் கலந்துக் கொண்டார்கள். பெரம்பலூர் மாவட்டத்தில் 22 கிராமத்தில் 600 குடும்பங்களும்,அரியலூர் மாவட்டத்தில் 30 கிராமங்களில் 600 குடும்பங்களும் ஆய்வு செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று கூறினார்கள். இவர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் இரண்டு நாட்களுக்கு தங்கும் இடம் மற்றும் சாப்பாடு ஆகியவை நல்ல முறையில் ஏற்பாடு செய்து கொடுத்தோம். கல்வி திறனாய்வு புத்தகத்தை 2.11.09 க்குள் அனைவரும் கொடுக்க வேண்டும் என்று கூறினார்கள். ஆனால் 25.10.09 இல் ஒவ்வொருவரையும் கேட்டால் இனிமேல் தா<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcudfnwPFW6YyFEBXkJqRpeWSa_lTy14UQcX5glILwSTY8_6qAhlsV4wB0nRob8yiKnU885mjVQ6ye3tAd89RpYEeDaeptd65uNlar66pWTj8V-XrfYTim8xWp7Tb6Yz-Rd_5h3x7j24/s320/DSCN2716.JPG" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423622812233820386" />ன் எடுக்கப்போவதாகவும் 2தேதிக்குள் கொடுத்துவிடுவோம் என்று கூறினார்கள். அவர்களை தொலைபேசியின் மூலம் அடிக்கடி தொடர்புக் கொண்டு விசாரித்துக் கேட்டால் பேருந்து வசதி சில கிராமங்களுக்கு இல்லை என்றும் அதிக தொலைவில் இருப்பதாகவும் காரணம் கூறினார்கள். பிறகு அசர் நிறுவனத்தில் 5ஆம் தேதிக்குள் அனுப்பி வைக்கின்றோம் என்று கேட்டுக் கொண்டோம். பிறகு 5ஆம் தேதிக்குள் அனைத்து கிராமங்களும் ஆய்வு செய்து சரிபார்த்து அனுப்பப்பட்டது.Patchai muthuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849736100935269122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-41689818000323463052010-01-06T18:40:00.001+05:302010-01-06T18:40:40.811+05:30முதியோர்களுக்கு வேஷ்டி, சேலை வழங்கியதுசென்னையில் இருந்து 60 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்ட வயதானவர்கள் 140 பேருக்கு வேஷ்டி, சேலை வழங்குவதாக திருமதி மேரி அம்மா கூறினார்கள். நாங்கள் தேனூர் கிராமத்தில் 60 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்களை கணக்கெடுத்து இவர்களில் ஆதரவற்றவர்கள், எந்த துணையும் இல்லாதவர்கள், ஏழ்மையானவர்களை பார்த்து அவர்களுக்கு டோக்கன் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது. வந்தவர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் ஒரு வேலை சாப்பாடு அளித்து, இலவசமாக B.P மற்றும் சர்க்கரைநோய், ஆய்வு செய்து நோய் இருப்பவர்களுக்கு சிகிச்சை அளிக்கப்பட்டு மருந்து, மாத்திரைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன. டோக்கன் கொடுத்தவர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் வேஷ்டி, சேலை, துண்டு வழங்கப்பட்டன.<br /><br />விளைவுகள்:<br /> <br /> டோக்கன் கொடுக்காதவர்கள் மற்றும் வசதியுடையவர்கள் கூட வேஷ்டி,சேலை வேண்டும் என்று தகராறு செய்தார்கள். இவர்களை சமாளித்து உணவு அருந்திவிட்டு வாருங்கள் என்று கூறி சமாதானம்படுத்தி அனுப்பிவைத்தோம். இதற்கு ஒத்துழைத்த செந்தில், கார்த்திக், பொன்னுதுரை, குமார், மனோகர், சரண்யா, ஹபீபு ரஹ்மான், டாக்டர் மைதிலி மற்றும் செவிலியர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் வாழ்த்துக்கள்.Patchai muthuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849736100935269122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-72741178710994736162010-01-06T18:38:00.004+05:302010-01-06T19:28:29.471+05:30பள்ளி சீருடை துணி இலவசமாக வழங்கியது<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423624406577062178" /></a><br />மறைந்த திரு.சேதுரத்தினம் அவர்களின் ஞாபகர்த்தமாக அவருடைய துணைவியார் அவர்கள் மற்றும் அவரது மகன்கள் தேனூர் ஊராட்சி ஒன்றிய நடுநிலைப்பள்ளியில் பயிலும் 1முதல் 5ஆம் வகுப்பு வரையிலும், தேனூர் ஆதிதிராவிடர் நல தொடக்கப்பள்ளி மற்றும் தொட்டியப்பட்டி ஊராட்சி ஒன்றிய தொடக்கப்பள்ளி மாணவ, மாணவிகளுக்கு 220 பேருக்கும் 2 கால்சட்டை, 2 மேல்சட்டை, 2 பாவாடை, 2 மேல்சட்டைக்கான துணியை தந்தார்கள். மாணவர்களுக்கு துணியாக தராமல் தைத்து கொடுத்துவிடலாம் என்றும் , உள்ளூரில் உள்ள தையல்காரர்களுக்கு வேலை தர வேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணத்தில் 5மகளீர், 1ஆண் தையல்காரர்களுக்கு தைக்க கொடுத்தோம். மாணவர்களை மூன்று வித்தியாசமான உயரத்தில் நிற்க வைத்து, 3விதமான அளவு சட்டைகள் தைக்க முடிவு செய்து, தையல்காரர்களுக்கு நூல், பட்டன், கொக்கி, போன்றவைகள் அனைத்தும் கொடுத்தும் ஒரே இடத்தில் தைக்க வீடும் ஏற்பாடு செய்துக் கொடுத்தோம். அனைத்து துணிகளும் 45 நாட்களில் தைத்து முடிக்கப்பெற்றது. இச்சீருடைகளை பள்ளியில் கொடுப்பதற்கு தலைமையாசிரியர், அனைத்து பெற்றோர்கள், பெற்றோர் அசிரியர் சங்க தலைவர், பஞ்சாயத்து தலைவர் உறுப்பினர்கள், A.E.O மற்றும் இச்சீருடைகளை வழங்கிய திரு ராஜா மற்றும் திருமதி கமலம்மா, அறக்கட்டளையில் பணிபுரிபவர்கள், தையல்காரர்கள் ஒன்றுசேர்ந்து மாணவர்களாகிய நீங்கள் சுத்தமாக வர வேண்டும் என்பதை வழியுறுத்தியும், பள்ளி தூய்மை மற்றும் கிராம தூய்மை மேலும் மற்றவர்களுக்கு உதவி செய்யும் குணம் போன்றவற்றை கூறி இது உங்களுக்கு ஒரு முன்மாதிரியாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று சொல்லி சீருடைகளை அனைவராளும் அனைத்து குழந்தைகளுக்கும் 2 சீருடைகள் வழங்கி மகிழ்ச்சியடைந்தார்கள். பெற்றோர்களிடம் தையல் கூலியாக 120 ரூபாய் தர வேண்டும் என்றும் பெற்றோர்களிடம் கேட்டுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டது.<br /><br />விளைவுகள்:<br /> <br /> ஒவ்வொரு தையல்காரர்களுக்கும் சராசரி கூலியாக 5000ரூபாய் வரையில் கிடைத்தது. கொடுக்கும் போது அளவு மாறி சிலக் குழந்தைகளுக்கு வழங்கியதால் அவற்றை மாற்றி சரிசெய்து கொடுத்தோம்.<br /><br />சில பெற்றோர்கள் தையல்கூலியும் இலவசமாக தரக்கூடாதா? என்று கூறினார்கள்.