Tag: Vidyamritam
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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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Dreaming “BIG” in life
I had once heard someone say that the dreams and aspirations of small children are as endearing and energetic as the waves that shatter against the rocks on the sea shore. Thirteen year old Unni from a fishing colony of Kodungallur dreams big in life. . He equally enjoys playing soccer with his group of friends at sunset on the sea shore and studying the anatomy of human body in Biology. A seventh standard student of Kodungallur vocational higher secondary school, Unni’s deepest passion is but to fight for his country by becoming a soldier. Unni has come to Amritapuri…
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Vidyamirtam has come as a breather
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 Vandalam, Allepey where her father earns a living by fishing while her mother works at the fisheries. Maalu has big responsibilities on her shoulders already owing to her mother’s ill health. Due to partial deafness caused by a thyroid condition, her mother has been unable…
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Taking care like elder brothers and sisters
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 who come from financially underprivileged sections of the society. These are beneficiaries of Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s Vidyamritam programme, around 10,000 children who find the quarterly stipend given by the Math their only window to the outside world. The children have started arriving at Amritapuri and…
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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…