PROPOSAL - TRUE EDUCATION (ARTICLE IN CATALYST BY DR.BHAMY SHENOY)

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Announcement for IDCA Fourth International Conference in India on January 10 in New Delhi

Dear IDCA Member or Friend,

Once again thanks to all of you who attended Chicago conference on October 6-7 and made it successful.I hope you had some time for RR after the 2 busy days. We would very much appreciate your feedback as to what you liked and what needs improvement. Those of you who already gave your feedback form after the conference we sincerely thank you. We will seriously consider your feedback and will do our best to adopt your suggestions.

Many of us will be visiting India in December /January for various reasons. Like last year, IDCA is once again planning for its conference in India following the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas on January 8-9 to make it easier for many NRIs who were not able to attend the Chicago conference, and also to learn about the experiences of leading NGOs in India and promote networking and collaboration between them.

After two weeks of RR its about time that we begin planning for our Fourth International Conference in India on January 10 at IIT Delhi or closeby facility. We are hoping that Jay Sehgal and his team along with few other NGOs and some faculty at IIT Delhi- Center for Rural Development and Technology, will be helping with this event.

Before we move forward we need your suggestions and support on some of the things that are critical.

I will list these here and seek your reply by this Friday.

1. Will you be able to attend the 1 day conference in Delhi on January 10, 2008?

2. If invited, will you be willing to share experiences of your NGO?

3. If yes, what will be your area of interest? Please check one or more.

Water____Education_____ Healthcare______ Livelihoods_______ Governance___ Environment/Ecology______

4. Do you know anyone else who should be invited to speak or participate? Please provide full information.

5. Do you have any suggestions for the Keynote speakers? Please provide names with contact information.

6. Can you financially support the conference? How much? $__________Rs._________

7. Do you know anyone who can provide financial support? Provide names with full contact information.

8. What do you think should be the proposed registration Fee?

NRIs: Early (November 25) $50._____Regular (December 20) $75______Late and onsite: $100._____

Resident Indian : Early (November 25)Rs. 1000._____Regular (December 20)Rs.1500____ Late and onsite:Rs. 2000_____

9. How else you would be able to support this conference?

10. What should be realistic goal for attendance? 100____150____200_____250_____

11. We would like to have at least 2 NGOs from each of the states of India. Who could you recommend from your state? Provide names and their contact information.

12. Any Suggestion for conference Theme? Our current thought is:

Transforming Development to Alleviate Poverty and Mitigate Climate Change

Looking forward to hearing from you by Thursday October 25.

Regards,

Mohan L. Jain, Ph.D.
Trustee and Founder President,
India Development Coalition of America
www.idc-america.org
m.jain@idc-america.org
"Working Together to Accelerate Sustainable Development in India"
630-303-9592 (O)

SOME IMPORTANT WEBSITES OF NGOS

During the conference (5th International) of India Development Coalition of America , many of NGOs spoke about their work. To know more about the work some of the NGOs are doing in India and the world please visit the following websites.

1. www.barefootcollege.org - using solar energy in rural areas, offer training in solar energy

2. www.treesforlife.org - use of moringa(drumstick) leaves

3. www.resurgence.org -ecology is important

4. www.telugudiaspora.com/telugu_linkages_article1.htm - Mrs.saipadma's works

5. www.nri-home-coming.com - Mr.Ram Krishnan doing wonders visiting interior parts of india

6. www.swaraj.org - harvard degree holders serving India

7. www.northsouth.org - scholarships for the education in india

8. www.idrf.org - rehabilatiion to the affected in india

9. www.icaonline.org - India for collective action

10. www.indicorps.org - service for the soul

11. www.blueyamuna.tripod.com - stop polluting river waters in india

12. www.idc-america.org - platform for sustainable development of india

13. www.afhd.org - catalyst magazine

14. www.pratham.org - NGO

15. www.ashanet.org - education

16. www.ashoka.org - ecology and development

17. www.chitrakoot.org - they offer training in solar energy also

What Next in Right To Information Act

Please read WHAT NEXT IN RTI ACT

A MAN COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER NOT HAVING EATEN FOR 13 DAYS

Patna: It’s a shocking tale of two Indias, the irony of which is clearly indicative of the stark socio-economic disparity.

While the country’s business entrepreneurs raised a toast to BSE benchmark Sensex breaching the 13,000 mark on Monday, thousands of miles away in Bihar, a man committed suicide after not having eaten for 13 days.

While stock markets' upward journey from 11K to 13K was marked with nationwide jubilation, this man's agony of starvation for 13 days was lost in anonymity.

Found hanging from the roof of a local passenger train in Patna, all proof that the man left behind of his identity was a suicide note that read: “I don't belong to this world. I am helpless.”

“His body was found tied to a small rack near the berth. He was in a standing position and had apparently hung himself,” says DIG, Railways, Ajay Verma.

In his suicide note, the man - yet to be identified - hasn’t blamed anyone.

All he has repeatedly insisted is that it was his poverty that drove him to starvation, which made him helpless enough to put an end to his life.

“The suicide note says he had not eaten for last 12 days and was only surviving on water. He has also written that no one really cared for him or asked him where he had come from. We’ll get to know more about his death after the post-mortem,” says Verma.

Having lost his battle with hunger after putting up a brave front almost 15 days, this man is perhaps India’s most touching face of hunger and poverty.

But will his thought-provoking suicide note be of any relevance for the powers that be, or will his desperation be lost in the loud celebrations of an India galloping towards the goal of a global superpower?

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IDCA 5th International Conference at Chicago(6/7th Oct'07), USA

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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

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Also Watch Video at CNN

Mahatma Gandhi's Original Speech on Existence of God

Mohandas Gandhi 1869 - 1948
17 October 1931 BBC
Mohandas Gandhi,
recorded in Kingsley Hall, London 1931

Speech by Gandhi

Right to Emergency Care: Date Of Judgment: 23/02/2007. Case No.: Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007.

Right to Emergency Care: Date Of Judgment: 23/02/2007. Case No.: Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007.

The Supreme Court has ruled that all injured persons especially in the case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to a hospital / medical centre, have to be offered first aid, stabilized and shifted to a higher centre / government centre if required. It is only after this that the hospital can demand payment or complete police formalities. In case you are a bystander and wish to help someone in an accident, please go ahead and do so. Your responsibility ends as soon as you leave the person at the hospital.

The hospital bears the responsibility of informing the police, first aid, etc. Please do inform your family and friends about these basic rights so that we all know what to expect and what to do in the hour of need.

Speech of Dr Abdul Kalam in Video

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Lead India program - Your SMS vote is Important

Mr Ravi Kishore(a young leader) from IIT short-listed in the final 8 contenstants from Hyderabad in the Lead India program by Times of India. You can follow the program on www.lead.timesofindia.com (You can cast your vote online also from this site)

Further selection of candidates depends on the SMS Votes they poll.

So, Please type "LEAD RAVI" and send SMS to 58888 to cast your vote to the young leader . (You can send the SMS from anywhere in India).He has a political party and he says "It is very crucial for me and my party to be ahead in the contest (more so for the country to be honest!). As you may understand, this is a great oppurtunity for creating awareness about my political party Bharat Punarnirman Dal . Please visit http://www.bharatpunarnirman.org and register yourself as a member there too ". He can be reached by mail (if any queries) rkishore@iitbombay.org Once again, please SMS "LEAD RAVI" to 58888 and forward this request to all your near and dear ones!