Aashritha Newsletter Oct08

Editor's Note Aashritha-Helping Hands Community Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2008 IN THIS EDITION... WIKIPEDIA.................................................... 1 MULTIPLE BOMB BLASTS................................... 2 ZEN STORY....................................................2 CHANDRAYAAN.............................................. 2 AASHRITHA GATHERS MASS - SUCCESS STORY.........3 RESPONSIBLE BOARD....................................... 4

Aasrhitha Makes way to Wikipedia!!

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hanks to great efforts by Aashritha Rakshak, Sandeep Gupta, Aashritha made its footprint in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is worldrenowned free, volunteer-maintained resource compendium, similar to Encyclopedia. It is actively maintained, viewed, reviewed, critiqued, sometimes rebuked by millions of users around the world. Head out to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aashritha_Group for reviewing, editing about Aashritha.

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emember: Anyone can edit any information on wiki. Of course, some else will review your entry & update it, if incorrect.

Welcome to our 2nd edition of Aashritha's Newsletter. Officially it is first edition, as the real first edition was in works and then missed out reaching everyone due to personal committments. (Oops Looks like Sunil sent out 1st edition). We would like to welcome members to contribute articles, pointers, riddles, stories, questions, comments to make this newsletter a successful communication tool. Also we hope members to share this newsletter with their friends, families and loved ones to make Aashritha a bigger family. We wish everyone a happy Ramzan, Dusera, Diwali, Halloween. Hope you all had a great time. With Warm regards, Theza & Sunil. PS: Please make use of our newsletter email by sending suggestions to [email protected]

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India Rocked by Multiple Explosions

ast Month (September), India woke up to multiple bomb blasts across the country, some involving bloody outcomes. Many innocent citizens are losing their valuable lives in the attacks of terrorism resulting in irreparable loss to their families. Most of the times, the victims happen to be breadearners and the members of such families not only suffer from the loss of their dear ones but also face undue financial hardships. he New India Assurance (NIAC) is offering free 1 Lakh insurance policy to all Indian citizens against loss of life due to terrorist activities. As part of Aashritha's social

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responsibility initiatives, we request Aashritha members to help atleast 3 poor, illiterate persons in enrolling for this free insurance policy, by logging onto www.click2insure.in and click on the GUN image & fill up all the details & take Policy Print out instantly. In case of any terroreffected tragedy, the proceeds of the policy

India Launches Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-1

A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

may be of great support to the survivors of the terror affected families. Also, please let your friends & family members know about this kind gesture from NAIC.

" ZEN STORY "

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

As India's first lunar mission settled into its chosen orbit successfully, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair described the launch as "perfect" which was achieved after "fighting against all odds". "It is a historic moment as far as India is concerned. We have started our journey for the moon and the first leg of the journey has gone perfectly well," Nair said seconds after the successful completion of the launch. "It is a remarkable performance by the launch vehicle," he said.

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

Did You Know?

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o make one kilo of honey, bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.

Source: www.didyouknow.cd

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Aashritha Gathers Mass - A Success Story

-Jayachandra Naidu

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ne fine morning in October, Aashritha Rakshak Phani brought to fellow members' attention a needy case of Seema Gaur. Seema Gaur is a BDS student from Nankari Village near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She was born and brought up from a poor family. Her parents are working as maids in the houses of some IITK professors. Seema struggled very hard in her life for studies. She got a decent rank in Combined Pre Medical Test (C.P.M.T) last year (2007). She got admission in a B.D.S college in Agra after completion of her twelfth grade. Due to her family's financial condition, she was not able to join at that time. This year with the help of her family friends she approached the UP Govt and got exemption on her college fees for four years. She was in immediate need for 15,000 Rs for starting her education, as an advance.

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ashritha, with all its enthusiasm came forward to help Seema. Aashritha was ready to help for 15,000 Rs. However members also brainstorned about raising additional funds to support ongoing kids' education.

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hen everybody thought everything has been taken care of, Aashritha came to know about another hardship faced by Seema. College management asked Seema to pay an additional 50,000 Rs towards hostel charges, within 10 days. Financially she is not in a position to bear the

Did You Know?

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bsolutely nothing happened between September 3 and 13, 1752. In September 1752 the Julian calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar in Great Britain and its American colonies. The Julian calendar was 11 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so September 14 got to follow September 2 on the VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2

hostel expenses (Rs 65000/-). Aasrhitha was also not ready for such huge donation, as the total funds were insufficient.

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n the background, Mr.Trith, a student from IIT Kanpur brought Seema Gaur to the notice of Aashritha, by sending an email to Naresh, Aashritha coordinator and Alumni of IIT Kanpur. Then Aashritha, with the help of it's large network, has raised the required funds within one week. Thanks to monumental efforts by Naresh, Phani, Raghav and all members, Aashritha was able to extend its helping hand to Seema. Naresh has raised a great fund (Rs 40,000/-) within a short time from his colleagues. Udaya and Aparna prepared proper document on Seema to communicate within Aashritha group. Later Phani reported back with the wonderful news of handing over cheque to Seema & Seema preparing to join her new college.

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his must be a great Diwali in Seema's & Aashritha's voyage.

embers involved in this Project: Phani Sankar, Naresh, Raghavendra, Trith, Aparna and Udaya Chandrika.

day of the change. The result was that between September 3 and 13, absolutely nothing happened!

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he tomato is the world's most popular fruit. And yes, just like the Brinjal and the Pumpkin, botanically speaking it is a fruit, not a vegetable. PAGE 3

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About Aashritha:

Aashritha Helping Hands Community was established in I.I.T. Kanpur, UP, India. A group of similar minded students transformed their thoughts to reality, and formed Aashritha. Aashritha began its journey on the 22nd of February 2008, with just a handful of students. The community is registered as NGO in India since 1st August 2008. Our Motive: "To provide financial and moral support to underprivileged and physically challenged children for their education and thereby improve the average education level in rural India with main focus on child education."

" Shelter for Child Education "

Ways of Donating to Aashritha: Direct Bank Deposit: State Bank Of India, I.I.T. Kanpur Campus, Kanpur, UP, India, PIN: 208016 Account Holder’s Name: AASHRITHA Account Number: 30334843960 Bank/Branch SWIFT Code: SBININBB499 Bank/Branch IFSC Code: SBIN0001161 Bank/Branch MICR Code: 208002041

Responsible Board

OCTOBER 2008 Coordinators of the community are responsible for the proper functioning of the community. They are responsible in making vital decisions like selecting kids and dealing the financial aspects. Regional coordinators are chosen as per the interest of the members according to the region. They are responsible to raise awareness and also for the activities of the community in their region. They need to cooperate with the overall coordinators in reaching the goals of Aashritha.

Overall Coordinators • Jayachandra • PhaniShankar • Hanumanth Prasad • Sandeep • Aparna

Regional Coordinators International

Thru Paypal: [email protected]

National (India)

• Bangalore—T Naveen Kumar • Chennai—Pulikeshi • Hyderabad—Bala Koteswara Rao and Arihant Jain • Thane—Deepak Chadha • IIT Kharagpur—D Srikanth

IIT Kanpur

• Power & Control Senior Batch—V Emmoji • Power & Control Juniors—Rajesh and Chiranjeevi • Information Systems—A Naga Kotswara Rao • IME—G Naresh Kumar • Civil—Praveen Sapare and Raghavendar Sara • Chemistry—Vijay Madhav The main function of the board members is to do their best to give Aashritha a proper shape and continue the journey with us.

• Netherlands—Sandeep J Gupta • Canada—Sunil Gurrapu • USA—B C S Thezeshvi VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2

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