NGOs pitch in for oasis of peace TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: Ram-Rahimnagar , known as Island of Sanity for maintaining peace during the four major communal riots that the city witnessed, finally got support from some concerned citizens who vouched to address the civic and social needs of these model residents on Sunday. Helping them put the right foot forward is Ahmedabad chapter of the voluntary organization Open Space. It organized an informal dialogue between the residents of Ram-Rahimnagar and a host of prominent citizens including Navdeep Mathur, a professor of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad , representatives from a non governmental organisation Saath, Javed Ameer of Action Aid and Harinesh Pandya of Janpath. The dialogue focussed on providing viable solutions to keep the communal harmony intact in Ram-Rahimnagar . Prof Mathur said, Youths have to be trained to make them capable of a need analysis for themselves and also in leadership qualities to deal with social issues. We will also impart computer education to enhance their employability skills. The residents have been facing a plethora of problems like inaccessible education, unemployment and fear of displacement, which threaten the peace in the locality. President of Ram-Rahimnagar Jhupdavasi Mandal (RRJM) Mohammad Shafi said, This is the first time that an institute like IIM-A and NGOs have come forward and devised an action plan for us to deal with rising unemployment among youths here and on improving the poor civic infrastructure. We have a population of more than 20,000 but a single municipal school that is only up to class VII, added Shafi. Fellow of Open Space, Ahmedabad, Raheel Dhattiwala said, Focus of the informal talk is to help the residents deal with crises of unemployment , education, clarity on displacement due to the riverfront project among other issues. It is just an attempt to preserve the only surviving oasis of peace in city. A member of RRJM, Natwar Rawat, said, Computer training for educated youths will help them in getting jobs. We have also been given information on Right to Information (RTI) Act by volunteers from Janpath. We will also be getting training to use RTI to ask questions from the government on the status of civic projects in our locality.  Volunteers of NGOs with residents of Ram-Rahimnagar http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIA/2009/09/28&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00400&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T |
We all were disturbed by the pictures running for over 60 Hours on the news Channel. The news was the Attack on the Financial Capital of India. The number of Terrorist said to be between 1-12 as per the government statement. The number of People Dead 195 approx in which 22 Foreigners died and around 325 people injured. But most important aspect is i felt that we all Stupid Common Men of India are living DOGS LIFE. Know why? ... It is because the 16 Soilders who died protecting us are given title of the 'Shaheed' which they deserve. The fidayeens who came here to attack Mumbai would be called Shaheed by Jehadis - (i dont feel that they are shaheed) but since terrorism is an undeclared war .. some respect for the opponents too. But what about the STUPID COMMON MAN who died in this encounter.. they are not Shaheeds -- neither they will be remembered for giving up their lives. they will be forgotten by the passage of time and then one more such incident will happen and the list wil...
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