Tvam wishes a very Happy New Year - 2015 to all its subscribers and users!!

As we say farewell to 2014 and step into a new year - 2015, Team Tvam India would like to thank and wish all of you a very happy and prosperous new year.

We wish that the new year brings growth, opportunity and lots of happiness in your life.

God be with you and bless you all, always.

"Happy New Year - 2015

Tweaking the public transport network and Infrastructure for differently abled people - How London does it?

London is one of the most expensive cities in the world and like any other mega city it is over populated. There are numerous options available for a normal person to travel and commute in London - be it by train, by bus, taxi or via ferry but what interests more is how this modern city supports its differently abled commons such as a wheel chair* users to commute easily and seamlessly through the whole public transportation network.

Lets walk through some elements of how the city and community has designed its public transport network and helped its differently abled mass to commute with minimum challenges but before that first watch this video from Transport for London** aka TFL to have a live feel of what it is to travel in london for a wheel chair user -

(**Transport for London aka tfl (visit - www.tfl.gov.uk) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London.)

To ensure wheel chair users have a comfortable journey to their destinations following key facilities are provided just by slightly molding the basic design elements of a public transportation network-

1. Providing Stepfree stations and vehicles - What this means is that bus routes are served by low-floor vehicles, with a dedicated wheelchair space and an access ramp. These buses can also 'kneel' to reduce the step-up from the pavement, making it easy for wheel chair users and aged people to enter and commute in station space. Most of the tube stations, overground stations, DLR's, trams, piers, taxis etc provide step free access enabling all these options for a wheel chair user.

2. Providing Level access at platforms - Level access at platforms is to provide a step free solution from street to the trains via level access along the platforms or via boarding ramps. At some stations boarding ramps are provided manually by the station staff. All this helps a wheel chair user to easily access a public transport and use it similarly to how a normal user would access it for their daily commutation purposes.

3. Providing leveled/connected footpaths in streets - Footpaths across London are designed in such a way that they have junctures at various places which provide leveling and footpath connect to the road. This enables a wheelchair user to get onto and off the footpath easily without any problems. Footpaths are solely used by pedestrians, wheelchair users or mobility scooter users for commutation purpose.

4. Wheelchair space - This is the space provided in buses and other transport options for wheel chair users to park their wheelchairs and transport comfortably through the network.

5. Helpful staff - To ensure a wheelchair user gets the best public transportation experience possible, helpful staff at all the stations is readily available to lend an extra hand whether it is by providing manual ramps or by providing detailed information to plan out a step free journey for them. Similar information is also available via TFL website to the wheel chair users to plan out their journeys beforehand and make their travel experience best and beautiful.

6. Understanding people and fellow travelers - Well this is not directly linked to the public transportation network or the Infrastructure but this is one of the most crucial aspect for making sense of all this to a differently abled person. Manual ramps, automated ramps from buses, leveled footpaths in streets, elevators in stations and wheel chair user space in buses and trains - all these options will still not have been helpful to a wheel chair user if there would have not been an understanding fellow public transport user. People using public transport in London do understand that a differently abled person would have the same need of traveling as a normal person and hence allowing wheel chair user to make use of wheel chair user space in buses, minor delays to bus/train schedule due to usage of manual/automated ramps for on-boarding/off-boarding is perfectly fine for fellow travelers. People plan their journeys accordingly and ensure that facilities meant for wheel chair users are not misused by fellow travelers.

On a closer look at the above listed modifications in how the public transportation network had been designed in London we could see that there had been no major changes implemented in the overall Infrastructure to support wheelchair users but a slight tweak here and there is all that it takes to bring out a smooth traveling experience to everybody.

And with that said... is it too difficult to implement same in Indian cities? A thought to ponder..

