Quarterly Volume 15
From the Editor’s Desk It gives me immense pleasure and happiness to share with you all the quarterly service news of Radio Madhuban for the third quarter of 2014. In the first place, I would like to extend my warm wishes to each one of you and wish for you a vibrant festive season full of delight and splendor. To mark the beginning of this quarter, In the month of August, Independence Day was celebrated with gusto and a proud feeling of nationalism, wherein our listeners remembered the freedom struggle of India and the formation of linguistic states in the program titled - Atulya Bharat - and documentaries were made to witness the celebrations of the local community including flag hoisting ceremony, National Anthem being sung and the like. I feel very excited to share with you that after a ten month long struggle, twenty four children, who were rag pickers, have now been admitted to schools. Our listeners dropped in messages about the piousness of the festival of Rakshabandhan and were made to understand its true meaning so that they celebrate it in the right spirit. An essay writing competition, on the topic, Vision India 2025, was organized for school children to develop writing and thinking skills in them, which received much appreciation as there was participation of three hundred and fifty students from fifteen schools. An awareness campaign on making ecofriendly Ganesha models, seeing the constant degradation taking place in our environment and need for sustainability, was undertaken by the Radio Madhuban team through
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which we reached 27,084 people of which 1384 liked it and was shared by 167 on Facebook. Also, short capsules were aired ten days before Ganesha Chaturthi to encourage people to adopt ecofriendly models of Ganesha and to control the enormous harm that we cause to the environment for what we give the environment, must come back to us and our fellow mates.
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Life in trash … 2 & 3 Photo News … 4 & 5 The Un expected … 6 Drug De-addiction Campaign..6 Refreshing & Soothing … 7 Far From the … 7 Independence … 8
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Testimonial I wish Radio Madhuban creates enough awareness in this wicked world of today, so that there is peace and love amongst human Beings. It is always a pleasure be associated with RM, which is the light of Hope, We have made a documentary, Happiness, Peace for the soul. “Mount Abu Ki Gaurav Gatha”, covering the elaborate history of Mt. Abu and its beauty, which was released by Mr. Guit, SDM, and Mr. Prashant, Chairman, CRPF and was aired twice a week on Radio Madhuban and appreciated by our listeners. We made efforts to influence more and more people through Netra Dan Pakwada to continue the good work in telling people about eye diseases, protection of eyes and eye donation through special documentaries. Also, we interviewed many doctors on eye care and the like so as to guide our listeners. I would also like to thank the guests and dignitaries who came to the radio station and inspired
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Ajay Sharma Mumbai
Value of the Quarter With benevolent feelings and good wishes we can free people from worrying. When we come across someone who is faced with a difficult situation because of which he is worrying, we too usually tend to think about it. Instead of helping the other person to be free from worrying, we too begin to worry. We need to develop such benevolent feelings for the one who is going through the situation that the power of our positive feelings will spread to them too. Only when there is positivity in the mind will they be able to think of some solution.
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Life in trash India has been struggling to achieve the millennium development goals, the most pressing concerns being extreme poverty and total lack of sanitation facilities in major regions across the country. The vicious cycle of poverty has engulfed thousands of families, rendering them homeless and hopeless of a future at all.
Close to about two per cent of India’s urban population are involved in recycling work. Of these, more than 15 lakh are waste pickers or rag pickers who are driven to this menial job because of lack of any alternative. Children, some of them as young as four, comprise about 20% of the total number of waste pickers in an average Indian city. RJ Vinod, a local community representative from a small village in Abu Road observed some of these children picking waste around the Railway station in Abu Road and was taken aback by their plight. He saw them collecting recyclable trash like soiled plastic, broken glass and torn metal cans from public and
private garbage and open dumping sites and also searching for some leftover treasure in the waste which they could sell and manage a meal.
He motivated the team Radio Madhuban to take some action about this issue. Our team was perturbed to see that these people, who form an integral part of our cleaning mechanism, have an uncertain income, scanty savings, if any, and live in poor-quality housing. As with other children among India’s poor, child waste pickers, or children whose parents or guardians work with waste, suffer from malnutrition, weak immunity, anemia and limited access to healthcare. But they also live with the greater risk of exposure to toxins, germs, pollutants and other dangerous material like broken glass and torn and rusted
metal. Also, since their work is seen as a menial occupation, they are greatly discriminated against.
