The Save Life Foundation has been at the forefront of this drive to get the Good Samaritan Law instituted to help the victims of road accidents. The Arundhati Foundation acknowledges the tremendous effort put in.
Watch this video by @Akhil1490 to know more:
Today, the first Sunday of the month (3rd April 2016), The Arundhati Foundation took up the activity of filling potholes on CAMBRIDGE ROAD. We planned to fill two of them – a big one right opposite St Meera’s School, and a small one near the Voltas shop. We decided to start with the bigger one.
It has been a a nightmarish experience for commuters to get past this one as the road leading to it is a narrow road, with a T -junction right in front of School. To add to it, there is a blind turn on the right side with the pot hole sitting pretty right there!
A resident who came up to us to say thanks told us that he has complained to BBMP but nothing has been done about it. It was nice to see people stopping and thanking us for taking this up.
We used 100 Kgs of Shelmac ( ready made cold mix from Shell) to fill this pot hole ! This should give a rough idea about the size of this one! It cost the foundation three thousand rupees ( 3,000/-) to fill this pothole . But we feel satisfied that it might save precious lives of someone like our daughter.
We chose to focus on just the one pothole, and used up all the Shelmac that we had procured. We will tackle the second pothole another day, after we procure more material.
We were joined by our friends and volunteers of the foundation, Mr Ajit Bedekar, Ms Arati Bedeker and Mr Muthukumar. It’s always nice to have friends to give a helping hand and they are a source of emotional support to us during such activities. Thank you Arati, Ajit and Kumar!
It gives me great pleasure to announce the ‘Aditi Awards’ for the year 2016. The BIOQUIZ 2016 was held on 17th Of March 2016 at the Department of Biochemistry Goa Medical College by Dr Chitra Dhume, HOD, Biochemistry and her able and efficient team.
The winners of this year’s Aditi Awards are Rahi R. Shetye and Anurag Avinash Shenvi Dalal. The Arundhati Foundation congratulates the winners and hopes they will keep their quest for excellence on throughout their lives!
Many thanks to Dr Chitra Dhume, an ardent and important supporter of the foundation and the entire team of BIOQUIZ , Department Of Biochemistry, GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
For more pics, please visit Aditi_Awards_2016
The work of The Arundhati Foundation is being noticed. We were fortunate to have some coverage in the recent past
11 Jan 2016 : In the Economic Times
14 Jan 2016 : In I Change My City
9 Feb 2016 : In The Better India
Thank you for spreading word about The Arundhati Foundation. And Many Thanks to The Friends of The Foundation whose support and well-wishes have helped us.
Together, we will succeed in bringing about the change.
6 Feb 2016
This session was organised at Shishumandir, Hella Nagar ( near Garden City College ). It was in 2 parts :
Many Thanks to Mr. Manoj Kabre and the Rotary Club who helped us organise this. Thanks to Caroline who coordinated all the logistics.
some pics from the event :
4 Feb 2016
Thanks to Manjunatha K G – an old family friend, and an ex-colleague – now the Founder and CEO of Kenscio Digital Marketing Pvt Ltd. He organised this session very effectively at his company premises.
The entire focus was on inculcating defensive driving habits. Thanks to the participants for making it a very interactive session, and also to those who have reached out to us to volunteer their support to The Arundhati Foundation.
Here are a few pics, and the pledge signed by the Kenscio employees.
29 Jan 2016 : A shudder ran through my body when I read the newspaper today morning. The news about the life of a young, bright, talented girl riding pillion being snuffed out was difficult to read. My heart goes out to her parents and their grief. The young rider will forever bear the cross of this accident.
This has once again brought to the fore the need to reiterate and reinforce defensive driving practices.
Some points noted from the newspaper articles ( The Hindu, and The Times of India ) :
The Arundhati Foundation strongly advocates Defensive Driving Practices :
At least 2 to 3 of the above principles stand out in the context of today’s news. I am sharing a couple of pics that we use in our sessions to spread the message on road safety and defensive driving. Let’s develop a safety mindset and aim to prevent accidents.
Drive Safely : It’s not what you drive that matters, but that you continue to drive. Make it a habit to drive defensively.
My daughter Arundhati, was every thing any mother could have wished for. She was beautiful inside and out, hardworking, gentle, intelligent. She was a wonderful Bharathnatyam dancer and a sensitive poet. She was a giving person who would go out of her way to help others, generous to a fault, she put others before self.
If I were to describe my daughter in a word , it would be, ‘divine‘! If I would describe how she treated everything from studies to art, to relationships in one word , it would be ‘passion‘.
When she set her goal on something, she would give it her all…no mater what obstacles crossed her path, she would surmount them.
She was a dedicated student an avid reader and an accomplished dancer. She was her house captain and a leader who lead from the front.She graduated from National Public School in 2008. I was dead against her joining medicine and wanted her to take up Life Sciences from Birla institute of Technology which she had aced. I wanted her to enjoy life and be able to devote time to things that she loved doing like writing, reading and Art. Which is not something one can do when one steps into the portals of Medical Studies and work. However, ever since she was a little girl, she would play with my stethoscope and wanted to be a doctor..Needless to say, once she set her heart on the goal, she gave it her all. She got into Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College where she joined on the 4th of August 2008.
Her 5 and 1/2 years at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical college, taught her a lot besides medicine. She did not enjoy all her years there but she remained grateful to the college for the knowledge and the special friends she made there. But most importantly, because, she met her best friend and the love of her life there. A childhood acquaintance to start with, friendship bloomed and turned into something much more deeper leading to a relationship of the soul.
She graduated in March 2014 topping in 11 of the 14 subjects in MBBS and graduating at the top of her class.
She also managed to get into CMC Vellore for a Diploma in Clinical Pathology. Joining Vellore was a dream come true, Vellore being the top institute in the country and most importantly , for her, because her fiancé also had got into the MD pathology program. We, her elders were thrilled that our children had reached there with hard work and grit.
During her brief stint at CMC, she worked hard and I was amazed at how good and well she had started picking and learning the subjects. She was loved by the students she tutored. The seniors who came in touch with and her teachers who told us how good she was, unfortunately, after her death.
Her marriage was planned for the 15/5/15 a date she chose.
Unfortunately for us, we lost our wonderful child to a freak accident on a badly managed road in Vellore on the 9th of September 2014. A beautiful life cruelly brought to a halt by a bad road…
Life without our daughter Arundhati is meaningless and empty to us. Crying will never get her back to us. We, her parents, have embarked on a journey to carry forward Arundhati’s unfinished work here on earth.
Thus on 27 th of December 2014, was born The Arundhati Foundation, a non-profit trust. The foundation has embarked on a journey to keep our daughter’s passions alive not only in memory but also in deed. We have undertaken 4 programmes as of now:
This journey has just begun …in death, as in life, my daughter continues to me my inspiration and pride.
One of Aru’s favourite quotes
My candle is lit on both ends
It will not last the night
But oh my foes, and ah my friends
It gives a lovely light …… Edna St. Vincent Millay