*Similar to wheel chair users options are available for other differently abled people such as people with sight or hearing loss. Visit following link to understand more on travel options - Public Transport for people with sight or hearing loss

It was such a blessing to know Swami Chetan in Uttarkashi. Swami Chetan is providing world class education to the underprivileged students of Uttarkashi region since past 19 years. He is an amazing artist, an amazing singer, amazing cook and above all a wonderful man who leaves his impression on the hearts of whosoever he meets. He is a living embodiment of Indian ideal of Vasudhaiva Kutumbukum --- i.e the whole world is our family. His school's name is Swami Vivekananda school, Vivekananda means the bliss of wisdom. In Sanskrit language Viveka means our inherent ability to distinguish between what's permanent and what's impermanent, the one who chooses to give his time, energy and attention to the permanent things only experiences joy indescribable by words i.e ananda. It was a privilege for us to do a workshop on life skills in the blessed. Dear Swamiji we thank you for giving us the rare privilege.

Village Didsari gets its right to proper communication

After so much struggle and efforts, finally village Didsari gets a motorized trolley for their daily communication with the main road.

The journey however was a tough one and the dirty politics continued to make a mockery of the destitute for more than one and a half year. We shall bring to you the whole story very soon. Stay connected and the entire team of Tvam thank for your kind support for a bigger cause. It was on 17th June 2013, that this village lost a bridge that used to connect the villagers to the main road.

Suicide or foul play? Daughter of DPS RK Puram's principal found dead in campus DailyBhaskar.com | Oct 22, 2014, 14:27PM IST

This week Dehradun witnessed pomp and show displayed by the schools as they celebrated their respective founders day function. There was an unsaid competition amongst the schools to score more public attention and gather more admissions. Good marks, grades are so popular in schools that today our institutions have become examination centres Do marks really empower us? Are name, fame and status the true benchmarks of success? If yes, then how come this girl who happens to be the Principal's daughter was not empowered enough to deal with the day to day challenges of life? We are questioned everyday by life itself.

Life has a unique of questioning us and testing us, its ways are very different from the lessons of Physics, economics, bio, etc. that we acquire from school. Life questions us by throwing challenges at us. As a school teacher I remember the constant pressure of making students score good marks was always there at the back of mind. I also remember one very fond experience of tutoring a young boy. I spent two months with this boy and I supposed to teach science and maths. However I hardly taught him anything for two months I just spent time with him and made him feel good. The outcome was that from 33 percent marks in maths this boy went to score ninety percent. The well qualified principal of the school might be exceptionally good in teaching or managing staff members in the school but was she competent in making her daughter feel good about herself? Was she able to empower her child to make the best decisions of her life? Even as parents we seriously need to ponder over what is criteria of success for us. After all what is the use of name, fame and status if we are not emotionally and spiritually healthy beings and do not know how to handle setbacks of our lives. We all have the power of being happy, and to be happy we do not need things or people - we alone are sufficient; because we carry the spark of God within us.

 "That education which does not help the common mass of people to equip themselves for the struggle of life, which does not bring out the strength of character, a spirit of philanthropy, and the courage of a lion -- is it worth the name?" - Swami Vivekananda.

To see the complete news, please visit- http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-TOP-girl-found-hanging-in-school-premises-4783806-NOR.html

'Ekam Sad Vipra bahuda vadanti' - One alone exists, Sages call it by various names

In a suburb area of Dehradun, a hindu priest lives in the muslim area and shares a cordial relationship with the muslims. I was once told by my cousin sister, ' you have punjabi blood in your veins'; to which I paused for a while and replied, ' no didi I have B+ in my veins - you know if I am in need of blood, anybody in any part of the world with the same blood group can help me out'. Are we not human beings first and then Hindus, Muslims, Christians, etc.?

It is not just about Antarctica, It's about Earth... Youngest Indian teacher to go to Antarctica with sir Robert Swan and 2041 talks about the impact of climate change on the entire planet and how we can 'Be The Change' by making some changes in our life style to the students and staff members of Purkal Youth Development Society.

