[IMPORTANT] Payback time

[arboreal_tarantula]

Hi junta,

Yesterday, in the Hyd PG meet , subbu mentioned an interesting thought. The best aspect of PG is getting so many educated, smart and young bunch of people together. Maybe, we could leverage this into getting something more done .. something useful ... a lot of us has got a lot of stuff from pg .. guidance .. bunch of gr8 friends .. useful info .. and the like. its payback time

its unbelievable the number of people who actively participate in this forum. if even a fraction of them decide to give something back to society .. do some volunteer work .. that can make a big difference !

i know, we are all very busy people, so look at this as "strategic" volunteering. u dont HAVE to volunteer doing something u are not passionate about. also, volunteering definitely has a very nice effect on ur CV, its a great way of networking, and a fantastic way of getting to see the world at closer quarters.

so, to stop my rambling, are there others on this forum, who think we cud get on with some volunteer activity which cud make a difference ?


Please come up with ideas - what we could be doing , and whether you think u wud be interested

cheers
arbo

[fabulist]

Very interesting post indeed. Very imaginative. Will surely post my ideas as soon as possible

[satanincarnate]

I also agree with this - I am getting more and more enchanted with this forum although I havent made a "circle" of friends here. I am convinced this self-made group is a group of very like-minded,well-educated and informed young guys and I frankly believe that many of us are like me who want to get together and do something constructive but don't find anything worthwhile.
Moreover, I feel that it will be a lot better if people got organized city-wise and started off some activities. Hope more people come forward and we can make a humble start.

[satanincarnate]

I think ideas about what activities can be done will come only after more ppl pitch in.
I have an idea: doing public plays on socially and nationally relevant topics like politics-crime nexus,corruption,politicians taking voters to be dumb fools,communal harmony,dowry etc etc

[arboreal_tarantula]

Excellent idea bgcx !!! Thats the kind of stuff people would love to do. if volunteering can be fun, i bet there wud be lots of enthu.

and yes, u are right, it has to be organized citywise.

so we got our first idea.

idea_count = 1;
Lets do some idea_count ++

i have a few ideas we may want to discuss - will post on them soon.

[pagalguy]

Finally the thread I've been waiting for! This idea has gone to and fro between the mods for almost a month now and we all decided for the GD/PIs to get over .. and start of the idea at a meet. The Hyd meet came in first and so subbu brought it up..

We guys really wanted to see how you would react to such a thought. Nice to see arbo staring the thread off.

The usual thoughts lying underneath:

1) Simply the most amazing set of people we have around here. Why not put it to good use. Plus its S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N guaranteed

2) Have to admit that almost everyone here has a hectic schedule .. but atleast the weekends are a bit easier on most people. Even if a group could get together every Sunday, the sheer number of people here can make a LOT of difference in the lives of the needy.

3) Meet new people .. C'mon where else are you gonna get to meet funky, groovy ( ) and the most happening set of people all aspiring to pick up an MBA degree

4) As arbo said, NETWORKING. Your chance to make new friends and expand your contacts. No better way than this


What I see .. err.. the future:

Sure we guys may start small. But my dream is that a couple of years down the line .. most of us guys would have completed our MBA , and we still would get a chance to meet people on Sundays - make a difference etc.

Wouldn't it be lovely if you could walk into any city in India with the knowledge that there are people who think like you. You could be in any city and on a given sunday could join people in serving the community.

What can we do ?
I haven't thought much about that , but the best idea would be to listen to the people around here to decide. No one can fix an agenda, do let your thoughts out. We have no benchmarks .. err... we never did ... This is our chance to make a huge difference in people's lives and it would not be possible without the support of the junta.


What do you people think ?

[Divinities]

um..ok i gotta idea...since most of us belong to some or the other college..we cud perhaps set up kiosks at the college fests for karaoke and encourage donations for a fund set up to help somebody who needs it...something like that...not pretty concrete but hope its worth it.

[Zombie]

Good idea PG!! as we r already having city-wise meetings in many places, we people could meet every weekend and do some social work. i dont think going to any orphanage will last for long.. maybe we can go to near by villages and educate the children there.. what say? sure it's a huge task to go outta city, but lets start off and it'll get better..

is there some place we can go where we can both learn somethings and help others in the meantime??? only then will people be interested in coming every week.. we dont want this thing to dwindle down to nothing in a few weeks, do we!!

so peeps, it's time we do something other than the usual quotidian stuff.. lets do something to make "India shine even brighter! "

aravind

[hereiam]

this was on my agenda once i passed out from a bschool.i dont see how it wud hurt if i start a bit earlier .coming to the work that can be done in hyderabad,dr.reddy's foundation and byraju foundation(run by mrs.ramalinga raju i guess.but am not sure) are two institutes where we cud get some weekend voluntary work.there is alambana which is an offshoot of byraju foundation.contacting them would give us some info as to what kinda work we can do.as it is everywhere,the funda is not how much is to be done but how much can you do.so im sure we wudnt have problem getting some work.shall post info about alambana soon.but im not sure if i can be a part of this coz moi leaving for delhi injuly. hope we get to do it once before july . cheers.this forum rocks.
PS-one idea i have is to collect old clothes from households and distribute it to the people in slums etc etc. other details can be worked out if the idea is okie

[Katsumoto]

ok here goes my bit of idea.
i think .. or should i put it in this way .. i have always wanted to help teach other people .. i mean there are certain volunteer organisations like the cninmaya mission in mumbia at least that i know of.. i mena we could start a little society of our own and try helping other people with their work .. then these could be adults wanting to get educated .. or college kids with their 12th standards or scholl kids with their basics .. i think that this would require very little infrastructural base but a lot of efforts and time .. dont know .. but why dont all of you give it a thought.
and yes me living in mumbai have seen kids sitting under street lights at like 1.00 in the night studying ... it really touches your heart ... believe me.