Maalu R. Das, aspires to become a famous astronaut. T he 8th standard student has learnt much about Kalpana Chawla and her success only with the hope that someday she would reach her heights. Sadly, her reality is a far cry from the high hopes that she entertains. She comes from a rural village in […]

25 sep 2009, Amritapuri Every year, students and staff of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham are active participants various service activities that an event of such large scale as Amma’s birthday celebrations entail. This year, their services call for something more than just their physical presence at the venue, but compassionate commitment towards a group of children […]

Vipin, hailing from Mananthavadi, Wayanad is another student who has been benefited by the Vidyamritam scholarship provided to students who can’t afford their studies. Thanks to the scholarship scheme, he is now pursuing his first year studies at the ITC-Gwalior and expects to get a job this field in the next three years. After his […]

Vishnu, a slim, smart and active kid and an 8th grader from Kalpetta is one among the many talented students on whom fate has been really harsh. A heart-attack separated his father, the only earning member in the family, from him. His father was tailor and earned a meager amount in which his studies and […]

Question 138: “What is the best way to thank Amma on Her Birthday?” Please make your answer clear and brief (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

Namah shivaya I  wanted to share with you all an interesting conversation I had with one of our First year ECE students this evening. His name is Anand. Some of you may be able to relate to it. I have heard innumerable such stories over the past 17 years since meeting Amma, but coming from […]

Basically I am devotional and heard of Amma when I was a kid. I felt Amma’s sayings as great inspiration to mankind and is the driving force to success in life. I felt very enthusiastic to meet Amma and 5 yrs back I got an opportunity to meet Amma with my mother and father. After […]

As part of Vidyamritam, many events and competitions were conducted under various categories, such as elocution, essay writing, painting, story- telling, etc., so as to bring out the latent talents, within the young minds. The semi-finals of elocution event took place today (25’th Sept.) at 10 AM. A total of 80 children participated, out of […]

Date: September 25, 2009; 11:30 AM Venue: Under Construction Hall where AMMA’s birthday will be celebrated Happy to report to you from the venue of Amma’s birthday celebrations! “All roads lead to Amritapuri” will not be an understatement, the way streams of children and their parents are pouring into Mata Amritanandamayi Math and the Amrita […]