This time before you use crackers in Diwali do remind yourself that 'If the 5th largest continent of the world loses all its ice then the water level of earth will rise by 65 meteres'. In an informal visit organised by Tvam, Anurag Maloo connected with the hearts of the young students of the school and gave some useful inputs about climate change and global warming to the staff and students of the school. The students of the school took a keen interest in listening to the adventurous tale of Anurag's visit to the driest and windiest continent of the planet - a continent without countries and without any vegetation; and yet the profound silence of the place mesmerizes everyone who visits the majestic place on our beautiful earth. Anurag shared with us the tales of sighting scores of penguins and snores of gigantic blue whales. He also told us what it feels to see the milky way from the southernmost tip of the Earth. A very little known planet which is almost untouched by human beings is a very sacred place indeed. Anurag Maloo was amongst the very few Indians to make a visit to the splendid planet on March, 2013. It was very inspiring to see how Robert Swan has cleaned tonnes of human waste, singlehandedly and has created a knowledge base laboratory which runs completely on renewable energy. If renewable energy can be used on a planet which does not see sun for 6 months in a year why can't we use it in all parts of the Earth argues Robert. 'Consume less and enjoy more - it is not the materialistic things that make you happy but the meaningful acts of service and compassion are the ones that bring joy on earth' said Anurag. Buy as much as you need - everything that you do leaves carbon footprints and climate change is real, thus act wisely to save your planet. The most beautiful part of the presentation was when students and staff members took a pledge to be the change and not the part of the problem. Some of the pledges that students took were: 'I will not waste papers and I will ask students of other classes to not waste papers' 'I will not use electrical devices when not required' 'I will not consume cold drinks' 'I will consume less and use more' 'I will not eat junk foods' As you celebrate diwali this time, do remember that small things can make a big difference. What are the small changes you can make as a help to create a better planet? Also, remember it is not just about a better planet but a better you - coz what you give out comes back to you ten times multiplied. Will you not like to spread smiles and happiness to others and witness how it comes back to you multiplied? The entire team of Tvam wishes you the very best of Diwali. P.S : A small 2 minutes video about Antarctica can be seen at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOOVu22iPVE Want to know more about Robert Swan? Please see: http://pincsarasota.com/rob-swan-uk/ If you want to see the 12 minutes video of Anurag's journey to Antarctica please see the following link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdEVQ6iKR0M

The Spirit's Might

The tragedy of Mars in your horoscope

An old woman was with the pundit to look for a match for her son. The pundit was an interesting person, he had opened a marriage bureau alongside his main business of making horoscopes for newly born babies. 'Unfortunately your son has a mangal dosh' said the pundit to the woman. The disheartened woman wondered about the past life karmas of his son, as she had tried to seek match for him with more than fifty girls. 'Pundits are pundits, they don't know that my son is a genius', the woman said to herself as a defense mechanism against defect imposed on her son by the horoscope. A little input from the pundits side had put her in a dilemma about her son's character. She prayer intensely to God to seek answers, and quarreled with Him as to why he gave a mangal dosh to his darling son.

Next day a miracle happened - ' the god of Mars' visited earth. He greeted this lady and gave a brief introduction to her. 'Dear mother my name is Mars, i live at 100000000000000 miles from the sun, and keep on spinning at my axis at revolving around the sun simultaneously; I also want to tell you that I am also called the red planet and some author has written a book in which he has mention Venus's and my name. Dear mother, i have been sent to you by the almighty God himself to help you come out of your plight. I will resolve all your doubts and queries, that you have about me'. 

Amazed, awed, and excited beyond description; the mother remained stunned and silent for few minutes as The god of Mars gazed her smilingly. Soon she remembered her son and the Punditji and all the horrifying things that she had heard about this smiling and beautiful face humbly standing besides her.' Dear Mars, I cannot believe that you are so beautiful looking and charming. You have such a soothing and calming effect, I am really sorry i had been cursing you since so many years of my life' she said. The god of Mars in his benign beauty just smiled back at her and made this lady comfortable in his presence and requested her to ask questions and resolve her queries.

