Day 274 of facts of pride about India giving smiles – A fact to achieve our dream of a CLEAN INDIA! – Take action Stop future garbage on the walking track!
Day 274 of facts of pride about India giving smiles – A fact to achieve our dream of a CLEAN INDIA! – Take action Stop future garbage on the walking track! This is a small example of how anyone can strive towards our dream of living in a clean India. In Nov 2010 I was […]
Day 180 of impactful experiences making you smile – After a divorce-Writing a book, Creating a self-help group and Going abroad to study
Day 180 of impactful experiences making you smile – After a divorce-Writing a book, Creating a self-help group and Going abroad to study Meet my girlfriend Vandana, a woman who creates a life of her choice. She was a naïve girl married into a very reputed business oriented family. Things did not work out well […]
Day 103 of Smilemakers around you – Giving healthy juices to morning walkers
Day 103 of Smilemakers around you – Giving healthy juices to morning walkers He sells his homemade healthy juices since the last fifteen years from the same spot near the open grounds. He now has a car to bring in his wares in style. His variety of juices has increased to include many more local […]
Day 87 of Smilemakers around you – Persuading local people to maintain cleanliness of public places.
Day 87 of Smilemakers around you – Persuading local people to maintain cleanliness of public places. He runs a stationery business in a crowded dirty locality, yet keeps requesting all to maintain cleanliness. He has developed immense goodwill in his community over the years. He is passionate for the cause of cleanliness and is ready […]
Day 79 of Smilemakers around you – Being a role model as a Social worker.
Day 79 of Smilemakers around you – Being a role model as a Social worker. She retired as a school teacher and restarted her life as a social worker. She had worked towards ensuring perennial water supply to a village that previously had severe water problems. She undertook renovation process in her building amidst a […]
Day 78 of Smilemakers around you – Serving cancer patients at subsidized rates
Day 78 of Smilemakers around you – Serving cancer patients at subsidized rates He started from scratch years ago by working as a canteen boy in a Cancer treatment hospital. He worked his way up and was able to start his own canteen 26 years ago at a rehabilitation centre for cancer patients. He is […]
Day 75 of Smilemakers around you – Committing a lifetime for adult education
Day 75 of Smilemakers around you – Committing a lifetime for adult education She started her career 24 years ago, teaching poor working adults at the municipal night school, and has now become their headmistress. Her small height and feeble looking frame belies her strong personality and huge contributions. She proved people wrong who were […]
Day 71 of Smilemakers around you – Caring for Rag Pickers when no one else does
Day 71 of Smilemakers around you – Caring for Rag Pickers when no one else doesHe has been painstakingly working with the Municipality for public cleanliness since the last twenty three years. He undertook a census of illiterate workers who migrate to the city and end up performing menial work like rag picking. He is […]
Day 63 of Smilemakers around you- Saving a life during the festival.
He is a fisherman by profession throughout the year. He is authorized to carry the huge idols in his boat into the deep waters of the ocean during the eleven days of the Elephant God festival. He volunteers his services as a lifeguard and is happy to have saved a drowning devotee from almost certain […]
Day 57 of Smilemakers around you – Emphasizing on bedside manners as a doctor
She was and is always well turned out, with excellent sense of dressing and matching accessories More importantly, she has genuine kind words for everyone she interacts with, whatever their background. As our family doctor since the last fifty plus years, she has treated four generations – my grandparents, parents, me and my children! She […]