Category: Interviews
interviews with diff personalities
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Amma, the Light of my Life
26 sep 2009 Sri Radhakrishnan is, by profession, a carpenter. He reasons out that Amma’s generosity and selflessness have drawn him to Amma who is the light in his life. Amma had given him a new home where he lives presently, when his own home was completely destroyed by the Tsunami, some four years ago. He recalls Amma’s assistance to his family during those days. Amma had, very generously, thrown open her ashram gates to everyone in the locality, who needed help, without distinctions of religion or caste. He states that Amma is the author of a tremendous change in…
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Amma symbolizes of equality and peace
26 sep 2009 Mrs. Mercy is a resident of Alappad village, living very close to the brimming sea with her husband and two kids. She describes the 56th birthday celebrations of ‘her beloved Amma’ as a “Celebration of Divine Love”. She is highly excited about the sudden festive transformation that has come over the place in the last one week and is eager to contribute her might, however small, for the success of the event. She sees Amma as the “Bright Sun of the Day” showering Eternal Love over all mankind. In her opinion, the large crowds converging in on…
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Not knowing about Grace
Sumesh, a very cute and chubby boy from Veli in Trivandrum is a 7th grade student of the Vettukadu School and also a beneficiary of the Vidyamritham Scholarship Scheme. Back home at Trivandrum he lives with his mother, grand mother, younger brother and elder brother. His dad is no more and the whole responsibility to manage the household and educate the kids is on his mother. His mother is a daily wage laborer. Sumesh has an ambition to be a school Principal. He likes teaching others and this, he says, is why he wants to be a principal.” I like…
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Doing their bit for Amma
Volunteers are busy at the kitchen in Amritapuri cooking food for tens of thousands of devotees that is going to be here on 26th and 27th of this month in relation to the Vidyamritham and Amma’s birthday celebrations. While chopping away busily for the next meal, they talked about what brought them here and their experiences with Amma. Prabodh San Giorgio is a volunteer who have been in the ashram for many years now. He is from Italy and his devotion towards Amma is what brought him here. He says he has see Amma work hard day and night for…
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A fashionable dream
Coming from a rural village in Wayanad, Prajith, 17, wants to be Fashion Designer. Staying with his mom, he is doing his 12th grade studies in the Vocational High School at Mananthavadi, Wayanad. His dad doesn’t stay with them. He is one of many teenagers in Kerala who dream big but never find the information or opportunity to realize their dreams. He used to attend the Amrita Vidyalayam gatherings conducted every Sunday in his village for bhajans and preaching from Swamis. He learnt about the Vidyamritham scholarship programme from there, applied for it and was selected. Prajith might have ended…
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Ambitious and thankful
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 dad passed away years ago in an accident, his mom Pushpa, who is a tailor, has been the only earning member in his family. “The scholarship has helped me greatly. It has helped me to carry on with my studies and I am really happy…
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Amma changed my life
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 all the household necessities were fulfilled. After the demise of his father, his mom took up a job as a laborer in some factory making medicines. Still with the amount his mum earned, his studies and his elder sister’s marriage was not an easy responsibility…
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Like the squirrel
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 meeting Amma I felt that what I heard of Amma is very little. She is not only doing selfless service but also spreading her warmth and love to each and every corner of our country. I learnt sacrifice from Amma and felt that we, as…
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Winning to meet Amma
Sreeranjini, 8th standard, Kozhimala, Idukki District “My teacher told me that Mata Amritanandamayi Devi was giving scholarships. Before that, I’d never heard of Amma nor her ashram. I sent an application directly to Amma’s address. Amma read my letter and gave me Vidyamritam,” recollects Sreeranjini, a student in the 8th standard from the remote village of Kozhimala in Kerala’s Idukki District. Sreeranjini was one of the first Vidyamritam beneficiaries, enrolled in the scholarship program in 2007. Her mother—whom Sreeranjini’s father abandoned when Sreeranjini was only four years old—works at a cardamom plantation. Her meager wages are the sole support for…