Pollution is Ruining Healths of Delhi Kids

When it comes to delhi's notoriously high pollution levels, there is no place safe for your children who brave serious physical and mental health hazards each day.

A study of the city's pollution has now established that you can't protect your children enough if you are in the Capital.Sooner or later, they will fall victim to sleep disorder, respiratory problems, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)or even potentially life-threatening ailments like high blood pressure.

Pollution, in fact, is a great leveller.The central Pollution Control Board(CPCB), which conducted the recently-released study linking pollution and child health with the help of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata, found that children faced physical and even mental health hazards like ADHD every time they took in a lungful of the city's unclean air.

This horrible truth applied equally to children living in exclusive and lower middle class areas of the city.

Delhi's schoolchildren had 43.5 percent reduced lung function because of the polluted environment. By comparison, children in rural areas of West Bengal and Uttarakhand- with whom they were compared- were somewhat better off with 25.7 percent reduced lung function.

"Delhi's schoolchildrenhave three times more incidence of high blood pressure. Hypertension (or High blood pressure) was more prevalent among girls than boys. The prevelance of hypertension increased progressively with age, the highest being in the age group of 15-17,'' said the 'Study on ambient air quality, respiratory symptoms and lung function of children in Delhi.


The CPCB study is based on a survey conducted between 2002 and 2005. Children aged between four and 17 years were surveyed and at least 11,628 Delhi children were assessed for different issues in summer, winter and monsoon.

"This is a onetime study which requires further verification and investigation. It is a bit dated, but it is felt that the facts in this report are relevant," said CPCB chairman Jayant Mauskar.

It appears that the children face the burnt of the crimes that the adult commit. Vehicular pollution,burning of garbage and leaves, use of kerosene and coal wreck havoc in the lives of Delhi's kids.

Add to the industrial pollution, premonsoon dust storms and the Capital's semi-arid weather conditions.Sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter were found to be the main culprits. No child has escaped their ravages. However, their rural counterparts from Kotdwar and Pauri-Garhwal in Uttarakhand, and Cooch-Behar, Midnapore, Dinajpur, Malda and 24 Parganas in West Bengal were found to be healthier.

ITS EFFECTS

The results has been highlighted in the CPCB report. At least 2.2 percent of Delhi children suffer from sleep disorder compared to 0.7 percent of Delhi rural children, Delhi's children had 1.8 times more upper respiratory problems like sinusitis, running or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat and common cold with fever. They also showed two times higher lower respiratory problems like frequent dry cough, sputum-producing cough, wheezing breath, breathlessness on extersion, chest pain and disturb sleep due to breething problems suggesting higher prevalence of underlying respiratory diseases. Urban boys had higher asthama compared to girls.

Ailments among children in the city varied according to the air quality. For instance, complaints of stuffy nose came from children between 6 years and 11 years in west, east and central Delhi. Those in east and west Delhi reported the highest number of cases of cold and fever compared to the rest of the city.

At least 4.6 percent of children had asthama compared to 2.5 percent of their counterparts. About 15 percent of Delhi's children has frequent eye irritation compared with only 4 percent in rural areas. Also, Delhi's children had significantly higher prevalence of frequent headache (27.4) compared to 11.8 percent in the rural areas of West Bengal and Uttarakhand; nausea(11.2 per cent) compared to 5.6 percent in rural areas and fatigue (12.9 percent) which was well above 6.7 percent of such cases reported from rural areas.

The study showed that these symptoms became more prominent in winter when the particulate matter level in the air is highest, and lowest during the monsoon when it is lowest. This suggested a positive association with particulate air pollution and the health of children.

Mental health problems related to pollution also appeared to be alarming. According to the study, children braving urban pollution in the Capital are becoming victims of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD). It makes them them impulsive and restless and they display short attention spans. The CPCB study said because of pollution, the incidence of ADHD among Delhi's children was two to five times more than those in rural areas. It was the highest amongst Delhi boys.

COURTESY- MAIL TODAY.

DIWALI Workshop 'Project JAGIEN HUM' at Rajkiya Bal/ Kanya Vidyalaya, M.V-2

JAGO TUM is ADITI FOUNDATIONs first project started in Sarkari Schools, on the 25th morning in the School Assembly at Rajkiya Bal/Kanya Vidyalaya. Motive of this Mission is to create 100 percent awareness about self and around. Which means we will try to enhance students awareness level spiritually as well as practically, so that they become more responsible citizens of our country.As'Boond Boond se Samudra Bharta Hai',it may be our contribution to humanity. Duration of this workshop was ONE HOUR.

DIWALI is a National Festival. Its a festival of Light, celebrated on the night of Kartik Amavasya, which is the darkest night of the year.This the day, according to our mythology, Ram with Sita and Laxman came back to Ayodhaya after defeating evil and egoist king Ravana and completing fourteen years of exile. In mythology and history there is many more stories which indicates that we celebrate deepawali on kartik Amavasya, to lit up the night with ghee ke diye, to mark up the occasion with happiness and festivity. It has symbolic importance as well. Its a victory of goodness over bad.It is not a religious matter, it is a matter of once faith and belief.

