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YOU ARE HOME TO OVER 400 MILLION
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YOim POPULATION IS YOONG WITH
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A COUNTRY ACKNOWLEDGED FOR ITS
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They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
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And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not
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For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
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You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
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The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you
with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the Archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is
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You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you
may need them tomorrow?
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bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?
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Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?
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There are those who give little of the much which they have — and they
give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts
unwholesome.
And there are those who have little and give it all.
These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is
never empty.
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The word adolescence means to “grow”. It lies somewhere between childhood
and adulthood - a territory unknown. It is a period of rapid physical, emotional
and social growth. It is the time when a search for an identity starts. Who am I?
The girl child in India has not yet been given an equal status and experiences
discrimination throughout her life with the existing socio-cultural practices making
it difficult for her to overcome her problems. A strong gender bias is entrenched
in our heritage. From the day of her birth the girl child is viewed as a burden and
a liability. Investments made in her, the family feels, will get no returns. Instead
she has to be endowed with a dowry draining family resources. Girls therefore
often grow up feeling inferior and subservient. Her life is filled with self sacrifice.
She becomes a prisoner of her gender unable to retaliate against the injustices.
Her rights must be protected. In whose hands does the answer lie?
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CONTINUE TO TOIL DAY AND
NIGHT. THE SWEAT ON MY BROW
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MY HANDS nourishes THE EARTH
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HOW WOULD THE WORKSHOP ON THE ADOLESCENT
GIRL SPONSORED EV THE ROTARY CLUB OF R.T.
NAGAR, BANGALORE BMNG ABOUT A CHANGE?
IT WOULD HELP TO:
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❖ FOSTER LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING SKILLS IN
THE GIRLS AND NURTURE THEM INTO BECOMING THE
PILLARS OF STRENGTH IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
♦ PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO GIRLS FROM DiFFER^NT.SUJM
COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER AND EXCHANGE
EXPERIENCES, IDEAS ETC.
BUILD AWARENESS ON THE RIGHTS OF THE GIRL CHILD.
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INCULCATE VALUE BASED MORALS AND THINKING TO
PROMOTE COMMUNITY IDEALS.
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EXPOSE THE ONSLAUGHT OF MEDIA (T.V.) AND
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PROMOTE LINKAGES BETWEEN THE GIRLS FROM VARIOUS
POOR COMMUNITIES TO SUSTAIN THEIR COLLECTIVE
STRENGTH THROUGH A COLLECTIVE VISION AND A
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In conclusion — and this is the beginning, not the end
In a procession they walk together towards finding themselves
They are the way and the way farers
When one fell down she fell for those behind her,
A caution against the stumbling stone
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Books referred to:
1) The Country report, 4th world conference on women, Beijing 1995.
2) The state program of action for the child, Govt, of Karnataka.
3) The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran.
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