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Friday, April 09, 2010

Children of a Lesser God?


Last week, I happened to visit Asha Kiran, a Home for rehabilitation of destitute and differently-abled children. Located in sector 46, Chandigarh, Asha Kiran is a government institution and like much else that has the prefix Govt attached to its name, this institution too is falling victim to official apathy just within one year of its inauguration.




Living quarters
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I dont have many words to express what I felt, and how I feel about it now. Words, I guess, are inadequate in this case. Sadly, I am not a good photographer and I was in no mood to capture any images. But whatever photographs I could manage with my mobile phone, are given below:
Kids in their common room

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You can reach out to these kids by making donations in kind or cash. I am sure a small effort on our part can make a big difference to their lives.

Anonymous said...

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this, like you wrote the book in it or something.
I think that you could do with a few pics to drive the message
home a bit, but instead of that, this is excellent blog.
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