<br /><br />சிலர் மகிழ்ச்சியாக ஒற்றுக்கொண்டனர். வேலையை நல்ல முறையில் நடைபெற உழைத்த செந்தில், கார்த்திக், பொன்னுதுரை, குமார், மனோகர், சரண்யா, ஹபீபு ரஹ்மான், டாக்டர் மைதிலி மற்றும் செவிலியர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் வாழ்த்துக்கள்.Patchai muthuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849736100935269122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-52720329686306315822009-12-21T23:00:00.000+05:302009-12-21T23:00:47.753+05:30Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/08/10/stories/2003081000540400.htm">Dr. Lalitha George</a>, one of our Trustees pointed us to a very interesting TED video on water harvesting in the deserts of Rajasthan. <br /><br /><!--copy and paste--><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="flashvars" 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Through our network Doctors, got him investigated quickly to find his was an obstructive one due to tumor..further tests showed his tumor has spread. He was referred to Stanley GH (Chennai) for advanced investigation and treatment. There it was revealed the tumor has gone really deep. Weighing the cost of treatment and probability of successful outcome, the Doctors there advised him to be discharged with just a stent.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">After he came back, we referred him to a surgical oncologist (a friend of us) who decided his condition is terminal and referred to the only hospice for such terminally ill cancer patients in Trichy (Shantalaya Hospice). Both the founder and the chief are again good friends of us. When I spoke to the Chief (a palliative care specialist) yesterday, after asking him Mr. Usilidian’s condition and type of care our Health workers can provide after he returns and a possible training of them on palliative care, I moved on with the question “Doctor, is there any expected lifetime based on the diagnosis and how do we work with the patient’s family on that”. He came back “Senthil, lets not look at this that way..nobody can predict with certainty the effect of tumor”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This dawned on me, how much I influenced myself as being part of this “health/hospital” setup. I, as a community worker do not have the right to question the life time of person..its something no-one has the capacity (except otherwise for God for believers). What I should be concerned of is..”how best I need to lessen the person’s suffering”..so that the person leads his/her life full … that gives a much clearer answer to what I should be doing …. hmmm, such a long way to go before I know my weaknesses!</p>Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-16783536193598661962009-10-01T23:31:00.004+05:302009-10-01T23:48:47.947+05:30School uniforms<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Early this year, in March, I was telling to Murali anna and Prabhu anna (my cousins – Periappa’s 3</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and 4</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">sons) about the tough period that we were going through as an organization...a certain amount of loss in faith on us by the villagers, the perception that our works are not welfare oriented. We created a community health set-up which was not free but cost effective, supporting schools in delivery of education, strengthening panchayat set-up and creating employment opportunities…no where did we dole out!</span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For this, both my cousins suggested, while they also believed Payir should not look at short-term welfare projects, we needed to get the goodwill back. And from the Thenur villager’s perspective, Payir and Periappa’s family were seen as an intricately connected entity….rightly so, Periappa, our founding Chairman, had been their benevolent leader for decades! So, we decided that, we will provide 2 sets of stitched uniform for all primary school children in Thenur Panchayat funded independently by Periappa’s family.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In all, this came to 440 sets of uniform. With Murali anna’s (a fabric industry expert) guidance, we have been trying out a few income generation project with Thenur villagers sourced from Tirupur. We had been planning to start a fabric stitching unit in Thenur. We decided that this “school uniform” project be the testing ground. So, anna with his friends, Chandru & Sathish from Tirupur, arranged the cloth direct from Gujarat and other stitching materials from Tirupur.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With Shilpa anni (Murali anna’s wife)..a professional fabric production manger – we sized the uniform sets to Small, Medium and Large. All our support staffs, went about taking each child’s measurement..coalated data..got sample sets done..did random checks!