Because It's Cold Outside

Sometimes it doesn't take a lot to be kind. Sometimes, human needs are really simple. During these cold months for example, warm clothes are the simplest, yet the most important need of people. Try forgetting your jacket for a day and going out. It won't take more than a few minutes for you to realise that you can barely walk. Now...

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Moments That Make A Warm Sunday

One specially challenged champion feeding the other, a smile on getting "boondi wale laddoos" on Sunday, and saying hello a countless times to warm your heart...these are the moments that make a Sunday at Ramakrishna Ashram so so special. From now on, we will announce about our events on Facebook beforehand. This will, hopefully, bring...

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For Those Who Raised Us

How many times do we close our eyes and get scared at the thought of getting old? Not many times maybe. But everyone, at some point or the other, does wonder about this. And with that follows the thought of our elders, those who raised us and those who raised our parents. Ours is not a country where old age homes are a common...

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Summer Lunch At Anand Ashram

It was a hot Sunday afternoon as we watched them have their lunch. From the first morsel of rice to the last sip of the mango drinks, they ate with a bit of struggle and a lot of discipline. It was not a usual lunch table. We saw one boy helping the other to eat. We saw the kitchen boy wiping off their faces once they had had the...

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