Programme started with our introduction by the Principal Mrs. Veena Verma. Then I introduced Aditi Foundation in short. I spoke on deepawali, its importance,Its scintific relevance. The Parampara, Sanskriti and Sanskara and the defination of Dharma in short. It was my simplified interpetation of the same. I try to clear it out why these traditions are important in our life. Whether birth of Ram and our other gods and deities has proof or not but it has simbolic social relevance. Its inspire us to become more humane, kind and helpful to others.Our culture and traditions inculcate good morale values in us and enrich our thinking, so that we work in right direction, to uplift our society and march towards equality and equal opportunities to all. To respect others as equals and be able to help them and our self overcoming all odds.I shared my views and few stories related to this day and occasion. I spoke about Bal mazdoor who make Patakhas and get hurt at times, I spoke about wrong traditions like Juwa, drinking, excessive money spending on gifts and sweets- whether your pocket permitts it or not.Share diwali with one underprivileged child,to give them happiness,Talked about national calamities, so that we can remember effected people on this day and lit a diya or a candle for them, about noise and air pollution. Talk was quite interactive, and interesting as students were listening and responding. Our feedback is, they liked it. I hope they learnt something out of it. We repeatedly request them to spend less on crackers.

One of our guest, prominent doctor Dr. Rajan Gupta gave tips on Burns- Type of burns, how to know about it, its preventions and cure, and some home remedies and first Aid. He spoke in very simple language and in interesting manner. He appealed to them to say NO TO CRACKERS but then he do told them few important DO's and DON'Ts,to be careful, be with elders at the time of liting crackers,wear cotton cloths and one should be covered prefrably at that time,...etc., if they burn crackers.

In the end FIRE BRIGADE TEAM, headed by Mr. S.BROWN, Station Fire Officer, Patparganj also gave some tips and demonstration regarding FIRE, its prevention and cure- DO's and DO'NT's. Phone no.'s and primary steps of escaping when you or someone are in trouble.

Programme was photographed and videographed by Aditi, our teammate.

Finally Principal Madame Gave Thanks to ADITI FOUNDATION.

दिवाली की शुभकामनाएं aur usske aarth meri nazar mein...ek baatcheet bachchon se.

Yeh baatcheet Nikat ke Sarkari school mein bachchon(till 12th...in 2009) ke saath diwali ke purv hui thi....

Namaste! Mein aditifoundation ki taraf se aap sab se baatcheet karnee aayi hoon. Humara foundation vyakti ke sampurn vikas per yakin rakhta hai. Yeh tabhi ho sakta hai,jab hum Prem,Samman,Swabhimaanpurn jivan jiyein...aur iske liye Saksham aur samarth hona bhi aavashyak hai.Aur yeh tabhi ho sakta hai jab aap 3'P', se mukti pa sakein...yani sharirik,mansik aur manovaigyanik samasyon se.

Aaj diwali ke purv aap sabse batein kerne aai hoon.Pahle aap sab se kucch sawal pucchoongi, zor se jawab dena...Qua aab sab Diwali ki taiyaari ker chuke hein? Aakhir "Aap mein se koi batain tyohaar quon manatein hein"..."quonki yeh parampara hai".

Uss din aap sab qua kerte hein? qua khate hein? qua pite hein? Qua pahante hein?....aacha jawab hai...!!

Iss din se qua kuritiyan judi hein...(Juaa,sharab,darwaza khula rakhna, haisiyaat se aadhik gift dene ki majboori...etc)

Qua aapne kabhi inn kuritiyon ka ghar mein virodh kiya?
Jab Vyakti aur parivaar khushhaal hota hai tabhi samaj aur desh bhi khushaal hota hai. Hai na??

Qua aapne aapni mithaiyan,kapde,pathakhe,diye gareeb bachchon ke saath jaise naukar,dhobi ke bachchon vagairah ke saath baat te ho??

Qua kabhi unn Bal-mazdooron ke bareinn mein sochte ho jo padhne ke bajaye ghar chalane ke liye Patakhe banate hein aur hadase ke shikar bhi hote hein.??

Chalo! Aaj mein aapko kucch diwali ke aur bhi kisse sunati hoon!!!

Aap sab jante hein Diwali rashtriye parv hai. Yeh diyon ka tyohaar hai. Yeh burai per aachhai ka tyohaar hai. Dukh per khushiyon ke aagmaan ka tyohaar hai. Iss din bade aur aalag-aalag rahnewale parivaar ek doosre ke saath milker tyohaar manate hein. Mithaiyan aur gift dete hein. Hum ek-doosre se aapas mein unke tyohaaron ke barein mein poochte hein,saath-saath kai baar manate hein, nritya sangeet,khaan paan,poshaakon ke baare mein dekhte puchhte hein,...aur aapnate bhi hein. Issse hum aapas mein judte hein. Manvia rishton mein pragarhta aati hai. Humari paramparain mazboot hoti hain, saath hi vishwa ke doosre deshon ki sanskriti parmparaon ko janne aur samajhne ki iccha bhi jagrit hoti hai. Issi se sabhyataon ka vikaas hota hai.

Mein aapko jo kahaniyaan soonaongi voh kuch DHARM se joodi hein or kuch AITIHAASIK...
Hur kahani ke picchhe prernadayi sandesh hota hai. Yeh Dharm aur aandhvishwaas ki batein nahin aaastha aur yakin ki hai. yeh sahi hai ki kabirji ne kaha hai-"Pather puje hari mile,to mein pujoon pahar"...ya .."kankar patther jodd ke masjid liye chinaye,ta chadh mulla bang de,qua bahra hua khudaye."