</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We convinced 5 tailors (1 male and 4 women) from Thenur to be our first Production team. It was new for them to sit together in one place, doing a job together, trying to stitch to the same quality..keeping minimum standards, people to supervise them and a time-line..Ponnudurai and Senthil of our Payir team lead these deliberations.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To aid this whole process, Chandru anna sent from his Tirupur manufacturing unit, his Cutting and Pattern master. They brought their machines and tools…and our Thenur folks including us understood why Tirupur is the India’s capital of Knit –wear industry. They started their job at around noon..went about their work till 2 am in the morning - having cut the 400 odd sets!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In a nice coincidence, a few days from then, our friends from YHM (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://www.poduniversal.com/2008/06/unsung-heroes-young-helping-minds.html">http://www.poduniversal.com/2008/06/unsung-heroes-young-helping-minds.html</a>) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; ">donated 3 sewing machines to be used at Thenur!</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About how the production goes..in a few days</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">J</span></span></span></span></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wITInD2-08G8He6OUb0OmJNtHRD2eNFpy90YCP-j7C4JjYc7dsxt9M8EqJIMEC6Sxko2N87icyCIUamlI_SN1w_DGlfLTbUPxeZAuyKDi4kMIcfpvqnWoy5o-1FZNGCIPiwYx0JhnMlf/s1600-h/DSCN2480.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Some have also mentioned that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Payir</span> is their dream goal and they will get involved actively soon, but have current commitments that they have to fulfill.<br /><br />We really appreciate all your efforts and willingness to get involved with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Payir</span>. And we do truly understand the current commitments and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">fulfillment's</span> everyone has. As the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Gita</span> mentions - we all are karma yogis and have to fulfil our duties in life, without concerns of results.<br /><br />I just wanted to write in this blog a few activities which you can undertake right away, with less effort on your end, but big impact to us. Here they are:<br /><br />1. You can help spread the word about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Payir</span> and the work we do with all your friends and family. You can refer them to our website, introduce them to our blog and also if they are interested ask them to enroll with our mailing list, so they can get updates from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Payir</span>.<br /><br />2. You can also help us by spreading the word about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Payir</span> to your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">colleagues</span> at work:<br /> a. Many companies offer a variety of social welfare projects. You can refer <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Payir</span> to those projects<br /> b. The bulletin boards at work are a great tools to spread the news about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Payir</span>. You can request <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">brochures</span> from us, which you can post on your bulletin boards.<br /> c. You can fwd information about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Payir</span> to your internal mailing lists at work, and other groups you are a member of<br /> d. You can check with your company if they offer 'matching grants' for contributions. If so, you can help us by allowing access to those matching grants.<br /><br />3. Visit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Payir</span> @ <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Thenur</span> village when possible, just for a day or a few hours. A personal visit will truly enhance your visibility to the work we do, and will also encourage the people in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Thenur</span> a lot. There is something we can learn from every visitor.<br /><br />4. You can have your friends and relatives make a donation to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Payir</span> in your name for any important events in your life like kid's birthdays, birthday milestones (30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">th</span>, 40<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">th</span>, 50<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">th</span>, 60<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">th</span>, ... birthdays), marriage, marriage anniversaries, or any other event. Donations in all amounts are welcome, and donations made in India are tax exempt.