How much I believe the following! It is wonderful to listen to Mukesh Ambani's voice which is plain and simple. The Q & A is published in today's edition of Economic Times. To a sceptic I would like to say, if you see something different around you it is primarily because (i) we seniors have not empowered them properly with right education, values... in our own pursuit of selfishness and (ii) they are kind of defocussed, distracted by the environment they were raised from early childhood (the negative thoughts, vibes). If someone can do it, it is the youth of India ... once they lay their focus on personal and social malady ... waiting for that sunshine day.
Now the excerpt.
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You mentioned recently that India is not a land of a million problems but a land of million opportunities. What kind of opportunity would you like your children to pursue when they get into business?
Well more than my own children I’m amazed when I see the commitment levels in young Indians (which) is the real strength of India. I think as a country we have to empower them, to unleash their energies on problems.
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The following is from today's Times of India.
IIM-A students sell scrap to help patients
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta, TNN 12 October 2009, 03:58am IST
AHMEDABAD: Knocking on their dorm-mates' doors with a mission to collect as much scrap as they can, this group of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) students means business. The business of saving lives.
The group, for the past six months, has been raising money to fund the treatment of people suffering from kidney failure. The students of Fellowship Programme in Management (FPM) students and Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) collect old newspapers, magazines, case papers and old books from the campus.
By selling all this to scrap dealers, they raise money, which are used to fund the dialysis of 17 kidney patients. Palakh Jain, a FPM student who initiated this group, says "Besides scrap, we have also tied up with a popular restaurant where youth hang out, which donates Re 1 for every bill that is generated. We have been able to raise Rs 1.75 lakh so far."
The drive is on the lines of the one started by a local voluntary agency, Centre for Development, a couple of years ago which collects newspapers from 80 homes in Ahmedabad to fund the education of needy children.
From seven patients initially, the number of beneficiaries has climbed to 17. Jain says, "We choose to help kidney patients, because dialysis is an expensive treatment and not much effort is being done to help the affected."
The group joined hands with Dr Jagdeep Shah, a member of the Gujarat Kidney Foundation, who helps them identify deserving patients. "Initially, we supported patients coming to Thakkar Singh Hospital, Shivranjini. Now, we are providing this service at SAL Hospital as well. Since I have my practice in both these hospitals, I know the background of the patients. We select the most needy," says Shah.
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