'What is mangal dosh?' she asked. 'Ah! my dear mother i am a perfect creation of God. I have perfect timings to rotate around my axis, you know i complete each rotation at exactly same number of hours everyday. I also have fixed number of days to complete revolution around the sun, i have been doing this job perfectly - years after years since times immemorial. The moons around me are perfectly placed and never collide with me. Dear mother although the Sun pulls me towards itself, i have never collided with it. I have never done any harm to Earth, do you know the distance between earth and me has never changed since ages. I have a beautiful red soil on my top - no other planet in our solar system has soil like me, I am unique. Do you know I am a delight to watch from earth with the help of a telescope. Oh! my dear mother, do you still think I have dosh (defect)? :( 

Astonished mother said, 'Oh! I never thought like this'. That rascal pundit has made a demon out of you. But here you are so elegant, beautiful and pure. 'Dear mother, I want to tell you one more thing. You know i have a brother whose name is Saturn. Do you know Saturn and I or any other planets of the solar system have never fought with each other. You must sometimes try and see Saturn through a telescope, I promise he looks so dashing and handsome. Though Venus and I might fights with each other on earth but mother we have never shown any disrespect to each other since millions of years. Never did it ever happen that there was a cosmic fight between rahus and ketus in the real solar system, they are at perfect harmony with each other. 

'Then who controls our life?' the curious woman asked. 'Oh! mother, you do not have to come to me all the way from USA or India on a mangalyaan to seek answer for this question.' replied the god of Mars. 'Mother would you ever advice your child to go and play with a cobra?' 'Obviously no, even i will dare not do it' replied the woman. ' Ahan! it is our actions that control our life. Is that what you mean?' the woman exclaimed. The god of Mars looked at her smilingly. 'That stupid pundit who claims to be omniscient and send people to heaven has surely reserved a seat in hell for himself.' the woman exclaimed angrily. 'Ah! I am so sorry for demonizing you my child, now i know the real demon. The real demon is not even that pundit but the fear that has been created in our minds through bad conditioning. Nevertheless, i will surely take that pundit to task today'. The god of Mars kept smiling at her and suddenly disappeared before her eyes. 

As the god of Mars disappeared, the woman started trembling and suddenly saw her bright looking son before her eyes. 'What happened Maa? You got up quite late today' the son asked. 'Oh! was it a dream, or was it real?' the woman thought. ' Nevertheless i will surely take the pundit to task today' she said to herself in her mind. 

When are you going to do the same? .... :)

- Harshit
(Tvam India)

The greatest misery lies in being dependent upon others for our happiness

I was listening to a class 11th student of an English medium school. This boy was distressed at that moment of time and was seeking a solution to come out of his dilemma. His girlfriend was ignoring him since morning and that was causing anxiety in him. Well, it will not be wise to accuse this boy for his misery because emotional attachments do not listen to the rational logics and it does require a sheer will power to come out of strong emotions. The same boy  in his previous class had attempted to end his life due to a failed relationship. Can you as a reader somewhat relate to this story? You might not have taken a big step like him but how did it feel when things  did not go right in a relationship.

What are relationships? How many times did we pause and think about it?

Is relationship a transaction where I take something from someone and the other person does the same! Or , is it about adding meaning to someone's life?  How often did we think about adding meaning to someone's life? Moreover, what is meant by adding meaning to someone's life? Isn't it to find a meaning for our own life?   When we have a meaning and profoundness in our life, then we are not shaken to our roots by someone's acceptance or denial; even death of the dearest person does not shake us - on the other hand the separation and death help us to become more profound and deep. Out the depth of heart flows joy which overpowers every grief and rejection. A person with a meaning in his life is the most joyful and balanced man. Great Socrates once said, 'An Unexamined life is not worth living'. With this quote I want to leave the reader with a question -- Do you have a meaning and purpose in your life? If not, how do you think you can find one?