<br /><br />5. If you are planning to take some tax benefits for filing taxes in India, please consider a donation to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Payir</span>, as all donations are tax <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">exempt</span> under 80 G. If you are planning to contribute to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Payir</span>, please do it right away. Please write to us on how you can money transfer to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Payir</span> online from any banks in India. This is an excellent alternative for your tax dollars to work for the society.<br /><br />These are simple but effective activities which will help <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Payir</span> a lot, and at the same time provide you with personal satisfaction of helping the community, region, state, nation and humankind as a whole. It is important to keep the passion in your heart - to help the society - burning and alive, so can put it to action sooner. It is even more important to act sooner!<br /><br />Remember, every single act counts and every single rupee helps!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-17318932272297012552009-06-06T18:00:00.008+05:302009-06-06T18:47:30.300+05:30Summer Campகோடைக்கால விடுமுறையை மாணவ மாணவிகள் பயனுள்ள விதத்தில் செலவழிப்பதற்காகவும், தங்களுடைய திறன்களை வளர்த்துக்கொள்ளுவதற்கு ஒரு வாய்ப்பினை ஏற்படுத்துவதற்காகவும் விடுமுறையில் எந்த உறவினர்கள் வீட்டிற்கும் போகமுடியவில்லையே என்ற கவலையை போக்குவதற்கும், தேனூர் கிராமத்தில் உள்ள ஆறாம்,ஏழாம்,எட்டாம் வகுப்பு படிக்கும் மாணவர்களுக்கு 30 நாட்கள் summer camp ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டது.<br /><br />இதற்கு 48 மாணவர்கள் ஆர்வமுடன் தங்களுடைய பெயரினை பதிவு செய்தார்கள். இம்மாணவர்கள் சதீஷ் மற்றும் சுரேஷ் பாபு மூலமாக 4 குழுக்களாக பிரிக்கப்பட்டனர். அவர்களுடைய விருப்பத்திற்கு ஏற்ப அக்குழுக்களுக்கு தாமரை, பாயும் புலி,சீறும் சிறுத்தை, தங்கவேட்டை என்று பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்டது.<br /><br />சுழற்சி முறையில் அனைத்து மாணவர்களுக்கும் எல்லாவிதமான பயிற்சியும் அளிக்கப்படவேண்டும் என்ற காரணத்திற்காக இக்குழுக்கள் பிரிக்கப்பட்டன.<br /><br />எங்கள் மாணவர்கள் கற்றுக்கொண்டவைகளில் சில :<br />சதீஷ் அவர்கள் sudoku என்ற எண்புதிர் பயிற்சியை கற்பித்தார். செந்தில் கோபாலன் அவர்கள் நாடக நுணுக்கங்களையும் Dumb charades பயிற்சியும் கற்பித்தார்.<br /><br />மாணவர்களுடைய சிந்தனைத் திறனை அதிகப்படுத்தவும், விரைவாக செயல்பட செய்யவும், நினைவாற்றலை அதிகப்படுத்தவும், உடல்அசைவுகள்மூலம் தங்களுடைய மனதில் உள்ள கருத்துகளை தெரியப்படுத்தவும். பச்சைமுத்து அவர்கள் puppet show riddles, math’s shortcuts போன்றவை கற்றுத்தரப்பட்டன.<br /><br />மாணவர்களுடைய கலை ஆர்வத்தை வளர்ப்பதற்காக பயிர் அறக்கட்டளை ஆசிரியைகள் செல்லம்மாள் , சரண்யா, கவிதா,வினோதா, கலைச்செல்வி இவர்கள் மூலம் நம்முடைய பழம்பெரும் கலைகளான நாடகம், நடனம், பாட்டு, கும்மி,கோலாட்டம், ஒயிலாட்டம் ஆகியவற்றை கற்றுத்தந்தார்கள்<br /><br />சிறுவர், சிறுமியர்கள் சுறுசுறுப்புடன் இருக்கவேண்டும் என்பதற்காகவும், அவர்களுடைய விளையாட்டு ஆர்வத்தை அதிகப்படுத்துவதற்காகவும் chess, flying disc, Ring ball , Brain vita , coco and music chair போன்ற விளையாட்டுக்கள் கற்றுத்தரப்பட்டன.மேலும் ஏறக்குறைய 75 மாணவர்கள் மே 17,18 ந் தேதி சிலம்பாட்ட பயிற்சி திண்டிவணத்தை சார்ந்த ஜெயலட்சுமி மற்றும் மோகனவள்ளி அவர்கள் மூலம் கற்றுத்தரப்பட்டது.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oicbBP7VgZk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oicbBP7VgZk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />இவர்கள் கற்றுக்கொண்டபயிற்சி மறக்காமல் இருப்பதற்காகவும் அவர்களுடைய ஆர்வத்தை அதிகப்படுத்துவதற்காகவும் தினமும் காலை ஒரு மணி நேரம் மைதிலி மற்றும் செந்தில் கோபாலன் அவர்களால் உடற்பயிற்சி வகுப்புகள் நடத்தப்பட்டது.<br /><br />மாணவர்களுக்கு Computer மூலம் Painting ,HTML, photo shop, Morphing, Audition, GIMP போன்றவை சுந்தர், ரஜினிஸ்வரன் , சென்னை மனோகரன் அவர்கள் மூலம் கற்றுத்தரப்பட்டது. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhbuv_3duILQGTJ2zspYzB5mkkFqvAQa-6h9eUd-zhqhuZLtsPUmWqxPUBep-w7I73aCOCy67gfYysLrhcQzrzgeyhIYY9Usz5l54hqI6KwbPu-pYy-n7dmbTViMENMpWc4bFxrAVeFA/s1600-h/DSC00452_web.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhbuv_3duILQGTJ2zspYzB5mkkFqvAQa-6h9eUd-zhqhuZLtsPUmWqxPUBep-w7I73aCOCy67gfYysLrhcQzrzgeyhIYY9Usz5l54hqI6KwbPu-pYy-n7dmbTViMENMpWc4bFxrAVeFA/s320/DSC00452_web.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344193155922689234" /></a><br /><br />இதுமட்டுமன்றி ரமாமதியழகன்,சீதா மற்றும் அருணா அவர்கள் மூலம் Embroidery, Glass painting and Emboss painting முதலியவற்றை மாணவர்கள் கற்றுக்கொண்டார்கள்.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1baWovBg9FuuSXSrDkf3QjCbCsHuvRnKAxGxJHZSNV3I9E_PcuLUxnjVIWQtssq7g_BWRveoB6dRt6jdfwfJUA45eAepvKlqYPgvD37OxWWgkYv9zjI078VapT8W9pt7CdFZ6NKEjuWk/s1600-h/DSC00569_web.