They don't get to go out every day - these young ones from Chamundi Children's Home, an orphanage in Mysore. They are seen here at a Lions Club function - a regional conference devoted to the theme -
Share to Care. Guest speakers - Swami Nityasthananda of Ramakrishna Mission, and vetern journalist Krishna Vattam - spoke of a sense of self-fulfillent you get by giving with grace.
Speaking of giving Mr Vattam referred to the story of Sunitha, daughter of a pavement flower-seller who has become software engineer, with the support an anonymous well-wisher. Apparently, this well-wisher wasn't anonymous for Mr Vattam, judging from his familiarity with details of the Sunitha story and the 'feel' with which he recounted it. Sumitha, a bright student with aspirations for higher studies, got admission in a reputed engineering insititute, but didn't have the money for tuition. She was refused educational loan because the bank manager wasn't convinced about her completing the engineering course. The bank manager told her well-wisher who took Sunitha to the bank that the likes of her usuallly got married and gave up studies mid-way.
Sunitha, honoured at the Lions Club function, is now an engineer with Wipro, and still single, an eligible one.. She could come this far because her well-wisher didn't give up on her. Though not flushed with funds, Sunitha's well-wisher mobilised his savings to get her admitted in the college. What's more, he took care of her tuition and other fees till she finished her course. Sunitha completed her studies with distinction and had no problem getting a placement with Wipro. Her well-wisher feels his Rs.60,000 was well spent, and Sunitha is a living testimony to an act of giving.
The row of ladies in the foreground is my family, and my mother and wife are flanked by her sister Gita (far left) and niece Kavitha (right). In a sense, the Lions Club meet was our family affair. For we had family presence in the podium as well. I would say that the entire meet was planned, organised, and conducted by T V Raghotham Rao; and his wife Gowri, my wife's sister, contributed no less by going without much sleep for weeks, waiting for her husband to come home after daily preparatory sesssions that stretched late into the nights.
Gowri, whose supportive role may or may not find a mention in the Lions Club annual report, deserved her place on the dais.
Kavitha,one of Gowri's twins, is seen recording the moment for the family album.
They don't get to go out every day - these young ones from Chamundi Children's Home, an orphanage in Mysore. They are seen here at a Lions Club function - a regional conference devoted to the theme - Share to Care. Guest speakers - Swami Nityasthananda of Ramakrishna Mission, and vetern journalist Krishna Vattam - spoke of a sense of self-fulfillent you get by giving with grace.
Speaking of giving Mr Vattam referred to the story of Sunitha, daughter of a pavement flower-seller who has become software engineer, with the support an anonymous well-wisher. Apparently, this well-wisher wasn't anonymous for Mr Vattam, judging from his familiarity with details of the Sunitha story and the 'feel' with which he recounted it. Sumitha, a bright student with aspirations for higher studies, got admission in a reputed engineering insititute, but didn't have the money for tuition. She was refused educational loan because the bank manager wasn't convinced about her completing the engineering course. The bank manager told her well-wisher who took Sunitha to the bank that the likes of her usuallly got married and gave up studies mid-way.
Sunitha, honoured at the Lions Club function, is now an engineer with Wipro, and still single, an eligible one.. She could come this far because her well-wisher didn't give up on her. Though not flushed with funds, Sunitha's well-wisher mobilised his savings to get her admitted in the college. What's more, he took care of her tuition and other fees till she finished her course. Sunitha completed her studies with distinction and had no problem getting a placement with Wipro. Her well-wisher feels his Rs.60,000 was well spent, and Sunitha is a living testimony to an act of giving.
The row of ladies in the foreground is my family, and my mother and wife are flanked by her sister Gita (far left) and niece Kavitha (right). In a sense, the Lions Club meet was our family affair. For we had family presence in the podium as well. I would say that the entire meet was planned, organised, and conducted by T V Raghotham Rao; and his wife Gowri, my wife's sister, contributed no less by going without much sleep for weeks, waiting for her husband to come home after daily preparatory sesssions that stretched late into the nights.
Gowri, whose supportive role may or may not find a mention in the Lions Club annual report, deserved her place on the dais.
Kavitha,one of Gowri's twins, is seen recording the moment for the family album.
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