Mumbai: Shriji Arvind Singhji Mewar of Udaipur, Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) in Udaipur, became the first Indian man to receive the VIII WT Institution Award for 2012 at the General Assembly of United Nations headquarters in New York.  

  Nanjangud: Left in the wild to get killed many of them do not know from where they came, who they are and why. While one continues to stare blankly at the cloudy skies, the other knows only one word TEA and follows everyone who visits the place. They are the hapless unfortunates that society neither needs nor cares for. Lost forever in this shelter home called Karunalaya on the Ooty road at the edge of Karnataka's Bandipur Tiger Reserve, the 55 odd mentally challenged eke out their existence on a day to day basis.  

  “I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” said poet Maya Angellou. And, this is what Antarchakshu seeks to do through a programme aimed at sensitizing the general public as well policy makers about the issues related to the mainstreaming of the visually challenged.  

Do you think money spent on celebrations like the Janakpuri Ayojan can be used for other socially relevant projects that can be of lasting value to our city: like dispensaries, school-care, homes for destitute, landscaping and beautifying ugly patches, etc.