BEYOND MONEY


Savita Narayan 29 July 2010
Savita Narayan profiles an eldercare institution with a scientific temper in Bengaluru Florence Nightingale would have been amazed at the impact of her work more than 150 years later on the lives of the elderly in Bengaluru. Dr Radha Murthy, founder of the Nightingales Medical Trust,...

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Savita Narayan 05 July 2010
Savita Narayan reports on an NGO that is trying to give the handicapped child opportunities for a full life and be well integrated with society Nineteen years ago, when Dr Madhumita Puri was working with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, she came across many...

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Ashpreet Sethi 01 July 2010
Ashpreet Sethi reports on  The Family Welfare Agency which  keeps Mumbai’s elderly in fine fettle As soon as you enter the 10th building of the BDD Chawl (Mumbai), you hear peals of laughter; an elderly man of about 63 years screams: “I told you the Rani will be mine.” Keshav Sawant, who...

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Nita Mukherjee 17 June 2010
Dr Nita Mukherjee finds a century-old NGO in the heart of Mumbai Twelve years ago, when Guddi Advani walked into Seva Sadan to volunteer her time, she had not expected that the Sadan would become her mission in life. She did not even know then that it was one of the oldest organisations...

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Ashpreet Sethi 03 June 2010
Ashpreet Sethi reports about a voluntary organisation that is dedicated to helping Mumbai’s slum women help themselves With a beautiful smile on her face, Shanta, a junior supervisor at the Centre for the Study of Social Change’s (CSSC) Deepakwadi clinic in Bandra, proudly claims, “I have...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 10 May 2010
Dr Nita Mukherjee narrates the story of a women’s organisation working on masculinity One of the meanings of the unusual name of this NGO—Tathapi—is ‘even so’. When asked why she selected this name, Dr Mira Sadgopal hesitates a bit and says, “Well, there were many NGOs working on gender...

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Savita Narayan 27 April 2010
Savita Narayan writes about an NGO creating audio books for the visually-impaired In 1998, when Veena Sahasrabuddhe moved to Nashik, little did she know how events would move her life in an unforeseen direction. As a student, Veena had excelled in extra-curricular activities while...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 20 April 2010
Dr Nita Mukherjee describes the work of an NGO promoting financial literacy among Mumbai’s slum women To meet Preeti Telang, head social initiatives of Swadhaar FinAccess (SFA) at her office, you have to walk almost sideways in a small by-lane of Kherwadi (Mumbai) through the slums that...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 April 2010
This time we write about Moneylife Foundation, our very own initiative to spread financial literacy and help investors Nearly four years ago, when we launched Moneylife, a personal finance magazine, we wanted it to be different. At a time when media space is for sale, we were determined...

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Amritha Pillay 22 March 2010
Amritha Pillay profiles ‘The Hub’, a common platform for NGO start-ups in Mumbai A number of NGOs working for different causes from one common platform to save costs—if this is what you are looking for, your search would end at ‘The Hub’. Perched near the steps of the famous Mt Mary...

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Amritha Pillay 06 March 2010
Amritha Pillay reports on an NGO that is dedicated to helping senior citizens live and die with dignity Sailesh Mishra personifies social activism; he gave up a well-paid marketing job to work for Dignity Foundation, an NGO that works with senior citizens (previously featured in these...

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Savita Narayan 02 March 2010
A spate of recent suicides among students and the ongoing worry about this mind-numbing phenomenon is a cause of national concern. Over 100,000 Indians commit suicide every year, and the number has only risen over the past two decades, say experts. Worse, over 71% of suicides are by people below...

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Krishnamurthy Vijayan visits a school for mentally challenged children in Aurangabad and imbibes a joyous lesson on caring and sharing Mentally retarded, autistic, mongoloid… Okay, you and I are politically correct people, so we would never say that: we call them special children. But...

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Savita Narayan 08 February 2010
A private citizen’s effort to preserve India’s rich but crumbling heritage Crumbling vintage mansions, ill-maintained forts and ruined temples are sights that all of us encounter from time to time. A closer examination, however, reveals vestiges of artistry and stateliness that are...

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Meenakshi Bhalla 28 January 2010
Meenakshi Bhalla describes an organisation which is giving abandoned and destitute children a new life In June 2003, Raju was only seven when he was abandoned, found by the police and brought to the Indian Association for Promotion of Adoption & Child Welfare (IAPA). He was a withdrawn...

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Ravi Samalad 06 January 2010
Ravi Samalad tells the story of one man's quest to build a home for the mentally ill, destitute and aged men and women wandering the streets of Madurai N Krishnan, a catering graduate from Kamaraj University, worked at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru. He was even short-listed for a job in...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee analyses Moneylife’s efforts at going beyond money A little less than four years ago, when Moneylife was stirring into life, we were witnessing a protracted bull run; India had entered a new growth trajectory; employment in information technology (IT), IT-enabled services...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee describes a group in Ladakh using micro-energy systems effectively In the mid-1970s, when Ladakh emerged from virtual isolation after nearly a quarter century and opened up to foreign tourism, there were fears that the speed at which the winds of change were blowing would...

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A deaf and dumb girl’s joy, grit and talent shines through her Warli painting, finds Amritha Pillay Village ceremonies, folk dance movements, daily chores and drummers—all of these come to life in Pooja Patwardhan’s Warli paintings. What is unusual about it, you may ask. Well, it is the fact...

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Finally, here’s a not-for-profit volunteering exchange platform connecting volunteers across India and abroad Gunjan, an advertising professional, volunteered to teach little children in the early years of her work life. But the race for career growth later kept her away for a long time. Today,...

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