IMT students have an organisation called Kilkari (Hindi word that represents a sound like chirping, I guess), that contributes in a small way to an NGO that runs a school for deaf and dumb or otherwise challenged kids in Katol, a town near us. These kids study up to 10th grade in their school, and also learn other useful crafts which they can use to make a living if required.
Every year, IMT students bring them all for a day of fun and outing to our campus. The kids sing, dance, play on the grounds, and get to enjoy a day out among our students. Today was one such day. The parts that I saw of the cultural program were heart-warming, with a girl dancing with abandon to a hit Tamil song, and another singing flawlessly a Hindi song.
It is indeed a nice thing to do. We started it in 2009, before I got here, thanks to my predecessor and a faculty member, Prof. Ekkirala. Got to know a little bit of the school's struggle in its eighteen year-existence, and that restored my faith in humanity a little. There are so many negatives surrounding us daily, that the positives are like a breath of fresh air. We need more fresh air!
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Good job IMT students. Keep up the good work, even after you leave the institution.Deaf and dumb people need a lot of help and compassion.
And sir, a good word about those students , in your blog, has spread the news to far flung parts of the country. Thanks.
Super stuff. It is wonderful that the IMT students take up such work. It is a fine example that shows that given the space they really want to make a difference in the world, move mountains. They are full of ideals and wonderful thoughts. For the school children and the IMT students a huge 'like'. And for the management for giving them the space to do it.
Thanks for the encouragement, gardenerat60, and Hari. This kind of a thing can actually motivate some people tremendously and some will adopt it as a lifelong cause. I once heard a speaker who gave up his Ph.D. at some IIT to take up the cause of the Bhopal tragedy's unwitting victims after just one visit to Bhopal. May the tribe grow!
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