- Team Tvam India

Thanatophobia --- The fear of death

The fear of death is something that keeps on haunting almost all of us. The fear of losing someone who is very dear to us can really disturb us, moreover when we actually lose someone the challenge gets intensified all the more. Generally we tend to avoid this question by making ourselves busy with our day to day activities, but this questions is always lurking at the back of our minds. Does keeping our eyes closed to the problem solves the mystery? What we never stop and think is that are we really going to die? After all what is death? Is it really painful? Is it really horrifying? Here is a first hand experience of people who have seen death very closely. Do find some time to see this beautiful  video.

It is going to challenge our general perception about death and also about our life.

- Team Tvam India

Village Didsari - The Story on how it all began for Tvam - Continues - Few more steps..

The people of Village Didsari did managed to build a bridge on their own... but for how long.. The day finally arrived when their last hope finally got sunk in the river Bhagirathi - the temporary bridge which the villagers had made with great efforts collapsed on 9th May. A sad and unfortunate event for the village left all alone by our administration.

Interestingly, when these people made this bridge, the District Magistrate was concerned and was not willing to give his consensus to the villagers to build a bridge all by themselves. Oh dear Magistrate were you concerned about the safety of the villagers, according to you the temporary bridge might collapse and people using it might be vulnerable. But dear Magistrate did you ever bothered to help these people get a stable bridge? No.

Why were you sleeping for all this time? Natural calamity of June 2013 not only exposed the government and the bureaucratic system but it also exposed the maligned conscience of the people in authority.

Today when Harshit thought about these people who have maligned their conscience he wondered how they exist on this planet and moreover why they exist in first place. Harshit had no reasons to disbelieve that most of them must be having a pathetic family life.

The worst thing that can ever happen to a man is - 'living under fear'. By not fulfilling their responsibilities, government officials cause others to live under fear, however these officers are the ones who are under constant fear. What kind of life do they lead? After having worked so hard to acquire the position of importance they start selling their souls. Our entire bureaucratic system is designed to breed corruption..

After having lost their last hope the villagers continue to live in fear and in great inconvenience. The discomfort is extensive. Harshit went to this village once again, this time he had to take a longer trek. The purpose of this visit was to help these people know their rights, encourage them to raise their voice against the injustice. The night stay in this place is still vivid in his eyes. Stark dark and a starry night - with music of cricket and grasshopper falling in his ears from the jungle nearby. He was not allowed to move out of his room for a walk as villagers apprehended wild animals stalking near their homes.

Alas! these people's hard work becomes victim of wild animal attacks, just when the crop is ripe and is ready to harvest. He still recollects how at 1 am at night a girl fainted, she required immediate medical attention. She had to be carried on the back, for 7 kms in that dark night on a trek without street lights, without concrete and without mercy. This trek had a risk of stone pattering and is infested with wild animals. With what great risk, that girl was taken to the hospital. Is this the value of a citizen in India? He wondered..

To be continued...

Team Tvam India

Village Didsari - The Story on how it all began for Tvam - Continues further..

Village Didsari - The story continues further...

On his visit to Didsari Harshit realized that its time to make choices and either walk away or stand for the people in pain and he chose the latter. Realizing the limited means available to him in helping people he returned back to Dehradun and started work on a presentation to showcase the current situation of villagers. While he worked on his presentation and gather support for the village he got some good news from Didsari - The people of Didsari, Lonthro and Bayana manged to build a temporary bridge on their own. This effort relieved them from great inconvenience and discomfort though the relief was temporary. The bridge was one of the many things that needed attention in this area.

Harshit visited Didsari again in the middle of Jan 2014 and found that though the villagers now had a temporary bridge but it was nowhere safe.

Temporary Bridge created by Villagers

The bridge could collapse anytime and bring more casualties but right now this was all that the villagers had. Also apart from this bridge the villagers still did not had proper road or medical facility available nearby. It was a sorry state of affairs to see that the villages like Didsari, Lonthro and Bayana did not had a primary health care centre despite of whatever progress Uttarakhand government mentioned in news every now and then. With even the most basic necessities missing in this village, the only thing that Harshit didn't found missing was the determination, hope and a pure will of these villagers to make a difference.