Per chunki her tyohaar kisi na kisi Dharm se juda hai,Isliye mein pahle dharm ke baare mein kucch kahna chahti hoon. Aajkal Dharmik vaimnasya badh raha hai. Isliye bhi yeh janna zaroori hai. Pata hai dharm qua hai? Hindu,Muslim,Sikh,Isai...aap aissa kahoge? Nahin, yeh sab tooo Panth hai-raste hein, jinke kucch niyaam hai. Hum jisse Panth ke hain unke niyam,kayde,riti-riwaz mante hein. Vahi Parampara kahlati hai. Per Dharm kahtein hein "saddkarm ko" jo saabhi ko karna chhahiye. Jaise Badon ki seva aur aadar karna humara dharm hai. Jo bhi aachha hum kartein vah humara dharm hai.Yani Dharma humari JEEVAN PADHATI hai.

Aap ko pata hai SANSKRITI AUR SANSKAR QUA HAI??

Ram ko hum Maryadaa Purushootam kahtein hein quonki veh kafi sanskarvaan the. Humare Rastrapita Mahatma Gandhiji bhi kahte the-BHARAT MEIN RAMRAJYA CHAHIYE. Aab Gandhiji koyi dharmik neta ya aandhvishwaasi nahin the. Unke liye Ram aur Sita aadarsh the aur Ramrajya aadarsh stithi jahan bhuk,bhaye,gareebi,berozgaari yani jahaan koyi kasht na ho,hur ek ki aankhon ka aansoon ponchha ja sake aur hur ek hridey ki pidda duur kiya ja sake.To sanskriti aur sabhyata bhi kuch aissa hi hai.

SANSKRITI yaani culture, jivaan jine ki padhati ka naam hai. Hum jo sochtein hein,humara vyavhaar,humari bhavnayein,hum sabki ekta aur samanta hei.

Jabki SABHYATA hei jo humare pass hei,hum aur humara samaj hur tarah se itne varshon mein kitne paripakva/evolve hue hein... jabki SANSKRITI hei ki hum qua hei. Issliye SANSKRITI sreshth hei. SABHYATAYEIN samapt ho jatin hein.

Ek kahani hai ki humare granthon ke muthabik pahle devta aur rakhchaas yani aasur amar nahin the. Amaratva ko pane ke liye unhonne samudramanthan kiya taki amrit pa saken aur pee ker aamar ho jayein. Mrityuchakra se unhein mukti mile. Iss samudramanthan ke dauran kai deviashakti se yukt ratna vagairah niklae.Sabse daivia thi aakashganga ki putri Lakshmi.Inki paidaish Kartik ke aamavashya ke din hui. Aage chalkar issi din vishnuji se uska vivah bhi hua. Chunki yeh varsh ki sabse andheri ratri thi issliye khub diye jalaye gaye. Aab hur varsh Laxmi aur vishnu se aashirvaad pane ke liye puja ki jaati hai.Bacchon inn kahaniyon ke kahne ka matlab aandhvishwas failana nahin hai. Isska aaarth hai ki humare aander jo daivia shakti aur aasuri shaktiyon ke beeche takrao hota hai too humein aatmnmanthan karna chahiye jissse anekon gyaan-vivek ropee ratna humein milenge aur aander ka andhekar duur hoga. Hum saab saahi raste per chaalenge too laxmi ki bhi prapti hogi aur vishnu ke shakti ki bhi.Yani aap prem,gyaan,shakti aur dhaan se sampann honge.

दिवाली में दुर्घटनाओं से सावधान

1-koi durghtana ho to aap savdhan rahein.
2- Aap shaant rahenge to pedrith vyakti shaant raheenge.
3-jaald se jaald doctor ki madad lein aur ambulance bulayien.
4- pidrit vyakti ko udaayien-bodhain nahin, maddad aane tak usse shant padde rahne dein.
5-Aagar aap ya koyi aur chote-mote zakm ke shikar hon to-
a-colgate toothpaste lagain-usmein mint hota hai, dard se rahat milegi.
b-karib dus minat tak us jagah per barf rakhein.
c-burnheel malhum ho to lagain.
d-sirka fridge mein rakhein, iese vaqt mein kaam aayga.
e-levendra oil dard aur daag dono dur karega.
f-paani aur baking soda ka mishraan kaam mein lein.
g-milk auf magneshia ka upyog kar saaktein hein.
h-sarson ko jaalein per lagain.
i-kaache aaloo ke tukde ko jaalan per rakhien,sukhnein per hatain, dard aur laali dono dur hojaaygi.
j-do-teen minat tak makhan lagain.

Humesha patakhe jalaate vaqt paani bhari balti nazdeek rakhein.
First Aid Box Bhi paas Rakhein. suti aur kum gher ke taang kaapde pahanna behtar hoga.
bachche badon ki nigrani mein diye patakhe jalayein.
Koshish karin patake na jalayein, ya kum jalain- patakhon se dhwani aur vayu pradhushan hota hai joki aapne aur vatavaran ke swasthaye ke liye thik nahin
Diwali ki raat un bachchon aur logon ke liye diya-candle zaroor jalain jo aatankvadi gatividhiyon mein mare gaye ya baadh mein doob gaye. manaviyta ko mahsoos karna aur prem ki, gyaan ke diye jalaana yahi saacchi diwali hai.

THE RTI STORY

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005 NO. 22 OF 2005(15thJUNE,2005).

