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 59 of Smilemakers around you- Walking in a white vest.
He is there on the dot at 6.15 am on the walking track for his daily morning routine. His favourite quote is from the book ‘Dyaneshwari’ which says that if you decide to be unhappy you will, if you first decide to be happy then you will find smiles everywhere. He retired as an engineer […]
Day 58 of Smilemakers around you – Sharpening knives with a sparkling smile
He trudges across different localities of Mumbai on different days of the week with a huge load on his back. His screams on top of his voice to announce his arrival. He has mainly old customers who keep calling him back to sharpen their old knives. He is part of a dying trade called knife […]
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 […]
Day 55 – Watching the world pass by with a toothless smile
She has spent the prime years of her life working in private houses- washing, sweeping, swabbing till her body could take up no more of the physical exertion. Her frail body now can barely manage even her own movements. She has no idea how old she is, her son lives away, she lives with her […]
Day 1 of Creating Smiles – Feed them well
(Updated for website readers in 2021) I had announced the purpose of my new Smiles project on my 52nd birthday on 27th July’15 during a pooja at my Dubai home. The purpose of this Smiles project then was to inspire existing and potential readers to take at least one action on each day of the […]