While coming back from his college every day, Vinod used to stop by at the Railway station and watch these kids jump and play in waste, not happily but with a forced smile of hopelessness. He tried befriending them to understand their circumstances and identify a solution. Our team realized that not only did they belong to extremely poor families, but lack of education and awareness leave them no chance of an alternate life. Caught up in this menial work, their parents were addicted to cheap drugs. With darkness and dullness in the childhood, these children were left alone by their parents, to fetch for themselves and the family. Vinod was deeply dismayed to know that their parents did not support or care for them and these children had never seen their parent’s love. On seeing this, the team decided to intervene. Vinod, along with other team members, used to visit these children every day to gauge their interest in education. Scared of their parent’s at first, they reluctantly expressed a desire to study. Talking with their families, we realised that their parents were against schooling their kids, due to lack of a sound family income and wanted these children to supplement the income of the house. But to secure 2
Radio Madhuban - Newsletter : Jul - Sep 2014 every child’s right to education, we started teaching them basics of mathematics and language. Vinod made it a habit to visit their locality everyday while going to his college and teach about 17 odd kids who had started showing interest. Seeing Vinod’s spirit to help, the children also started putting in effort. Most of them had never gone to a school. They used to collect waste early in the morning, clean up, wear clean clothes and come to study on time and then continue with their work during the day. This continued for about 2 weeks when their parents tried to force Vinod to stop. After a lot of determined struggle, Vinod stopped going to their locality. But destiny had it for those kids to study. Fortunately, community RJ Usha went to these kids’ families and convinced their parents to help in securing a brighter future for these kids. Faced with constant struggle, she got dejected at times but never left hope. Vinod and Usha continued to motivate these kids to study. Their attempts and struggle continued for 10 months. It was only after the combined efforts of Radio Madhuban team that over 25 kids started coming to study in the vicinity of their homes, sometimes under tree, sometimes in the compound of a local aanganvadi.
Motherly love and care finally wins: Usha I always wanted to contribute to the society and when I heard about Vinod’s initiative, I was more than happy to join in and support these kids. I wanted to give them a better life and a better means to earn their living. Some of the children were also addicted to drugs and used foul language very often. I had to teach them like a mother, deal with them very softly and correct them at every step. At first they used to come in dirty clothes, but when I explained to them the essence of cleanliness and its importance, it was a delightful sight to see these kids dressed in clean clothes, with books in their hands coming on time for their class. If not you who will help: Vinod I always felt that I had to do something for these kids. I had never paid attention to these kids before the Team Radio Madhuban motivated me to look out for them. And when I found these kids, I was deeply perturbed by their plight. I was shocked to see their condition and wondered if they will ever have a future. With Usha Ji’s support I could solve all the problems and overcome obstacles to help them study.
As a result of the determined efforts of Vinod, Usha and the entire team of Radio Madhuban, 19 children have been admitted to a Government school, Rajkiya Uchcha Prathmik Vidyalaya, Luniapura, and Abu Road.
One of the children, Rajender, took admission in St Thomas, an English-medium school. His father was extremely passionate about providing him proper education and on seeing his enthusiasm, the school Principal offered to pay his tuition fee.
Four other kids who were earlier enrolled in Rajkiya Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Abu Road had dropped out of school. They were encouraged to join back. These kids have started going back to school again.
It has been almost 2 months and these kids have adjusted well in their new environments. Its a great achievement for our team who put in their heart and soul in this project of social working and well-being. 3
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Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Minister of I & B
Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik, Tourism Minister
Dr. Choudary D.Voleti, Director, Sri Sathya Sai Hospital, AP
Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav, Governor, Madhya Pradesh
Mr. Ram Chandra Lamichhane, Exe. Director, ACORAB, Nepal
Mr. Ashutosh Jain, News Reader & Editor, AIR
Mrs. Harsha Mukharjee, Co-Founder, CEO of CSR Advisor, Mumbai
Mr. Maheshwar Sharon, Research Director, NSNRC
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Mr. Jayasimha Rathod, CEO, India One
AIR Staff, Surat
Dr. Ravish C Maheshwari, Former Vice Chancellor, SDAU, Gujarat
Ms. Shaifali Veda, Image coach, Chennai
Dr. Chandrashekhar Pran, Social Activist, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan
Mr. Sarigama Viji, Cine Artist, Comedy Actor, Bangalore
Dr. Ajay Vardhan Acharya, Assistant Regional Director, IGNOU
Mrs. Surekha Yadav, Loco Pilot, Mumbai
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The unexpected journey of life Mr Surya Prakash Sharma, Director and National President of Malad Pictures and Creations Pvt. Ltd. and Chairman and Managing Trustee of “We Youth Foundation” visited Radio Madhuban studios and shared his ideas about community development and the role youth can play in shaping a better future. The following is an excerpt from the interview.