An act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to imformation for under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected there with or incidental thereto.

RTI has given innumerable wake-up calls to the government and it has brought welcome changes in governance. An RTI application recently forced Guru teg Bahadur Hospital in Delhi to provide free treatment to a 73-year old poor woman who couldn't afford her hip replacement surgery.

In Gujrat, a poor man got a government job,denied to him for last 15years, after an RTI application revealed that he was eligible for the job.

Some DATA
24,436 applications were filled in 2006-07: the number in Central government ministries has increased to almost 1 lakh.

16 percent of the applications were rejected.

68 percent applicants were satisfied, according to survey by NGO PRIA in 10 states.

30-day deadline for providing imformation was not adhered to.

86 percent of government departments in 10 states did not make any self-disclosure as mandated under the RTI law.

Landmark orders

Students were allowed to seek information like formula for admission on basis of public examinations like IIT-JEE, CAT.

They can also know marks scored by those who cleared the examination but cannot seek a copy of their answer sheets.

The CIC had also allowed access to procedings of the Departmental Promotion Committees to foster transparency.

For the first time, contributions recieved by political parties were revealed after a CIC order.

A Few Restrictions, In Violation Of The Law

In Karnataka the word length of an application can't be more than 150 and applicants can seek information only on one subject.

Punjab has rejected applications on frivolous grounds like unsatisfactory identity of the information seeker. Information already available on the website etc.

In Orissa and Noida Authority, the applicant has to submit a proof of his/her identity along with the application.

What is the Fee?

- Application fees to be prescibed which must be reasonable.

- If further fees are required, then the same must be intimited in writing with calculation details of how the figure was arrived at.

- Applicant can seek review of the decision on fees charged by the PIO by applying to the appropriate Appellate Authority.
- No fees will be charged from people living below poverty line.

- Applicant must be provided information free of cost if the PIO fails to comply with the prescribed time limit.

'IMBALANCED' INDIAN DIET CAUSES DIABETES, HYPERTENSION.

WHAT INDIANS EAT

DIETARY FAT(HARMFUL):High dietary fat intake; different regions consume 13 to 59 grams per individual daily.

SATURATED FATTY ACIDS(HARMFUL): High intake mostly in urban rather than rural areas(ghee, vanaspati)

CARBOHYDRATES(HARMFUL):High intakes, mostly at dinner.

POLY SATURATED FATTY ACID(BENIFICIAL):Low intake of fish oil,sunflower oil.

FIBRE(BENIFICIAL): Poor intake of fruits and vegetables.

DIETARY MONOSATURATED FATTY ACIDS(BENIFICIAL):Peanuts, olive oil, nuts and seeds, semi sweet or dark chocolate.

In a severe criticsm of the average Indian diet, a study in the coming edition of the prestigious British Journal of Nutrition says that the nutritional imbalance in it is one of the reasons for the increasing cases of diabetes and hypertension in the country. Hypertension is usually an accompany condition in diabetes and is often present in Type 2 diabetes as part of the metabolic syndorome of insulin resistance.

The study, which reviews the influence of dietry nutrients on insulin resistance- also called the metabolic syndrome- in Asian Indians and South Asians, says that there are severe imbalances in the average Indian diet. Data pertaining to nutrient intake, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indians and South Asians has been reviewed and dietry imbalances have been reported in the following areas; low intake MUFA, n3 FUFA and more fibre, and high intake of fats saturated fats, carbohydrates and transfatty acids(mostly related to the widespread use of vanaspati,a hydrogenated oil). Data suggests that these nutrients imbalances are associated with insulin resistance and a change lipid profile.

"We have reviewed all kind of literature available and have seen that there is a great imbalance in Indian Diet. What should be consumed in good amount is less and what should be consumed less is in excess."Said Dr Anoop Misra, HoD, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Fortis Hospital, New Delhi, who conduted the study in collaboration with Centre for Diabetes, Obesity, and Cholosterol Disorders(C-DOC), Diabetes Foundation and Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

The problem is particularly severe in children and young individuals -a high intake of n-6PUFA(mostly in fats) is correlated with glucose intolerence - whereas in adults, a high-carbohydrate meal consumption was reported to cause insulin resistance. Dietary supplements with n-3 PUFA lead to an improved lipid profile but not insulin sensitivity. Inadequate maternal nuitrition during pregnancy, low birth weight and childhood 'Catch-up' obesity may be important for the devolopment of the metabolic syndrome and diabetes.

Even among the rural population, which usually consumes a traditional frugal diet, there is an increasing prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome due to changes in diets and lifestyle.

Source- The Indian Express

EDUCATION IN 11th FIVE YEAR PLAN

-Reduce dropout rates of children from elementary school from 52.2% in 2003-04 to 20% by 2011-12.

-Devolop minimum standards of educational attainment in elementary school, and by regular testing monitor effectiveness of education to ensure quality.

-Increase literacy rate for persons of age 7 years or more to 85%.

-Lower gender gap in literacy to 10 percentage points.

-Increase the percentage of each cohort going to higher education from the present 10% to 16% by the end of the 11th Plan.

EDUCATION IN UNION BUDGET 2007-08-
- Education allocation hiked by 34.2% to Rs. 32,352 crore.

