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I work for an NGO called SNEH Foundation so like every saturday it was a day of doing survey in underprivileged areas around Pune but it turn out to be different and an eye opener. My fellow snehi Dheeraj mailed me the details collected at one of the area of Pune about the kids not going to school and more than 6 years of age. He along with 2-3 new volunteers conducted this survey in a big locality and we came across a bitter truth that we never have imagined. Majority of the adolescent girls have quit their education, dropped from school, subjected to live a idle life just waiting to get married and the reasons given by their families were nothing short of an orthodox mindset of majority of Indian families. Most of these girls have done till 7th or 8th and then stopped going to school, reason is that it is not safe to send girls to coeducation school after they turn 13-14 years of age and unfortunately the girl's only school is rare these days. So it is better that they sti

Recently, there was an article in TOI mentioning that there has been a increase in the school drop outs for kids in India. The reasons are simple, the majority of the kids still go to the government schools and the conditions of these schools are not favorable for studies. The environment is not very friendly and cleanliness and hygiene takes a back seat. Many of these school run under the state government does not even have proper toilets which has been one of the main reasons for kids dropping out from school specially girls. Many of the drop outs kids are those who have been admitted to the school by some NGOs under RTE but did not follow up with them. These kids may not leave because of the hygiene but due to some other reasons such as their parents were not strict, lack of transportation, feeling of inferiority compared to other kids in the same school, lack of resources etc. Hence NGOs should not only admit the kids to school but also monitor them at least for some period o

Hi All, This year India celebrated 68th Independence day and the country celebrated in the best possible way. With patriotic slogans, flag everywhere it seemed that Indian youth are very much interested in doing something for this country. Then came 16-Aug and lot of NGOs and youth communities went on roads to pick up the flags on the road and posting pics on social media. Then after that slowly slowly we all move into our so called personal lives and this patriotism or the love for the country somehow takes the back seat. Then if you try to ask any person if you have ever tried to do something for the country, the excuses includes a very famous dialogue from a Bollywood movie that "Hume ghar chalana hota hain, isliye hum sarkaar chunte hain ki wo desk chalaye". Within few days we all are totally trapped in our attempt to live a good, comfortable living and gain materials as much as possible. On one day we will hear a brutal case of insane nature like Nirbhaya case Delhi

It feels great to see Indian athletes to win medal at CWG at Glasgow...the time has come that we Indians start encouraging Olympic sports at school and college level...  Big cheers to India athletes, we are so proud of you.