For all the time that he spent in this village the question that kept on coming back to Harshit's mind was - "How can the so called officials appointed by the people of state to take care of their well being be so negligent about them?". India is a land where we all believe in the law of Karma but the question was - "Who's Karma is it that these people were in such a condition and what did they do to deserve such negligence?". After having a close encounter of their sufferings and sorrow all that Harshit strive to find was - "What is my Karma?. Is it a Karma to just be indifferent to the sufferings that lie right in front of your eyes, isn't it a Karma to do something and solve this and bring these people out of their sufferings and pain?".  Harshit determined himself and chose the latter and with great satisfaction.

On his short stay he spent most of his time conducting life skills sessions in a school in Gangori and then came back to Dehradun after taking few more interviews of locals and snapshots from that place. After returning back he made another video to confirm the change in village's conditions from Sep 2013 till Jan 15, 2013 and surprisingly the difference was... nothing.

It feels really sad to see that on one hand we all talk about progress and future while on the other hand our fellow citizens fight day and night just to cater their basic needs. How do we plan to progress when we have lost the very basics of humanity and seeing our fellow brothers and sisters suffer still cannot outrage us to do something good for them. We all must remember that we are no different than animals if we loose what we call as being human. We all have a heart that feels love but when did it turned into stone? In the race of earning money and lively comforts it seems we all forgot what it is to be human anymore and if that's so then we should feel sorry for ourselves.

Uttarakhand fought a battle of its Independence in past and finally became an independent state in the year 2010 to groom itself, bring equal opportunity and prosperity to its people but does all this sound anything like that?

A thought for all of us to think upon...

To be continued...

Team Tvam India

Village Didsari - The Story on how it all began for Tvam - Continued..

Village Didsari - The story continues...

After being tipped by a junior engineer in ITBP Harshit visited village Didsari to view an eye opening sequence of events. All that he could see was the heart wrenching aftermath of natural disaster. It didn't took much time to realize that It was the time to make choices - either to feel sad like everyone else or to stand for these people and moments later he chose the latter. With a camera at hand and a heart to help Harshit thought that the best he could do at the moment was to capture the true pictures of disaster and understand the situation; and so he started taking as many snaps of that place as he could and started interviewing the villagers. 

 After a detailed survey and having discussions with lots of villagers the fuzzy picture gradually started to clear. As he surveyed the place he discovered that most people were full of anger and resentment but at the same time they didn't knew how to solve their problem and whom to seek for help. Harshit at that time was not aware of the complicated bureaucratic system of his own country and hence did not have a concrete answer to deal with the situation. Nevertheless he had a very clear intention of doing something good for these villagers and give them a chance to bring change to their now almost ruined village.

 A bit of soul searching bought him to a place wherein he realized that if the intentions are true and pure then a way will be found.

 With not much ready-made help available for the villagers but a plan in mind Harshit left the place and came back to Dehradun to gather help for the helpless villagers. Once in Dehradun he never let go of Didsari village and his promise to be back with appropriate help and so he started working on a presentation to be shown on social media and while he was working on his presentation all that he could now feel was - that the unheard voices of these villagers should be heard so that the people in their comfort zone step forward to do something for their fellow citizens who were not as lucky as they were. 

 To be continued...

 Team Tvam India

Village Didsari - The Story on how it all began for Tvam

You all might have wondered how is it that Tvam chose Didsari village out of any other villages near Uttarkashi to resolve it from all its sufferings and pain.

Well, it was not Tvam that chose Didsari but its time that chose Didsari for Tvam. Curious now, lets uncover the story on how it all began for Tvam...

It had been an year what we could have called a normal year for all of us and similarly was it for Harshit - the founding member of Tvam but then something changed out of nowhere. Inspired by a call from within Tvam's acquaintances Harshit took his first step to serve the people of Uttarkashi on 25th Sep.2013. He had been to this place earlier on a different assignment in Aug 2012 and had some vivid pictures and memories of the previous catastrophe that had hit this place. An unseen misery had enveloped this place back then in 2012 and this time again the conditions were similar. Uttarkashi is a place which had been and currently is prone to disasters, though the people through their sheer will power endure all the pains and sufferings with great courage as this had been a land of their ancestors and its this land that they choose no matter what nature wants from them, its their home and no one can make them betray it at any cost.

