World-renowned yoga instructor BKS Iyengar breathe his last at the age of 96. He was the founder of the yoga form "Iyengar Yoga" and was practising and teaching for over sixty years. He has been credited with popularizing yoga around the world. He was named one of the 100...
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Narayanan Krishnan, an Indian chef turned social worker. He quit his career as a leading chef to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He founded a non-profit organization, the Akshaya Trust which aims to “helping the helpless". To know what made Narayanan Krishnan take this step,...
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P. Kalyanasundaram, an epitome of charity, hails from a small town in Chennai. He is a gold medallist in library science and chose the career of a librarian. During his 35 years of career, he donated his entire salary and pension to charity and helped the needy and poor....
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A criminal loses hope and goes deep into crime. But, this was not the case with Reny George, who was once a criminal. In this article, we introduce you Reny George, a social activist who is transforming lives of many criminals into good human beings and taking care of...
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Every year, great hype is created by every private institution, across the country, advertising the results obtained by their students, in cracking the country’s toughest examination – IIT-JEE. Amidst all this hype, there is one institute, which doesn’t speak anything, but still gains all the attention, strikingly, from all...
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To be able to provide permanent uplifting to the needy is many times better than to provide some short term help. Moreover, having this kind of attitude shows a willingness to connect with the disadvantaged from empathy rather than pity.
Giving from pity is being demeaning to a person. Whereas...
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After you see the suffering of the people in Andhra Pradesh from the recent floods, it is but natural to feel a need to contribute to better their current conditions. Your thoughts are noble and you follow it up with actions. However, in order to ensure that your end...
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