-Increase in allocation of funds for school education by 35% from Rs. 17,133 crore to Rs. 23,132 crore out of which Rs. 10,671 crore allocated for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

-Increase in allocation of funds from Rs. 162 crore to Rs. 450 crore for strenghening teachers training institutions by appointment of 200,000 more teachers and construction of 500,000 more classrooms.

-Allocation of Rs. 7,324 crore for providing Mid-day Meal Scheme.

-Mid-day Meal Scheme cover children in upper primary classes in 3,427 educationally backward blocks.

-Increase in the transfer to Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh from Rs.8,746 crore to Rs. 10,393 crore.

-Increase in the provision for secondary education from Rs. 1,837 to Rs.3,794.

-Introduction of National Means-Cum Merit Scholarship Scheme selection for which to be made from among students who have passed class VIII. Each student to be given Rs.6,000 per year. 1000,000 scholarships to be awarded every year, creation of a corpus fund of Rs.750 crore this which must undergo annual increased over the next 3 years.

TERROR REPORT CARD

TERROR STRIKES

1993-2003--INCIDENTS (IN J&K)-18,106--CIVILLIAN DEATHS-4,519, (IN NORTH EAST)- INCIDENTS-7,657 -CIVILLIANS DEATHS-3,O51, (NAXAL EFFECTED) INCIDENTS-6,695, CIVILLIANS- 2,185, COMMUNAL VIOLENCE- INCIDENTS 3,761, CIVILIAN DEATHS- 1,959. TOTAL- INCIDENTS- 36,259, CIVILLIAN DEATHS- 11,714.

2004-2008- INCIDENTS-(J&K) 7,769, CIVILLIAN DEATHS 1,883. (IN NORTH EAST)-INCIDENTS- 6,573, CIVILLIAN DEATHS-1,909. (NAXAL-EFFECTED)-INCIDENTS- 7,228, CIVILLIAN DEATHS- 2,281. COMMUNAL VIOLENCE-INCIDENTS- 3,472 , CIVILLIAN DEATHS-573, TOTAL- 25, 042, CIVILLIAN DEATHS- 6,646.

SOURCE-MAIL TODAY

2004-2008-INCIDENTS

RICH LIVE LONGER, POOR DIE YOUNGER

TOTAL POPULATION 1,151,751,000
PROBABILITY OF DYINY UNDER FIVE- 76/1000 LIVE BIRTHS.

GROSS NATIONAL INCOME- PER CAPITAL-US DOLLAR -2,460

PROBABILITY OF DYING BETWEEN 15-60 YEARS M/F(PER 1000 POPULATION) 276/203

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH M/F(YEARS) 62/64

TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH PER CAPITAL-US DOLLAR 100

HEALTH LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH M/F(YEARS.2003) 53/54

TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH AS % OF GDP(2005)-5.0

LIFE EXPECTANCY ELSE WHERE

WORLD AVERAGE- 67 YEARS

JAPAN -81.5 YEARS

US- 78 YEARS

CHINA- 73.5 YEARS

INDIA--63 YEARS

PAKISTAN--62.5 YEARS

ZAMBIA--33 YEARS

(source-WHO)

HISTORY AND RIGHT OF EDUCATION

Education is necessary for the development of an individual. It plays an important role in incorporating human values. And also makes path for social and economic upgradation. From ancient times , India has always been a strong supporter of education because of which it is known as the universal teacher of knowledge. With times our education system has gone through several changes. To know India in a better way, in terms of education, it is important to know about the ancient education system.

In ancient times education was imparted through Gurukuls. Pupils used to reside in Gurukuls to gain knowledge. In those days life was divided into four asharms. First one was Brahamacharya Ashram in which students stay till the age of 25. They were given the complete knowledge of Vedas, Upnishadas and other religious books. Education in this vedic age was based on human values. The purpose of imparting this kind of learning was to prepare the students in mental, physical and spiritual way. The student was inspiried to gain moksha. India's ancient universities Nalanda, Takshila and Vikramshila were famous worldwide. Foriegn tourists in their travel books have mentioned the high standard of education imparted in these reputed universities. Many travellers have written that education standard was so high that the students who came for admission were interviewed first by the gatekeeper. With time education system was introduced by different foreign rulers.

If we look at the education system before Independence, we will find that the Britishers worked for the devolopment of education but at the same time they also imposed their education system on India. In the year 1813, they proposed to give one lakh rupees for the development of education under the Charter Act-43. This was the biggest amount ever given for the development of education. Lord MaColly was the man who was responsible to bring a revolution in the field of education. Because of his hardwork Indian Government announced the education regulation on 7th March,1835. The government stressed that whatever money will be expended it will be only for the devolopment of the English medium education. To bring a noticeable change and devolopment in education system, the government founded the First Education Board in the leadership of Sir William Hunter in the year 1882. But unfortunately the condition of education still did not changed. In 1901, Lord Curzon organized the Simla Conference on Education. This conference lasted for 15 days. During that period around 150 decisions were taken related to education. In 1902, Indian University Committee was established by the government to make certain improvements in higher education system. The Indian leaders blamed the government for trying to impose foriegn education system in India. To review this allegation Hurtong Committee was established in the year 1929. On the consideration of the committee in 1935 the Indian Government launched the Central Education Advisory Board. After this, government tried alot to improve the education system but no satisfactory improvement was seen.