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1baWovBg9FuuSXSrDkf3QjCbCsHuvRnKAxGxJHZSNV3I9E_PcuLUxnjVIWQtssq7g_BWRveoB6dRt6jdfwfJUA45eAepvKlqYPgvD37OxWWgkYv9zjI078VapT8W9pt7CdFZ6NKEjuWk/s200/DSC00569_web.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344201393165153810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATvXztpxnVOI7-rQeIi5_jZvFjsll6Dub1Rz8VOhlwRRzh9GXCcpcmlJTbVAnpnYbD86SMP4xrtNqosJJJDsi5Y6pgoKEWrBfTM6T2NWYBCg6oK4uUJ-WQDw7nWZ2D0nhGCxixHo-eDE/s1600-h/DSC00550_web.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATvXztpxnVOI7-rQeIi5_jZvFjsll6Dub1Rz8VOhlwRRzh9GXCcpcmlJTbVAnpnYbD86SMP4xrtNqosJJJDsi5Y6pgoKEWrBfTM6T2NWYBCg6oK4uUJ-WQDw7nWZ2D0nhGCxixHo-eDE/s200/DSC00550_web.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344201095368326146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1x9_t7KAPIDpI3ex_zWTOEVrr8GNwKbAhIxF1uHGe0dE5dHiHLY3HQAwUCLHv8Z0z5Kb3EhdzKM4UcTYcZCFWbTATewzIhEPcdPF6qn19NmC4ywuqB3-HpglO77IWmPweJobWNS9YtGE/s1600-h/DSC00524_web.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1x9_t7KAPIDpI3ex_zWTOEVrr8GNwKbAhIxF1uHGe0dE5dHiHLY3HQAwUCLHv8Z0z5Kb3EhdzKM4UcTYcZCFWbTATewzIhEPcdPF6qn19NmC4ywuqB3-HpglO77IWmPweJobWNS9YtGE/s200/DSC00524_web.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344200899314543826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgLdzG-eDSJLc4rI_u7K9jzcneUZ1l1lZuzayuZGWpSY8oK_tr0N22LAjS7GG62IT1DN92pm1HCkdJS3go7P2_pIIweiTu70-XA4uJeIR69_uyVc3Lr5wvo3S-naxUnzZPFSpbdvIKa4/s1600-h/DSC00498_web.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgLdzG-eDSJLc4rI_u7K9jzcneUZ1l1lZuzayuZGWpSY8oK_tr0N22LAjS7GG62IT1DN92pm1HCkdJS3go7P2_pIIweiTu70-XA4uJeIR69_uyVc3Lr5wvo3S-naxUnzZPFSpbdvIKa4/s200/DSC00498_web.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344200374639613538" /></a><br /><br />சுறுசுறுப்பு மற்றும் ஆரோக்கியத்திற்க்கு chess, flying disc, Ring ball , Brain vita , coco and music chair போன்ற விளையாட்டுக்கள் விளையாடினார்கள்.<br /><br />கல்வி கற்கும் சிறுவர்களிடையே சேவை மனப்பான்மை வரவேண்டும் என்பதற்காக ஒவ்வொரு ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை தோறும் தேனூர் கிராமத்தில் உள்ள சியாளம்மன் கோவில் மற்றும் சிவன் கோவில் தூய்மை படுத்தும் பணியில் ஈடுபடுத்தப்பட்டனர்.இப்பணியில் மாணவர்கள் மிகுந்த ஆர்வத்துடன் ஈடுபட்டது அனைவருக்கும் ஆச்சிரியத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையில் இருந்த்து.<br /><br />பயிற்சியின் போது நாங்கள் சந்தித்த சங்கடங்களில் சில:<br />பயிற்சியின் போது இடையில் சில மாணவர்களால் தொடர்ந்து வர இயலவில்லை. காரணம் என்னவென்று சக மாணவர்களிடம் வினவியபோது சுடுகாடு வரும் வழியில் இருப்பதால் அவர்களுக்கும் அவர்கள் வீட்டில் இருப்பவர்களுக்கும் அச்சமே காரணம் என்று அறிந்தோம். மேலும் சில மாணவர்கள் உறவினர்கள் வீட்டுக்கு செல்லவேண்டி இருந்த்தால் தொடர்ந்து வர இயலவில்லை.Patchai muthuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849736100935269122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-74013110106813784342009-05-25T19:28:00.003+05:302009-05-25T19:35:22.721+05:30Senthil's marraigeSenthil, one of our key resources at Payir, has been looking for a bride for the past few months. His condition for the prospect is interesting – he wants at least a high school educated girl and be in a position to join our work at Payir!<br /><br />He had been searching hard for the last few months. For one reason or other, a match did not happen till last week, when he found Megahala - +2 educated, computer literate girl! Last Wednesday, the girl’s family came to Thenur to enquire on Senthil’s credentials. When I say family, they are an entourage of about 35 people! The girl’s parents, her maternal and paternal Uncle and their families and other close relatives. Their intention was to enquire on Senthil’s livelihood means, his attitude to life, his standing with the community and his vision for the family – not from him or his immediate family, but his relatives and neighbours at their own home! Now, at the end of it, they also expect to be given a good feast..which also decides the matter!! The feast is not just for them, they look for the people who attend from Senthil’s side. And on the sidelines, again there are enquiries. I was also part of their whole scheme of things and the feast too!<br /><br />I could say they went back happy as they agreed to Senthil’s family’s plan of meeting the girl at her village the following Friday. When I enquired Senthil how the process goes from his side..he said it will be on similar lines..only that the entourage WILL HAVE to be at leaset 5 people more than the number from girl’s side..to assert his supremacy!!! The boy’s family also liked the girl’s side and the betrothal took place the same day. The marriage is on June 25th.<br />Now I understand how arranged marriage goes about in village!Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-58109420314760819812009-05-02T16:37:00.005+05:302009-05-02T17:05:27.330+05:30Summer CampPayir Team at Thenur decided to conduct a month long free summer camp for the kids studying in 6th, 7th and 8th. There was quite a few takers for the camp and around 40-45 students registered for the camp. The camp would have started on 1st May, but, we had a pre-camp day on 25th and 26th.<br /><br /><div>Suresh and I did a quick visit last weekend to Thenur and found that the team was busy preparing for the summer camp. Oh! - In case you had forgotten, they had also been working on the certificates and prize distribution for Everest Competitions during the weekend. So, it was a pretty hectic weekend for them. We invited the kids on Saturday (25th April) around 4 pm and we had a great time with introduction and divided the students into 4 teams. Each team would come during a particular time during the day. The kids decided names for their respective teams and came up with interesting names(Lotus, Payum Puli, Seerum Siruthai etc). On 26th, all the four teams came in during their respective time slots and each time slot was devoted for one particular activity. The first time slot was devoted to drama and puppetry. The second slot was devoted to dancing and singing and few other literary activities. The 3rd session was related basic introduction to computers with fun as the main item in the agenda. The last session was devoted to games. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some snaps taken on 25th and 26th April. The summer camp should have started in full earnest from yesterday. Let me find out more from Senthil and team and let you how things are going on out there.<br /><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDm-A0P5odQ_wv0YtOtwqHfVj0grTtB4fsFSyRVeYiRXSXbJvRobvr3VTNaqsvwjUNFImOYbdQ5V4eAu6hTcD-PDynjUdiWgWIaLeM2hhKSdZhcPaFWNRfkiqYzATiB53ZvkemrANsKbW/s1600-h/IMG_3931.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDm-A0P5odQ_wv0YtOtwqHfVj0grTtB4fsFSyRVeYiRXSXbJvRobvr3VTNaqsvwjUNFImOYbdQ5V4eAu6hTcD-PDynjUdiWgWIaLeM2hhKSdZhcPaFWNRfkiqYzATiB53ZvkemrANsKbW/s320/IMG_3931.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331187613065468962" border="0" /></a></div>The kids after solving their first sudoku. They refused to smile because the girls team had beaten them by a few seconds.<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpmxX8RdToMVQhdrTI2BzUdneoAiSInHKgNk9j_qB_A3bd8OduhivwrbSbQASTV3l83Q28RW2BSmzjimxV0fJpd6ZPIQ-Tb_eRS2Y-TOwMnYPJ_bZqu1PpoLDmuufgVdUq6ZDOs9gjUNm/s1600-h/IMG_3933.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpmxX8RdToMVQhdrTI2BzUdneoAiSInHKgNk9j_qB_A3bd8OduhivwrbSbQASTV3l83Q28RW2BSmzjimxV0fJpd6ZPIQ-Tb_eRS2Y-TOwMnYPJ_bZqu1PpoLDmuufgVdUq6ZDOs9gjUNm/s320/IMG_3933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331187622008392482" border="0" /></a>The first batch in all smiles after finishing their time slot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxi_e5gLt-sx6_iLM8Yw6Yp7tDpsl7_k928Himj-uzsRtNKImS6tsPWYDQtJDpt9gEdxC-fcyTNHcOQfto_M8XQvXdt7LzhF-wa90l9tUrqd3_dgUP0sT2fd_DELgWUv8KuDo55whtTzM/s1600-h/IMG_3934.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxi_e5gLt-sx6_iLM8Yw6Yp7tDpsl7_k928Himj-uzsRtNKImS6tsPWYDQtJDpt9gEdxC-fcyTNHcOQfto_M8XQvXdt7LzhF-wa90l9tUrqd3_dgUP0sT2fd_DELgWUv8KuDo55whtTzM/s320/IMG_3934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331187616491483554" border="0" /></a>The second team shaking their legs to some Kollywood songs.sathishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061644730228380194noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-55057837382751547082009-05-01T08:39:00.003+05:302009-05-01T08:49:43.667+05:30Tribal Art Animated<a href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/">Pratham Books Blog</a> recently blogged about Indian Tribal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warli">Warli</a> Art animated by a <a href="http://www.talleststory.com/article1.htm">Westland Animation</a>. They ended creating a beautiful animation based on Indian Tribal Art. It is the first animation in Gondi, Santali, Soara, Halbi and Marathi. Have a look. There is a great potential in our tribal art and would it not be a great project to create a full length animation based on Indian Tribal Art. Absolutely great potential<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zewxc4l6-Fw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zewxc4l6-Fw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><br /></div>sathishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061644730228380194noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-36163495757905162682009-04-29T22:08:00.006+05:302009-04-29T22:57:14.885+05:30Everest Talent Search CompetitionsEarly in the year, Kartheeban of <a href="http://teameverest.