Harshit's visit in 2013 had put him in a dilemma to find a particular place in that region to initiate his work, he had no clue what to do and where to start from? His dilemma was sorted out to a great extent by one of the localite's Mr Ganesh Nautiyal who is also a junior officer in ITBP. He told Harshit that if at all he would like to help the people in Uttarkashi region then he should start with the worst affected village of the entire region in Uttarkashi - Didsari - the village that had been almost ruined by the forces of nature, but yet stands just on the basis of human will power, a will to survive.. And so Harshit decided to visit the place and find out by himself on what went wrong and how to fix it.

Harshit simply cannot forget his first visit to the village Didsari. Everything about that place was reflecting emotions of anger, plight, pain, helplessness; though the river seemed to be moving with prowess and glory. Village Didsari had lost acres of land who's remnants can be seen all over the place. Didsari lost 25 houses but at the same time thousands living in their houses lost their hope as well. The apathy of the men towards its fellow men was so evident that Harshit for sometime could not bear the sight of the place.

To be continued...

-- Team Tvam India

Uttarkashi Story - A Village, suffering in pain, all alone!!

It would had been just another year like anything else but no this was not. Time wanted to test something, what exactly, nobody knew. Ever imagined how it would feel, to be hurt badly, wounded, bleeding all over, crying for help, desperately and no one around to take care of you. Its scary right.. Yes we know.

While some of us were comfortably sitting at home, probably enjoying the monsoon over a cup of tea, in the year 2013, well this was not the case for all of us as few unlucky ones among us were hit badly by mother nature. Why? What was our fault, nobody knew. 

Monsoon for year 2013 had been a nightmare for the people of village Didsari. All of a sudden a village with life came to a stand still... What happened, why all of a sudden the happiness vanished is the question that strikes us all.

A cry for help, a cry of pain, a cry that should have shattered and awaken the human inside us was left unheard for long.. No one to listen to them, no one to take care of them, no one to wipe their tears and say - "Yes, we are with you, rest assured you are not alone..". Even these simple words would have helped them but no, even this was not there..

To be continued...

Team Tvam India

Hindustan Times - Supports Village Didsari & Tvam's Endeavor to bring the change

With Tvam's Endeavor to bring a change and support villages in Uttarkashi, Hindustan Times is trying to spread our words to the wider audiences. We are thankful to Hindustan Times for publishing our story and helping us make villages of Uttarkashi heard.

Villages in Uttarkashi - Crying for help

So that the unheard voices of people suffering in silence are heard, TVAM is getting major breakthroughs to fulfill it's mission to ensure justice for the victims of Uttarakhand's natural calamity. We thank all of you for your love and support.

TVAM India - Endeavour to bring justice to Uttarkashi Villages

TVAM India is now on Blogger!!!

Dear Friends,

Welcome to TVAM India's official blog. With this blog we envision a new dimension for us to connect and share us, our thoughts, our ideas with you - the best in you. In our first post I would like to reiterate the basic idea about our existence, our mission and why we - the group called TVAM stands here today.

We at TVAM believe that there is no better person but ourselves and if we have to make this world a better place to live, a better place for our future generations then it is us who had to change, it is us who needs to improve - because the best is already hidden somewhere inside us all and its just a matter of self-realization. Once self aware each one of has the potential, the caliber to bring good changes in ourselves and the whole society and we are here to help you.

TVAM India started as an idea to bring out the best in each one of us and gradually build a better society by improving ourselves each day.

TVAM started as a small organization and is growing each day and to build a better society it will leave no stone unturned to accomplish what it stands for - TVAM means You and we are here to help you. We work to make you better so as to make our country better so as to finally make this whole world better place to live.

Come join us and lets start a journey for a better tomorrow.

Thanks,
Team TVAM India