Poorna-Apoorna helping handicap children overcome problems Nov. 29th, 2007 Aadhar Bahuudehsiya Sanstha, Nagpur, which stands to educate the children on the moral values,had organised a wonderful programme, and their efforts need to be lauded in doing so for in the process they have been introducing ideal personalities to the society, who hitherto remain in the background.
One such versatile personality is Neela Satyanarayan Additional Chief Secretary was felicitated by the organisation for her commendable work in bringing up a handicapped child and the pain and suffering she underwent in doing so just to make the child feel happy and be able to stand on his own feet in society. Addressing the gathering comprising of prominent citizens and heads of various organisations who are involved in looking after the handicapped children, Neela Satyanarayan refereed to her book Poorna-Apoorna and admitted that she is yet to go across to Poornatva. It is her effort to do so she said that she is fortunate to have achieved a position in Government Service and it is her desire to take full advantage of this position to reach the masses and do something for the society. She said that her book is a message to society, that should reach every home. It took a good 13 years of effort in writing this book painstakingly. She had to tear off the manuscript on several occasions since the portions written only reflected her pain and suffering. Finally she was successful in presenting her view in how such a problem could be overcome successfully in life. This book has been translated in Gujrati, Hindi, English besides available in Marathi. The English version has been well received by several organisations who are already working in the field and they have expressed their gratitude for the wonderful guidelines given within and it has brought about tremendous change in their perspective towards these handicapped children. Even parents, who use to hide these children away from the gaze of the society have come out openly in support and have taken it as a challenge to help the child grow with in an environment of love and affection. If my book is of any help to a mother in giving her the strength and will power to raise her handicapped child successfully, then I can say that I have justified my effort in writing this book. Dr Rajni Rai, former Lt Governor also lauded the efforts of Neela Satya Narayan in being the ideal mother who has shown how difficulties can be overcome by a mother in bringing up a handicapped child. It also shows how a family's support plays a very important role in this. She lauded the sacrifice made by Neela Satyanarayan in bringing up her child 'Chaitanya by making him Chaitanya swaroop.' Dr Bhole also spoke on the writing of Neela Satyanarayan by saying that she has very boldly retained her 'Past' in words and has placed a thought for the world to ponder over in her very title by asking Poorna Kon and Apoorna Kon. He said that the book clearly reveals that her son Chaitanya is not Apoorna. It is we who are apporna. We have failed to understand these handicapped children, he added. Divisional Commissioner Anand Limaye, who presided over the function lauded the multifaceted personality of Neela Satyanarayan whose book has brought several heads of organisations working for the welfare of the handicapped to attend this programme, which he said was is a matter of pride for Nagpurians. Earlier, songs based on poems written by Neela Satyanarayan were presented by Sarang Joshi, Bhagyashri Baraskar and Dr Datta Harkare. A girls troop presented a beautiful and colourful Jogwa, which was also written by Neela Satyanarayan. Present on the occasion were Dr Hemant Kalikar, Dr Sanjay Mukherjee District Collector Nagpur, Dr Rajani Rai, former Lt Governor, B L Bhole, critic, Divisional Commissioner Anand Limaye, and Dr Avinash Rode President of Aadhar. The programme was conducted by Shubhada Fadnavis. Hemand Kalikar proposed a vote of thanks. ________________________________ Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
