Tag: abc
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Change comes one slow step at a time
The first Amala Bharatam I witnessed was two years ago. The Indian ladies did as they do everywhere. They swept the path beautifully clean of dirt and leaves, but seemed oblivious to litter just inches away in the gutters. More recently, I was in Indhpur, Himachal Pradesh for a cleanup. These ladies had watched several health awareness videos from Amrita Universiti’s showing the hazards of stagnant water and resulting mosquitoes and flies. This group attacked the muck in the gutters with vigour. Change comes one slow step at a time. -Scotti
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Amala Bharatam, Clean India: Karma has its consequences
As Indians we all dream about a clean India free of garbage. It is with this idea of creating a clean community, as an initial step towards a clean India, that the Amala Bharatam Campaign (ABC) was initiated. Mahita, who was associated with it since its incipience, spoke to us about her involvement with clearing the garbage inside and outside the ashram premises and how, with Amma’s support, a small individual step was converted into a model worthy of emulation by all. “There is no doubt in my mind that one second of my life spent in this ashram offering…