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/action-2020-what-is-your-action-now/">Team Everest</a> initiated a conversation with Senthil to find out if Team Everest can team up with Payir to conduct a series of competitions for the various schools in and around Thenur. Team Everest provided a set of competitions that they would like to conduct and they provided the financials and support for the same. The team from Payir - Pachaimuthu, Saranya, Chellamma, Kavitha and Vinodha - worked on this project and made it a great success. They were later joined by Mythili. <div><br /></div><div>There were a set of 9 competitions that were held at 9 different schools. The competitions include Dance, Drawing/Sketching/Painting, Oratory, Singing, Thirukural recital, Bharathiyar Songs, Mimcry, Quiz and a few others. The competitions were held from classes 1st to 10th. The various schools where the competitions were conducted in the following schools -- </div><div><div>Varadharajapuram Panchayat Union Primary School</div><div>T. Kalathur Panchayat Union Primary School</div><div>T.Kalathur A.D.W Primary School</div><div>Kannapadi Panchayat Union Middle School</div><div>Nathakadu A.D.W High School</div><div>Nathakkadu A.D.W Primary School</div><div>Thenur Panchayat Union Middle School</div><div>Thottiapatti Panchayat Union Primary School</div><div>Thenur A.D.W Primary School</div><div><br /></div><div>It was completely driven by the team. I am extremely surprised by their scale of execution. This team of 6 people worked on the schedules, method of executing the competitions, the content of the competitions, certificates and prizes allotment. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I visited Thenur this weekend, the team was busy finalising the prizes and certificates with great enthusiasm. There are atleast 300+ prizes to be organized across 9 schools and double the number of certificates to be handed over. They plan to distribute the prizes by the end of this week - before all the schools close for summer. </div><div><br /></div><div>This same team is working on month long free summer camp starting on 1st May. More details on that later. </div><div><br /></div><div>Great work Pachaimuthu and team and many thanks to Kartheeban and his <a href="http://teameverest.wordpress.com/">Team Everest</a>. </div><div><br /></div></div>sathishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061644730228380194noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-29843414186834189542009-04-20T22:44:00.001+05:302009-04-20T23:11:45.252+05:30Full Circle!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBYxoHBW2Uz19nlN7ni00HftaC_TeH9lv1AISQKCux1Zt8A0sD9Imbo0T7Sn0nEfZhgIh6PGd_kvp9XDW0nvuAudO10FGaimHZ9DRnkmFRxCOX6PI9NeKy9_XNa3AXwD7nW0pJk8KRkbD/s1600-h/Thenur+streets.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBYxoHBW2Uz19nlN7ni00HftaC_TeH9lv1AISQKCux1Zt8A0sD9Imbo0T7Sn0nEfZhgIh6PGd_kvp9XDW0nvuAudO10FGaimHZ9DRnkmFRxCOX6PI9NeKy9_XNa3AXwD7nW0pJk8KRkbD/s320/Thenur+streets.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326830032438316594" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><p>Mrach 10<sup>th</sup>, 2005 was the day when I was first introduced to the villagers by Periappa at Seerkalai amman temple (Thenur’s guarding diety). The main agenda at that meeting was on the <span style=" ;font-family:Arial;">kumbakishesham (consecration) of the temple and next was the introduction of me and about Payir.</span></p><p><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;">Last night I was in an equally important village meeting for Payir. I had said earlier in one of my blogs that the perception about Payir by a section of the population (or a few villagers) has turned scathing. One major reason is concerning a funeral ground belonging to a section of the Dalit community. Our Trust’s (where primarily the hospital & learning center are located) geographical location is in such a way that we are on the way out from the village beyond the Dalit/SC Streets. Within the Dalit community, we have 3 primary sections - Pallar (PL), Paraiyar (PR) and Sakiliyar (has only a few families). Thenur (for about 800 families) has about 12 different funeral/burial grounds each for certain communities. One such funeral place - for the PR - was partly in the Trust property (my grand father had given a space 60 years before) and partly in the storm drain. after the hospital came up, the village decided to extend the road through SC street connecting to the main road.