After Independence the Indian government worked hard to improve the condition of education. University Education Board was setup on 4th November, 1948. This Board was headed by Dr. Sarvapalli Radha Krishnan. The Board deeply studied the possibilities of higher education and presented their valuable advise to the government. On 23rd september,1952 the government established Secondary Education Board. The head of this board was Dr. Lakshmanswami Mudaliar who was the Kulpati of Madras university. In June 1953, this Board submitted an agenda of 244 pages to the Indian government. According to that agenda improvements were made in higher education.

EDUCATION POLICY- Planning of education system was done in the same way around the country. Suggestions for establishing new open universities were given. The idea of this policy was to make available more and more opportunities for higher studies and make education reach to the common-man. The policy emphasized on spending 6 percent of national income on the education. In the year 1992 some amendments were made in this policy.On 14th July, 1964 Kothari Commission was formed. This commission submitted some new considerations on which the emphasis was laid on National Education Policy.On this basis Education Policy was formed in the year 1968. This policy included 17 programmes related to the education. After that in 1986 the new education policy was constructed and submitted. This policy gave ideas and views to improve the education system, to impart education to the adults, to make education easier ,for everyone, to maintain the standard of elementary education, emphasis on girl education, to open new universities in different states, to make the All Indian Technical Council Strong.

EDUCATION IN CONSTITUTION-In our Constitution every individual has a right to get education. Free education from the age of 1-14 is also mentioned in our constitution. According to the Para-45 of the constitution, free and compulsory education to the children is mentioned. In the Para-46 of the same policy, education benifits for SC,ST and other backward classes(OBCs) is also mentioned. The subject of education in the constitution was in the state list, but later on it was shifted to the concurrent list.

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CLOVE- It's a known treatment for toothache, and its antiseptic propertics make it an excellent mouth freshner.

GARLIC- offers a long list of health benefits from reducing cholestrol, blood pressure levels, to boosting immuunity and combating fatigue.

PAPRIKA- The popular cayenne pepper contains capsaicin, an anti-in-flammatory compound, which relives pain.

MUSTARD- It is a stimulant that is used sometimes to relieve respiratory disdorders.

TURMERIC- It helps in fighting inflammatory bowed diseases, rheumatoid artheritis, cystic fibrosis and cancer.

CINNAMON- Prevents bacterial growth in food products. It also has anti-clotting and anti-inflammatory properties that help stop the clumping of blood platelets.

SALT AND SUGAR IN YOUR LIFE

Sipping on a steaming cup of tea on a rainy day, you reach for the deep-fried pakoras, liberally sprinkled with salt and spices. And when it interferes with sweetness of the tea, in goes another cube. It may seem infrequent every time you indulge the taste buds with palate pleasers like sugar and salt but satisfying that panchant can often leave a bitter aftertaste, by way of serious health consequences.

Nutritionally, all types of sugar are similarly, giving approximately 16 calorie per tsp, except honey that gives 21 calorie per tsp.

A Sugary snacks gets digested rapidly, but produces a sudden, rapid burst followed by a slump in energy. It's this energy crash that boosts hunger pangs.

According to the Diet Atlas of India, 85 gm (20tsp) of sugar and jaggery are consumed every day per adult in Punjab and Haryana, while 40gm (9.5tsp) is consumed in Maharastra and West Bengal daily. Consumption in the other states is lower.

The USDA recommends that 6 to 10 percent of total calories consumed perday come from sugar. That would be 6 to 18 teaspoons per day depending on the total energy intake.

Where as you can Calculate the salt content in food, just by multiplying the sodium content given on the nutritional imformation on food labels by 2.5. So, if a portion of food contains 3 gm of Sodium, then it has 7.5 gm of salt.

The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension( high blood pressure). Fruits, vegetables, and low-fat or non-fat dairy are the main constituents of this plan.

According to the Food Standards Agency, a food product will have high salt content if more than 1.5 gm of salt per 100 gm of food is used. And it's low when 0.3 gm salt per 100 gm of food is used.

Salt is an important additive in the diet and the salt intake of an average person in India is 15 gm per day. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's (SCAN) recommendation for adults is 4gm per day(one teaspoon). Sodium is one of the primary electrolytes in the body. But excess consumption can lead to a string of problems which include exercise-induced asthma, heartburn, osteoporosis, oedema, and hypertension.Low levels of salt can be equally troublwsome, causing muscle cramps, dizziness or an electrolyte disturbance that can lead to neurological problems.


11.10.2008

AIMs AND OBJECTIVE

ADITI 'The infinite' is a goddess of sky, the past, the future and fertility. She is also the mother of Hindu Gods. For us ADITI means 'A RAY OF HOPE'. Aditi is a movement of awakening. It is a mission to chrun our society and make people more humane. It is revolution of awareness to spread humanity and self respect in each person to inspire and motivate them to become self-reliant. Thus our motto is to make our society free from three 'P's- Psychological, Physical, and Professional problems and provide respect,love, and dignity to all. It can only happen when all of us work together hand in hand and think about making every individual healthier, progressive, skillful, more humane, full of self respect...and self-reliant. As wise people say, "Boond-Boond se Samundra banta hai', each and every effort will make this world a better place to live in. This would be our contribution to our humanity.

ADITI FOUNDATION is a National level development organization, registered as an Indian Charitable trust, initiated by a group of energetic young professionals including young hearted senior citizens from different fields. The foundation is willing to support women, children and senior citizen centric health and education, welfare initiatives of individuals and NGO's all over India.

