![]() When it looked like the original place was going to be too small, the authorities of the orphanage decided to raise funds for a building and approached everyone, including the government for help. Those that don't, are the ones that appear in newspapers, and then face the law. Those who have nothing to hide, comply with all this, and do well. Unlike the impression one gets from reading newspapers, there are strict rules about running orphanages, enjoying government aid and grants, submitting so many different types of reports, financial and otherwise, and subjecting themselves to inspections from the authorities. They had some really dedicated staff then almost 20 years ago, and barring those who time has claimed, almost all are there today. Right from when they were an organization that started out of a 3 bedroom apartment taken on rent, which they were later on able to buy with the help of some generous donors. As our thanksgiving gesture and to play with and distribute Divali sweets to the children. We've been going to this orphanage each Divali. ![]() ![]() They never get publicized or appear on breaking or non breaking news, but their story needs to be told, to get the citizenry to believe, that Divali is much more than stuffing yourself with sweets, buying a bigger flat television, or a new cell phone that talks and tells you that it is time to recharge. ![]() #Perfecttunes find artwork on local box full#As Divali, our Festival of Lights, gets under way, the media is full of news about either the Adarsh building scam(where powerful types, and those related to them awarded themselves apartment(s) by creative interpretation, planned ignorance of rules, and stupid bravado), corruption detected in one more big case somewhere, and of course Obama's impending trip this weekend, for which it looks like 10% of the US Government is moving here with their paraphernalia, while residents of areas where he will visit, like the Mahatma Gandhi museum, have been asked, for security reasons, to keep their windows closed when he visits.Īway from all this hype, however, there are several folks who exist, seemingly to ensure, that they bring a daily "Divali" into some one's life. ![]()
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