But, what will you REALLY TEACH & IMPART?

Teach India | News and Features :You must be familiar with the street children who stare at you blankly (mostly, hopelessly, but, a few rare ones, mischievously!) at traffic signals, while you comfortably wait for the light to turn green! There was an interesting Hindi Movie on these 'special' children of our society: Traffic Signal (2007).

Now, you have a chance to contribute - Times of India has launched a social initiative that invites you to take out a few hours from your leisure to teach underprivileged children. Initially, this is only for the metros, but TOI assures us "that once the programme is up and running in the four metros, we will extend it to our other editions as well".

Over sixty NGOs, corporates, schools and social organizations have committed to this cause to target "a population of over 287 million illiterate Indians".

More that 10,00 have joined up - Delhi has shown the largest response, followed Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

So, we have all happily signed-up and WAITING for that CALL from Teach India Cell!

NOW, imagine you are in presence of, say, 20 underprivileged children, and you have started teaching a SUBJECT to them.

BUT, ARE YOU REALLY AWARE OF THEIR WORLD? WHAT ARE THEIR REAL ISSUES? Back home OR back on the streets WHAT ARE THEY UP AGAINST? A hostile world? Scared Parents (or, worse, abusive parents) ? How can they experience freedom from such severe conditioning?

WHAT DO THEY REALLY NEED?

Self Esteem? A glimpse towards a world of exciting possibilities? A concrete evidence that that they can CREATE an enriching life for themselves?

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!

LET US GIVE OUR BEST TO THESE KIDS!
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Anyone interested in participating can visit the Teach India website at www.teach.timesofindia.com. Alternatively you can also fill out the Volunteer Registration form submit it to The Times of India office in your city. To receive the form on email, SMS TEACH to 58888.

Thank God It is Sunday!

Today is Sunday.

I can't enjoy it TOTALLY, because I am scared to wake up EARLY MORNING tomorrow!

Society allows us to rest today, so that we can run tomorrow.

If you are in a similar space, try the following tomorrow!
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Once, a colleague reached very late to our office on a Monday morning.

Someone taunted him, "You were expected here at 9 AM!"

He replied, "Why? What happened at 9 AM?"
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But, you may disagree and say that you have to RUN and complete a ton of things!

In that case, try the following!
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I was astonished to see a stream people RUNNING running on a SUNDAY.

I asked a volunteer, "What are these people up to?"

He said, "This a marathon."

I said, "So, what will they ACHIEVE from this marathon?"

He said, "The one who comes FIRST will be REWARDED".

I said, "But, why are the OTHERS running?
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Let me know how it turned out:-)