RM: Sir, what is the primary goal of “We Youth Foundation” and how is it different from other SP: The foundation of our organization is laid on the idea of cooperation, local and global. The aim is to empower the young minds to lead the global future. Often people move from a protest to a revolt, leading to violence and thus destruction. But our idea is to start the world’s first Cooperation Movement to unite the youth to take charge and reasonable action. Engaging one young mind connects hundreds others, only through coming together. RM: Sir, how have you been able to accomplish so much at such a young age? SP: Living in Mumbai, time management is the most crucial thing. At times it becomes difficult to believe that big industrialists and international organizations like the Brahma Kumaris have such a wide
field of work and only as much time as any other individual. It boils down to efficiently managing time and prioritizing tasks accordingly. We must figure out areas where we waste time and then adjust and wisely use this time. Everything becomes possible. RM: Sir, what is your take on the film industry and how did you land here? SP: Art is beautiful and is liked by everyone. There are different types of films being produced by a lot of directors and producers in the industry but the audience has plenty of choice to choose to see what they like. With almost over a billion people as audience, all types of movies end up being screened at a theatre. I had never imagined about entering the film industry. I come from a middle-class background, and my father was reluctant to let me go to Mumbai because the city was in famous for struggle and the high crime rate. However, my brother supported me and granted me one year’s permission to try my luck. Fortunately, I got “Hum Tum” in November 2008. Things were not easy and I did have to struggle though all the tribulations of life, but over the period of time, I realized that everything passes with time. RM: Did you ever give in to the failure and struggle? SP: Every success come after a failure and spiritual knowledge has helped me a lot to tackle daily situations well. Everything comes with time. There were instances when I went through a lot of mental, economic and social strife but things changes with time. I knew I had to pay a price for my dream and to reach my goal, I had to work hard. RM: As you started with Bollywood, how did you become a model? SP: I actually started with acting
with my first play “andher nagari chaupat raja”. Every amateur usually gets a chance to work in this play as the dialogues and characters are simple. And then I had to do modeling. I had no option but to work as it wasn’t easy to survive in a city like Delhi but I always aspired to become an actor. RM: How do you help people through your organization? SP: If you help people for one time, it is not really help, but if you construct a way of life for them that is real help. Internal and external development, both are important for an individual. So we provide free meditation classes and personality development classes. Yoga brings internal power, meditation brings thought power and personality development brings physical power. We have plans to launch education and career consulting helpline by December next year. Another objective is to cater to the sex-education and related matters among youth. Also we are tying up with universities with help of BK Chandrika for this.
Drug De-addiction Campaign Radio Madhuban 90.4 FM organized a drug de-addiction campaign in primary and upper primary schools in Abu Road from 8th July to 2nd August 2014. Students and staff from over fourteen schools supported the campaign by participating in rallies and spreading the message in the locality. Children shared with our team that such projects help to spread this message among their families also and this reduce the practice of drug-addiction. Radio Madhuban always strives to promote good practices in the community by undertaking such projects and village outreach programs. 6
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Refreshing & Soothing Environs
Union Minister for Chemicals and fertilizers, Ananth Kumar, recently visited the office of Radio Madhuban. Not a man to mince his words, when asked what message would he like to share with our listeners, he expressed that:
of life, irrespective of their social, cultural and economic status, were intertwined with each other through media such as the radio. Hence, this makes the radio more important than ever before due to its ubiquitous nature. He stressed on the importance of encouraging the use of such media to generate awareness and strengthen the local community. Furthermore, he applauded the efforts of Radio Madhuban at having successfully campaigned and championed causes of social, environmental and spiritual significance. He believes that for carrying out such impeccable work with great ardor and fervor, those associated with Radio Madhuban will always be the blessed harbingers of greatness.
He felt inspired and happy at having visited the premises where devout spirituality and piety could be sensed and observed all around. He was inspired by those around him; at the simplicity that is practiced in all activities that are carried out and at the minimalistic nature of the way in which life is lived. He was stimulated to have observed such selfless service and unworldliness, and was bewildered by the dimensions such a life had to offer. He felt blessed to have been introduced to this way of life of good deeds, which ushered in a new dawn of light every moment. He believes that it is this light that helps us to introspect and question our deepest self-conscience in order to achieve true answers along the journeys of our lives. Introspection aids the process of rethinking and that enables us to charter a new course in life every time, thus ensuring stability and dynamism, all at the same time. He thought that all his brothers and sisters residing here are lucky to be able to study here and educate themselves in a manner that lets them be a part of such piousness and righteous virtues. He feels that while a lot of other people from all around the world flock here, those who reside here are the ones who are truly consecrated.