</span></p><p>As the funeral place was just about 100 m from the hospital and patients (or who ever needs to come to Payir) have to walk besides the funeral place, we proposed that it be shifted to an alternative place. This was when Periappa was alive. Anyway, after his demise, I took this up around mid last year. Now, the complexities that needs to be understood is, an alternative place can not one where the dead body be taken through any of the streets belonging to any of the other castes which are supposedly upper in the ladder - PL or otherwise! And there are very few Government vacant lands around. One possible location was just on the main road opposite to the hospital but that place was in front of a farm bought (after the hospital came up) by a person belonging to a Dalit - PL. This guy became our trouble monger. He started weaving stories - pitching caste and personal integrity factors. </p><p>So, I had asked for a public debate on this matter. Our point was to look at the long term as many times villagers/mainly patients and women were wary of walking past a burning body or till the point it was fresh in their minds. But funeral places are always a very emotional stuff for villagers! To cut the story short, at the Panchayat level Gram Sabha it was decided to call a community level meeting (were all caste groups/heads are represented). Now, these community meetings itself is an interesting one. First, the heads of all castes belonging to other than Dalits are called for what is called a "vella modu" meeting. After a decision is taken within this group, the Dalit heads are called for - either the same day or on another!!!</p><p>This was the meeting I came from last night. The two primary agenda of this meeting, similar to the one on March 05, was about organizing a festival for our Seerkali amman temple and next this!! I represented Payir and put my case through. Also, took the occasion to ask the bigger question within me on how and why did the perspective of Payir as their own community organization had changed. The meeting went well and they agreed on 2 things....see, if an acceptable alternate land can be found and next call for another meeting with the representation from the Dalit groups and put a suggestion through to consider shifting the funeral place.</p><p>During this discussion and what I have seen in the last couple of months, this matter has taken a lot of caste over-tones. Since, I come from the upper rung of the caste structure and I being the face of Payir, some have taken this issue of between upper and lower caste. Also, many times during the discussion, judgemental remarks based on caste has been passed. <br /></p><p>So many questions crop within me on this trial! hmm, hope to find answers before the next big meeting!</p></span>Senthilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887005368492675678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-43773472069914853732009-04-16T06:44:00.004+05:302009-04-16T07:12:44.456+05:30Development?Here is how some of the advertisements in Indian television goes -<br /><br />1. A guy drives around in a sleek bike. He notices a lot construction activity going - large skylines growing up and not a greenery in sight. He stops his bike in front of one of these monstrosities, gets down and tears down a foreign job offer letter. The background voice says with so much development happening in India, why go abroad?<div><br />2. Some kids eat a brand of biscuit and show their strong muscles; the view shifts to a great Manhattan skyline and back ground voice says - "Building strong foundation". </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQv5OjLq9MdEk0vNhWYlcX05Xa-6HdwDVipb2htEd9nhBUuZTBuuc-cnpblXijYU_JhR7zy2QMzSuUkY0-lF-kRjJw_mbjBKilVtZbMGv_f_NTPN2w1yB9BbgdwzATkyHX3ohauzlmIiUb/s400/skyline" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 97px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325097608270663842" />Hmmm. Not surprisingly, there is an inherent message in these advertisements that development equals to great skyline and no trees. Development means cities and massive construction.<br /><br />The common consensus in media world is that development means construction and sky lines. But, do not blame them, because most us also think in the same terms. We are brought up with the idea that development means cities and skylines. In fact, I stay in those monstrous looking building in Bangalore. Is it our education that makes us inherently think that development means buildings, sky line and infrastructure?<br /><br />What is development for you? How will you define it to be more inclusive?<div><br /></div><div>Picture Source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicshark/120580424/">Atomic Shark</a></div></div>sathishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061644730228380194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914346920299720801.post-52113484623679531462009-04-15T18:58:00.000+05:302009-04-15T18:59:19.395+05:30Payir at India Today<a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/">India Today</a> has a good article on Payir. Read more about it at <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=101&id=36119&Itemid=1§ionid=36&completeview=1">Home Run - Spirit of Youth</a>sathishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061644730228380194noreply@blogger.com1