Category: Interviews
interviews with diff personalities
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Every drop makes a part of the ocean
Our first interviewee was a first year student pursuing Bachelor of Pharmacy from Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi. It was her first visit here. When we met her, she was cutting vegetables in the engineering campus hall. Quite unusual a sight to see a 20 year old vibrant graduate to sit calmly and patiently cutting
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Symbol of the power of love
8 Mar 2010, New Delhi “Amma is in many ways the symbol of the power of love. And with Amma intellectualism is not the issue, she does not appeal at the level of the intellect. Very often she does not speak, it’s the hug and the love that comes through it. The fact that she
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Able to reach the right kind of people
27 Feb 2010, Mumbai Sri G.S. Gil, vice-president and managing director of CIDCO the organization that plans and develops India’s major cities. “When I started my work for CIDCO the plot in Nerul had just been bought for the ashram. Never could have I have dreamt that it would be such a ‘punyam’, a blessing
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When you have a chance, run towards them
27 Feb 2010, Mumbai “For many years I had the yearning for this experience and it blows me away” – Smita Jaykar, actress Famous Bollywood actress Smita Jaykar came for Amma’s darshan during the public program in Shivaji Parc in downtown Bombay. For her it was a long awaited dream to meet Amma. “I have
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Take advice seriously and simply follow
INTERVIEW WITH Mrs and Mr RAMANATHAN The sweet couple, Mrs Radha Ramanathan and Mr Ramanathan smiled at me disapprovingly, when asked for an interview. But soon, they began to share their valuable experiences quite spontaneously. Dr Ramanathan is a Professor of English in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham at Amritapuri Campus. Ms Radha serves in the HQ
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Amma with anyone who is in need
Ms.Vijayalakshmi, Principal of Amrita Vidyalayam, Kochi has been a follower of Amma for the past 18 years. We met her accidentally along with her collegue Ambika during Amma’s 56th birthday celebration on September 25, 2009 at Amritapuri. Vijayalakshmi could not control her emotions when talking about Amma. Her heart and soul is filled with Amma
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The golden era of my teaching career
Interview with Dr.T.K.N Balu (Visiting Professor in English, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus) I got an opportunity to interact with a veteran professor of English at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri. He is a visiting professor here, and this is what he shared during our interaction. “I am a Tamilian, settled in Delhi. Let me
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East or West, Amma is Best
“Oh, unimitated and inimitable Amma! What shall I say on her? Words cannot describe Her Amma is Amma, She is what She is,” were the words of Ms Sulma from California. Fifteen years ago she had her first Darsan of Amma at Mexico. For the past twelve years she has been here in Vallikkavu as
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Amrita changed my attitude towards the world
“It is always a special feeling to come back to the campus where you spent your college days. Being present here is a great feeling and to be a part of Amma’s Birthday celebrations is surely a bonanza. I met Amma for the first time in 2004, but I didn’t have clear idea about Amma