India's economy is galloping with 8% GDP growth. But 17million children of the country work as laborers. Improving women's maternal health and literacy are critical to building stronger families and communities. Here in India, twice as many women as many are illetrate, and girls are still less likely than boys to attend a primary school. In the country, more than 100,000 Indian women die in pregnancy and child birth each year. And over 5million children and adults are living with HIV/AIDS here.

Is only the government responsible for every problem under the Sun?

The desired changes in the society will come only when more and more privileged with a desire to bring about changes start participating pro-activily in "solution-finding" process.

It's just the begining of Aditi Foundation. Hence, we are trying to work on projects on education, health care, girl child, livelihood and advocacy. Aditi Foundation wants to work together with women's leaders, communities, organizations and government ministries and private sector(Corporate Social Responsibility) here to change the mindset of the entire humanity and give underprivileged tools to live a healthy and self-reliant life.

Aditi Foundation will also provide a platform to the young artists to showcase their talent. It will bring writers, musicians, dancers, theatre personalities, painters, etc. under one umberella. Because, ultimately, they all stand for the common people.

बदलती परिस्थितियां

परिवार और समाज में नारियों का स्थान और उनके अन्तरंग और बहिर्रंग व्यक्तित्व की दृष्टी से यदि हम विश्व का इतिहास देखें, तो विभिन् कालों में नारियों की बदलती स्थितियों का हमें सहज ही पता चल जाएगा। हमें ऐसा सुनने को मिलता है की बहुत प्राचीन काल में नारी प्रधान परिवार हुआ करते थे। ऐसे परिवारों से यूक्त समाज मात्र सत्तात्मक समाज कहलाता था। आज भी केरल में और पूर्वोतर राज्यों में ऐसे परिवार मिल जाते हैं। फिर क्रमश: ऐसा युग आया जब परिवार में कार्य शेत्र का स्पष्ट: बंटवारा हो गया। नारियों को घर के समस्त कार्य सौँप दिए गए और पुरूष ने अपना कार्य-शेत्र बाहर चुन लिया। परिणाम यह हुआ की धीरे-धीरे पुरुषों का महत्त्व बढ़ने लगा और स्त्रियाँ सिर्फ़ घर की शोभा मात्र रह गयी। आधिकारों की दृष्टि से नारियों के पिचाद
जाने का प्रधान कारन शायद यही रहा होगा। आज भी हम पाते हैं की जिन् स्त्रियों का कार्य शेत्र सिर्फ़ घर तक सीमित है, वे अपेक्षाकृत परतंत्र है, और जो स्त्रियाँ किसी न किसी रूप में घर से बाहर अपना कार्य शेत्र ढूँढ लेती है, वे कहीं अधिक स्वतंत्र हो जाती हैं अथवा होने की शमता पैदा कर लेती हैं। नारीओं की स्थिति में हेरफेर का यह कारन इसलिए भी उपयुक्त प्रतीत होता है, क्योंकि कोई दूसरा कारन इतना महत्वपूर्ण नज़र नहीं आता। सालों से महिलाओं की बिगड़ती स्थिति और अन्याय से बचाव के लिए तमाम महिला संस्थ्यें सामने आयी हैं पर वे पुरा कार्य नहीं कर पायीं हैं। स्त्री का शारीरिक, मानसिक, और मनोवैज्ञानिक शोषण से बचाव हो, इसके लिए ज़रूरी है की पूरा परिवार अपनी सोच में परिवर्तन करे, या परोख्स रूप से कहें, तो समाज की सोच में ही परिवार्त्न हो। आंकडों के मुताबिक, उत्तेर्प्रदेश महिलाओं के उत्पीडन में सबसे आगे है। नेशनल फॅमिली हैल्थ के हाल के आंकड़े बताते हैं की तकरीबन पचास प्रतिशत पुरूष महिलाओं को उत्पीडित करते है। दहीज के लिए टांग करना, मरना, लिंग भेध्भाव भी वहां ज़्यादा है, पर यह सामान्तया पुरे उत्तर भारत में है। शैक्षिक, आर्थिक, व् सामाजिक विकास में भी उनके साथ भेदभाव ज़ाहिर तौर पर है। प्रतिदिन के उत्पीडन से महिलायें एकदम से नहीं मरती, तिल-तिल कर मरती है, और हर तरह से पंगु बन जाती हैं।

आख़िर इस समस्या का कोई निदान है क्या ? क्या महिला सस्थाएं न्यायालयों में महिलाओं को न्याय दिला कर इन समस्याओं का निदान कर सकती है ?

मैंने अपने कुछ मित्रों से कुछ सवाल पूछे.उनके जवाब का लब्बो -लुबाव था "इस्त्रियों का आत्मनिर्भेर होना मुख्य वजह है पारिवारिक कलह की । जो दायीत्व समाज ने स्त्री और पुरूष के लिए बाँट दिए गए हैं , उसका निर्वहन न कर के पुरूष और स्त्री दोनों पुरूषओचित हो रहे हैं । वैसे भी , पुरूष का स्त्रियन होना सम्भव नहीं ।"

मुझे लगा जब तक पुरूष अहंकार बीच में आता रहेगा , परिवारों में बिखराव आता रहेगा एक और महिला मनोव्य्ज्ञानिक रूप से पंगु होती रहेगी ।

