Friday, November 6, 2015

Composed today for a special friend : 
Storyteller, storyteller
tell me a tale tonight
of love that lasts 
and soulmates

together taking flight

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

For all women in search of empowerment...............................................                                                  "Jin rahon pe main chalee hun, un rahon par soch kar chalna, Kanton aur sholon ko sehna, mushkil hai sambhalna ! Aasan nahin aurauton ki sashaktikaran karna , jahan devi ko puja jaye- aur aurat ko dukhon ke angaron me niyam hai jalana!! Phir bhi aasha ki ek kiran manme sadaiv jaloaoon, Koi to aisa hoga jo kahe main bhi saath hun...." ...... Sonali Patnaik

"जिन राहों  पे मैं  चली  हूँ, उन  राहों पर सोच कर चलना , काँटों और शोलों को सहना, मुश्किल है  सम्भालना ! 

आसान नहीं औरतों की सशक्तिकरण करना ,  जहाँ देवी को पूजा जाये और औरत को दुखों के अंगारों में नियम है जलाना !!
फिर भी आशा की एक किरण मन में  सदैव जलाऊँ , कोई तो  ऐसा होगा जो कहे -मैं  भी साथ हूँ !! " … सोनाली पटनायक 

Thursday, September 24, 2015

It's truly wonderful to appreciate and unravel what a person is because looks and words are transient and because the person you appreciate feels wonderful to be acknowledged for those intrinsic qualities rather than that what meets just the eye. I am sure an employer-employee relationship would grow positively with such appreciation at the right time and the right moment...any relationship for that matter.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Life is but a rainbow of degrees of happiness. Sometimes the myriad shades choose us and at other times we choose the colours 

Monday, July 13, 2015

A connection of the past I guess....

Gotiguda is a small village in Muniguda block of Rayagada district in Orissa. It is inhabited by the Kondhs ( Scheduled Tribe ) and the Scheduled Caste. Gotiguda is also the place where I got my first taste of working with a tribal community way down in 1996. We took to each other and the bond has lasted for over ten years now and am sure will be a bond that will last a life time. Most of the people here suffer from sickle cell anemia. The children have all grown up and are married and have their children now. But those who were homogenous sickle celled are no more. I am raising funds for building houses for them. Going back to this village every now and then is a beautiful feeling. Their warmth and love moves me. Whenever a child is born or some one dies, I am informed. A connection of the past I guess........I don't know what keeps us connected always 



The lady in yellow is Niloti's mom. In 1996 when I visited the village for the first time Niloti was a child of 3 years. She was dehydrated, sick and almost dying. No doctors around. Having saved her life the community accepted me. Today Niloti is all of 15. She was working as a daily wage labourer. She got married in Oct 2008. The other lady in white is some one I had given medicnes to for joint pains......every time she meets me she connects me with medicines. Wish I was a doctor!!


Catching up...

This young man now in his 30s was a kid when I met him in mid 90s...


 The most beautiful view... on way to Gotiguda.... extension of the Niyamgiri hills.....


Shine on like a lighthouse showing the way....

Sharing knowledge and learning is beautiful.... the more one 

shares, the more others gain and so do we......shine on...



Wednesday, June 24, 2015

On simplicity

I personally feel that - Keeping processes, methods and techniques 

as simple as possible makes for better outreach