Give them the gift of Education!

Teachers play a major role in shaping the lives of children, therefore, having well qualified and responsible teachers is an important aspect of quality education, the theme for WAH 2009. …

Work An Hour 2009 – Update from First Week

Work An Hour 2009Week One Updates Welcome to the first update on Work An Hour (WAH) 2009. Where we are…Time flies! A week has passed by since the campaign started. …

One hour can aid India’s poor

CNN’s Liz Neisloss reports on a school that’s trying to help disadvantaged children in India with Asha For Education Embedded video from CNN Video

Sharing in the Economic Boom

India is indeed booming. A very visible effect of this is the unprecedented amount of construction going on in the cities – office buildings, shopping complexes, residential complexes, schools, colleges, …

Rural India – A journey of discovery

I had the opportunity to visit several projects in rural Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala during 2002-2005. My upbringing was typical urban middle class and exposure to rural India prior …

United and democratic after 61 years! How?

No one gave us a chance. No one thought we will preserve democracy all these 61 years, barring a 2-year aberration during the emergency years. Statistically, India’s democracy is a …

WAH ’07 Updates

WAH ’07 was centered around Child labor. Eleven projects were showcased & over $140,000.00 were raised during the campaign. A list of the projects can be found in the link …

Statistics and Rural India

Statistics are to be interpreted with the right eyes to make some meaningful sense. We earlier saw the story of two India’s — the India shining and the tottering India; …