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Awareness Campaign

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

Update @August 2k14

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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

Mirrors

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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

Maa Aesegache

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                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.                 This little girl from an orphanage in Rourkela wasn’t weak for sure. She used to take up the responsibility of seve

AN EPITOME OF BONDING

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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 of the bond. In addition

I DON’T TEACH THEM… THEY DO!

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, be