आज ज़रूरत है ऐसी संस्थाओं की जो स्त्री ही नही , पुरुषों के मन की व्यथा भी सुनें और उन्हें परामर्श दे की किस तरह घर में महिला को स्नेह व् इज्ज़त देते हुए मददगार पति , भाई , पिता की भूमिका निभाएं । साथ ही , इस पीढी की परवरिश ऐसे ढंग से हो जहाँ बेटे -बेटियों में भेदभाव न हो और दोनों में समान मानसिकता डालते हुए घर -बाहर के कार्य सिखाये जायें । संभवत: तभी स्थितियों में बदलाव होगा और देश का भविष्य उज्जवल होगा , और यही हमारा समाज के लिए योगदान होगा ।

विभा तैलंग ९.१०.2008

दिनकर जी 'कुरुषेत्र ' में

आशा के प्रदीप को जलाये चलो धरमराज,
एक दिन होगी मुक्त भूमि रनभीती से
भावना मनुष्य की न राग में रहेगी लिप्त ,
सेवित रहेगा नही जीवन अनीति से

हार से मनुष्य की न महिमा घटेगी और
तेज न बढेगा किसी मानव की जीत से
स्नेह बलिदान होंगे माप नरता के एक ,
धरती मनुष्य की बनेगी स्वर्ग प्रीती से .'

सुमित्रा नंदन पंत जी की पंक्तियाँ

कौन बनाता है ये समाज

महाभाव की स्वर संगति में, गूँथ विश्व को,

एक नया अलोक उतरता , भू आँगन पर।

नए रक्त से हृदये शिरयिएँ होती झंकृत

अंतर का उन्मेष लाँघ बाधा के पर्वत

नव समाज को देता जन्म डूबा स्वार्थों को,

नई ज्योति लिखती मानव के जीवन मन की

गाथा, अभिनव भावों के इतिहास पृष्ट पर.

हमारा पहला सेमिनार

शुरू से सुनती और देखती आई थी परमार्थ करना और सेवा करना मनुष्य का धरम है। बचपन से ही दूसरो की मदद के लिए हाथ बढाती रही। बिहार में अक्सर बाढ़ आया कराती, गर्ल गाइड थी, श्रमदान करने और खाना, कपडे एकाठा करने का आदेश मिलता था। कॉलेज पहुँची तो अन्सिसी में भरती हुई। रक्तदान करना, विकलांग सहेलियों के पढाई में मदद करना, सिलसिला जारी रहा। भोपाल गैस त्रासदी के दौरान चित्राषा नाम की संस्था बनाई थी। सुधिरजी मौके पर चित्र बनाकर बेचते और पैसे एकाठा करते थे। इतने वर्षों में अनेकों बार राष्ट्रीय आपदाएँ आयीं। हमने स्वयं या किसी संस्था के साथ मिलकर अपना योगदान दिया।अपने मुहल्ले में एक महिला संस्था के साथ जुड़ी, पदाधिकारी भी बनी. अदिति भी अपने स्कूल में नेबरहुड प्रोजेक्ट से जुड़ी थी। बाबूजी वृद्ध लोगों की संस्था से जुड़े है। ३० सितेम्बर २००८ को शाम ६ से ९ बजे दिल्ली के आई आई सी सभागार में अदिति फाउंडेशन का पहला सेमिनार हुआ। वक्ता थे श्री अशोक वाजपयी, श्री विनोद नारायण झा, डॉ नरेश त्रेहन, डॉ रंजना कुमारी और श्री ब्रिजेन्द्र रेही। सेमिनार में बातचीत का विषय था 'क्या स्वयमसेवी संस्थाए आम लोगों के साथ मिल कर दुनिया की तस्वीर बदल सकती है? हमारा मकसद था दिल्ली की सभी स्वयमसेवी संस्थायें एक जत के नीचे मिलकर इस विषय पर सोचे की, जिनके लिए , जिस मकसद से काम किया जा रहा है , वो लाभ लोगों को मिल पा रहा है या नही. आख़िर लोग प्रत्यक्ष रूप से या पारोख्श रूप से भी इससे जुड़े महसूस करते हैं या नहीं? समाज में बदलाव तो सभी की सहभागिता से हो सकती है। जो काम करतें हैं उनसे, और जिनके लिए काम हो रहा है उनसे। कहते हैं न 'बूँद बूँद से समुद्र बनता है'। आयोजन को प्रायोजित किया था हिन्दी अख़बार दैनिक भास्कर ने।

हमारा मिशन

अदिति फाउंडेशन का स्वास्थ्य और शिक्षा मिशन है- सब के लिए स्वास्थ्य व् शिक्षा का साधन जुटाना। ऐसा तभी संभव है जब लोगों मे इसे पाने की ललक और जानकारी हो, उसके फायदे पता हों और उन्हें पाने का तरीका भी पता हो । वे अपने हक के लिए लड़ सके। हम कोशिश करेंगे की लोगों को इकठा करे या उन तक पहुंचे , उन्हें जागरूक करे और उनमें यह अलख जगाये कि वे स्वास्थ्य व् शिक्षअ को प्राथमिकता दे। इसके लिए हम उन्हें हर सम्भव सुविधाए मुहैया कराने कि कोशिश करेंगे और उनके अनुकूल माहौल बनायेगे, विशेषकर पिछडों के लिए चाहे वे किसी भी समुदाय, वर्गे, जाति, लिंग या धर्म के हों.

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