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FEBRUARY 27, TUESDAY
NEW SCIENCE PROGRAM Yesterday afternoon I was taken with the Gandhian ladies to see the new science room provided by the Vikram B. Sarabhai foundation where there were a wide array of practical science demonstrations for which Ashram teachers are
FEBRUARY 27, TUESDAY
NEW SCIENCE PROGRAM Yesterday afternoon I was taken with the Gandhian ladies to see the new science room provided by the Vikram B. Sarabhai foundation where there were a wide array of practical science demonstrations for which Ashram teachers are
FEBRUARY 26, MONDAY
VILLAGE VISIT This morning the two Gandhian visitors were taken to see a tribal village home and a school and I went along. The only furniture in the village home was a charpoy, stringed bed, that is used for sleeping
FEBRUARY 26, MONDAY
VILLAGE VISIT This morning the two Gandhian visitors were taken to see a tribal village home and a school and I went along. The only furniture in the village home was a charpoy, stringed bed, that is used for sleeping
FEBRUARY 25, SUNDAY
SARVODAYA ASHRAM When I visit the Sarvodaya Ashram I try to be as little of a burden as I can. Aside from being picked up at Palanpur, an hour away, at 6 in the morning by Meet I have fit
FEBRUARY 25, SUNDAY
SARVODAYA ASHRAM When I visit the Sarvodaya Ashram I try to be as little of a burden as I can. Aside from being picked up at Palanpur, an hour away, at 6 in the morning by Meet I have fit
FEBRUARY 24, SATURDAY
VIRAMPUR MEDICAL CAMP On the last Saturday of every month a team of doctors covering the basic medical areas come from hospitals in Vishvanagar 100 kilometers, about 60 miles, away and conduct a free medical examination and prescribe free medicines
FEBRUARY 24, SATURDAY
VIRAMPUR MEDICAL CAMP On the last Saturday of every month a team of doctors covering the basic medical areas come from hospitals in Vishvanagar 100 kilometers, about 60 miles, away and conduct a free medical examination and prescribe free medicines
FEBRUARY 23, FRIDAY
DONOR VISIT When important visitors or potential donors come the Ashram knows how to present itself well. There is a special meal, the tribal children of the Ashram perform with group movement and chanting, villagers tell their stories about how
FEBRUARY 23, FRIDAY
DONOR VISIT When important visitors or potential donors come the Ashram knows how to present itself well. There is a special meal, the tribal children of the Ashram perform with group movement and chanting, villagers tell their stories about how
FEBRUARY 22, THURSDAY
GOSHALA Tonight and last night Shilpa invited me to go for a walk saying it was good for our health. But it was a short walk, just down the road a little ways to the goshala, the cattle pen for
FEBRUARY 22, THURSDAY
GOSHALA Tonight and last night Shilpa invited me to go for a walk saying it was good for our health. But it was a short walk, just down the road a little ways to the goshala, the cattle pen for
FEBRUARY 20, TUESDAY
TEEN DARWAZA On Tuesday Mihir and Hetvi, Prisha and Manda left left early in the morning to fly to San Francisco and Nidhi and Herin left a 3 p.m. to fly to Brampton in Canada. Everyone was busy seeing people
FEBRUARY 20, TUESDAY
TEEN DARWAZA On Tuesday Mihir and Hetvi, Prisha and Manda left left early in the morning to fly to San Francisco and Nidhi and Herin left a 3 p.m. to fly to Brampton in Canada. Everyone was busy seeing people
FEBRUARY 19, MONDAY
BRAMPTON I had never heard of the Canadian town, Brampton, but now I have. It is the town in Canada, outside Toronto, where Niddhi and her husband moved to after their wedding five years ago. Her husband, Herin, was sent
FEBRUARY 19, MONDAY
BRAMPTON I had never heard of the Canadian town, Brampton, but now I have. It is the town in Canada, outside Toronto, where Niddhi and her husband moved to after their wedding five years ago. Her husband, Herin, was sent
FEBRUARY 18TH, SUNDAY
THE WEDDING The actual wedding ceremony was held at an enormous party plot on the edge of Ahmedabad. We arrived at the wedding space at about 5 for with ceremonies leading up to the wedding taking place until 6, then
FEBRUARY 18TH, SUNDAY
THE WEDDING The actual wedding ceremony was held at an enormous party plot on the edge of Ahmedabad. We arrived at the wedding space at about 5 for with ceremonies leading up to the wedding taking place until 6, then
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 