Samiksha Gupta, the mayor of Gwalior, was visiting Mt. Abu, when she offered to participate in a conversation with us. Excerpts from the conversation clearly reflect her joy and deep sense of satisfaction at having made the excursion. Although she agreed that given her busy schedule, she had to be coaxed a couple of times to make the trip and it was only at the behest of a lot of people that she finally did concede to being a part of 15-16 people strong entourage; she was pleased to have finally made it. When questioned about her experience, here is what she had to say:
He was all praises for the team of Radio Madhuban. According to Mr. Kumar, people from all walks
Similar to the experience of being cocooned and sheltered in one’s mother’s lap, she felt extremely
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comfortable and shielded here. The experience was enriching and elevating for her since it allowed her to catch a few moments away from the rigorous hustle-bustle of her life at Gwalior. The two days that she had spent here helped her reconnect with her own self and relax. The peace she felt in her heart and mind were unparalleled and she was blessed to have experienced such joy. Furthermore, she was surprised to know that the Gyansarovar campus had been constructed without tampering and playing with nature’s forces: the mountains and the trees. She applauded the concentrated team effort that all those who were involved in building Gyansarovar must’ve put in to achieve the humungous, awe inspiring yet simplistic architecture without meddling with the environment, rather consciously protecting it. She reiterated the importance of taking time away from strenuous and exhausting schedules and trying to find peace of mind every once in a while. She basked in the feeling of contentment at having achieved this herself and how this would help her once she heads back to Gwalior to take charge of her work once again with an invigorated mind and spirit.
... Continued from Page 1 our listeners through their valuable words during this quarter, and we really look forward to more frequent visits by them. The listeners were motivated through these efforts, many wrote to us about how they felt by tuning in and enjoying the multi-faceted programs aired on Radio Madhuban. We are delighted to serve our listeners and are always open to their views, opinions and Criticism. There is more coming up for our listeners in the next quarter. Stay tuned and keep listening to Radio Madhuban, Sunte Raho Muskurate Raho!
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Independence Inspires Freedom of Mind Radio Madhuban celebrated the 68th Independence Day with great vigor and spirit. Patriotism flowed through the entire team and all our listeners who enjoyed the special programs broadcast on 15th august 2014. Our RJs went to the local community and broadcast live coverage of Independence Day celebrations at 5 schools and 3 colleges from 8 am to 10 am. Team Radio Madhuban produced a special series of episodes for the occasion. The historical pathways of
the formation of linguistic states in the Indian subcontinent and their individual cultural evolution was captured in a well-organized format and broadcast for 18 hours from 10 am till midnight. The RJs and guests studied the dynamics of Indian politics to include the essence of national heritage from the preindependence era to the modern times in the episodes. 24 states were covered in this manner and their culture, food, language, songs, classical and folk dance forms, industry and political scenarios were shared with the listeners to
arouse a feeling of pride and honor in the nation’s rich past. Apart from this, an essay writing competition was organized by Team Radio Madhuban in which students of classes 5th to 12th and staff members from 15 schools in Abu Road participated. We received over 350 remarkable entries. Some of the ideas and opinions were truly inspiring. All the listeners were motivated by the special shows and called in to share their feeling and appreciation with us. All in all, the support of our listeners always helps us to move forward in our endeavors.
Group A
1st Prize - Vikram Devasi,
2nd Prize - Amisha Chauhan,
3rd Prize - Saket,
7th Class, St. John’s School
8th Class, St. Thomas Sec. School
5th Class, St. Thomas Sec. School
1st Prize - Kamlesh Kumar,
2nd Prize - Pooja Chouhan,
3rd Prize - Pankaj Kumar Mandavariya,
12th Class, Railway Sr. Sec. School
12th Class, Railway Sr. Sec. School
11th Class, Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Darbar
1st Prize - Deeksha Rawal,
2nd Prize - Pallavi Mangalik,
3rd Prize - Poonam Singh,
B. Tech, 1st Yr, CIT
Teacher, St. John’s School
B.CA 3rd Yr, St. Paul’s College
Group B
Group C
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