The National Day of Mentally Challenged was celebrated at NlC lignite Hall by Sneha Opportunity Services (SOS), a society functioning under the aegis of NlC. Under the leadership of Swarnakumari Surender Mohan, SOS is providing education, medical attention and vocational training to 81 differently-abled children.
B Surender Mohan, CMD NlC, chief guest of the function reminded us of our responsibility and commitment towards special children in their protection, welfare, rehabilitation and empowerment. He expressed that the differently-abled children must not be considered as a burden but as a gift of God. He appreciated the efforts of principal, teachers, vocational trainers and SOS staff in helping these children. He mentioned that these special children totally depend on the care of their parents, teachers and others.
S Mohan, president of SOS, thanked NlC management for their support to SOS which has been functioning since 1987 with a vision to educate differently-abled children. She said these children are provided with different vocational training such as carpentry, stitching et al. She thanked NlC management for all their help. She highlighted the talents of these special children in singing, acting, making of handicrafts and painting.
Reward for hard work
Oil India limited (OIl), the second largest government-owned exploration and production company in the country, took away the OIl Shiksha Ratna Puraskar-2014 recently at its field headquarters in Duliajan, Assam. Resident chief executive, Varunoday Sharma, awarded OIl Shikshya Ratna Puraskar to six teachers. As a part of its CSR activities, Oil India introduced the OIl Shikshya Ratna Puraskar in 2013 for recognising the all-round contribution of the teaching fraternity from provincialised schools and colleges. This year, OIl Shiksha Ratna Puraskar were awarded to teachers selected from across the state of Assam. The awards consisted of cash incentive of a lakh and a citation to each awardee.
Taste of Delhi
To celebrate the tradition of food in the Capital, Delhi Tourism began Dilli ke Pakwaan in 2010 during the Commonwealth Games. Since then, the journey has been immensely successful and this time the fifth edition of Dilli ke Pakwaan promises to be an authentic treat. Exclusive food items by nearly 40 participating vendors will prepare that perfect Dilli ka zaika.
The festival has started its seven-day street food saga at the Baba Kharak Singh Marg and will continue till December 30. Nearly 60 food items are being served. From paneer pakoda, aflatooni tikka to chicken lollipop and mouthwatering halwa and gulab jamuns, popular dishes from the city are being served.
Dilli ke Pakwaan will also host numerous activities like recipe competition, food photography crash course, expert food talk, musical evenings, art and craft section along with others. Dilli Dil Se, recipe competition cum food talk will allow people to freely drop their secret recipes while experts will be conducting talks on healthy food and special diets. Dilli Belly, a food photography workshop will impart the skill of clicking beautiful photos using basic camera devices/mobile phones. Visitors will be given a chance to embellish the venue through on-spot paintings of auto-rickshaw installations, under Rang De Dilli. Delhi Unplugged, will offer melodious evenings full of genres such as Indipop, sufi, qawwali along with other youth centric tracks.
In a social welfare opportunity, an NGO Antardrishti, along with its sister project Antarkranti, will showcase its products at the venue. Antardrishti works towards the benefit of visually impaired, while Antarkranti helps in rehabilitation and reformation of prison inmates. All revenue generated from sale of these products will go to the benefit of physically challenged people. From a wide range of aromatherapy products to exquisite handicraft products of modern art — the venue will be a bag full of admirable items.