AASRA - Because They Need Us

There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as it's in searching the intricacy of life and we continue our journey like a reasoner finding fault in something or other.  But today we standstill to witness the surge of hope and enthusiasm that makes life worth living. Today (7th February 2016) we went to the Gayatri Shakti Peeth (sector 2) to attend a programme organized by Kalyan NGO led by members from SMS 2 department of Rourkela Steel Plant which was aimed to  bring smiles on the face of orphans and differently abled children(now better known as DIBYANG). They have arranged  sessions imparting moral teachings to children. Later we had a small quiz competition for children.Their knowledge, enthusiasm with the addition to their beautiful smile added grandeur to the show. W e were perplexed to see the level of understanding when one question was posed "where god lives?" and immediately a small boy perhaps who never got the vision to see ...

'An innocent heart cannot be captured by showering presents but only by cherished moments shared with it.' Bond between two human beings is just like a string tied amidst two hearts channeling emotions amongst them. Once a soul connects to another, the heart slips and the two souls sway with one another in the rhythm of life. In the human race, we by and large come across two sorts of bonding – one which God bequests to us in form blood relations early from the day we enter this world and the other manmade with the ones we crash into in our journey in this planet. The tie between a mother and a child knows no bounds and is undeniably a compilation of almost all the earthly ‘happy’ feelings be it be love, anger so on and so forth wrapped into a single package portrayed by just a simple word ‘Maa’. A child’s heart freed of voracity, self –indulgence, revulsion and abhorrence bonds more fondly than those who have spent a considerable amount of time in this double ...

March 29, 2015 7:14 PM Sangharsh A conference at Burla Upon invitation from the social service wing of VSSUT Burla, we went to attend their conference called “Sangharsh- a small step for a huge change.” It was a conference to discuss upon the current primary education scenario in Odisha, and in India and also it served as a platform for many organizations such as us to come to a single platform and discuss upon our work, achievements, challenges and solutions to such problems. Apart from the Sanskar Kendra team of VSSUT Burla itself, GIET gunupur NSS, GITAM vizag Yo Yo Youngistan also were participants of the conference. In presence of some educationalists and other dignitaries who have served the society in the education field, the conference was a medium to learn from their experiences. This post is meant to be a reference to all our members who could not attend the conference. These are the few heads upon which the discussions were carried out:- 1)   ...

Aasra is not just a club, It's heaven on earth. Sparkling star, Sunshine Sun, Spreading light in the Dark. Aasra is not just a club, It's a ship sailing in the sea. Navigator, Blowing air, helping them to get the ways. Aasra is not just a club, It's flying Eagle in the sky. Strong determination, Limitless Vision, make them to achieve their destination. By Abhishek Gupta

This year the issue of awareness in all the workplace was taken up by the current executive body. A yearlong plan was drafted and the mission, vision and agenda of the complete campaign was discussed. This documentation will remain as a future reference for the coming executive body. Mission:- The awareness program is dedicated towards developing the living conditions in the workplaces. Any permanent change that can be brought about in the society is by creating awareness programs. When the citizens are responsible for their well-being and understand their individual role in developing the society only then can any change happen. Thus, AASRA intends to bring about a change in the society by creating awareness. Vision:- Awareness program is a far-sighted program and is envisioned to bring about self-esteem of people in the workplace by developing the living conditions. Not a single person defecates in the open; Kids wash their hands before eating; People use chappals and ...

This is to update and summarize all the work that AASRA undertook from February to August'14 Blood donation at Kalyan Foundation On 2nd February, "Kalyan Samitee" a group under SMS II of Rourkela steel plant, who have been our associates for two years, organised an event to help needy people around the Steel Township. In response to their formal invitation we volunteered in their event. A blood donation camp was also organised in their premises in which we actively participated. A new project conceptualised and energised by Prof. K C Patra has been taken over by AASRA recently. The project aims at rehabilitation of Street Urchins, those kids who roam around in Railway Station and streets. This being a sensitive issue, we made contact ADM office. He gave us permission to such kids and in any case if would find a kid whom we can rehabilitate we would contact them. We aimed at rehabilitating the ...

Look around and you'll find familiar faces. This place, this moment. A human psychology to look for familiarity, for repetition, for habits. We are happy for what we see around is sanity and is pleasant. For a moment forget where you are. Gear up your imagination and look at what I see. A kid walking down the meadows having no sense about how this busy world rhymes. Just a kid, just like any of us were. But this kid is way different than others. We have all our desires met. We see clean tiles and painted walls, good paper, elegant toys. But this kid is just unlucky to have these all. Kids from Sector-6 Workplace He knows not how things rhyme with sticks and stones, for him broken bones were what seemed more atonable. For he has a stronger belief that he is a piece of flesh and no one would love him. That they'll never in their life have shade, for them the sun has always scorched in the sky above. They have bruises in them. Bruises attained from the thorns and ...

                Amidst the beats of dhols and the nagadas the mother arrives. The eyes which till now were waiting desperately for her arrival, is filled with joy. The goddess arrives victorious. The conch is blown and the ladies perform “ ulu dhyoni ” in unison.                 The sight of mother on lion with furious eyes, ten heads holding weapons stabbing the mahisasura is a sight to watch. My heart starts pounding hard, I am sure every heart does. Standing in front of the Devi , tears seem to fill my eyes and I wonder why since childhood we have been taught to pray. Pray to God for giving us strength. We were told- if you ask sincerely God never denies help. But a question kept teasing my mind. Hasn’t God made us self-sufficient to take care of ourselves? Definitely there is a super power. Miracles do happen. But why consider ourselves weak.   ...

The bonding which exists between Aasraites  and the people of different work places is a paradigm of  friendship and love.  As an Aasraite, I too am bonded. This bond unknowingly compels us to visit our workplaces regularly and spend time with those people whom we even did not know few years back. Such is the strength of the bond. It is due to this strong bond that we, members of Aasra, feel that we are a family. Any work members carry out on behalf of this club is done with the feeling that they are helping their kith and kins. Each and every Aasraite is proud of this bonding that exists among fellow members. Such is the sanctity of the bond. Talking about the enjoyment part, it is the most amazing characteristic of that bond. Each and every member has learnt how to share happiness and   delectation.  We visit our workplaces in order to spread and share happiness, and most importantly also to share knowledge. Such are the moral values ...

Someone has told me that, “Two days are important in your life- the first is the day you were born and the second is when you get to know why you were? ” Everyone will agree that after making a long journey to a small corner of Rourkela, “ Chhend Shisubhavan ”, where our arrival is awaited with great expectations, we are greeted with the most warm welcome and a kind of reverence in the eyes of those innocent kids that each of us steps into the shoes of a Responsible Person from being someone who dons the hat of a carefree Engineer. The only time I run away from them is when they approach us to seek our blessings by touching our feet. This indeed makes us feel uncomfortable, yet the look on their faces can melt anyone’s heart. I joined Aasra with the thought so as to get close to the second most important day of my life and  I tried to give them moral support and learning stuff. Then we tried to enable them to learn by themselves. But at certain times, their innocence...