* SPARK 2010 – Questionnaire *
1. Write down your name in Urdu Script and one more Script other than Deonagari, Roman (Marathi, Hindi English) and your own script. 2. List down the daily activities of your mother, father & other family members at home since morning till they go to sleep, by careful observation. Also note down what activities of physical labor they perform routinely. Write down your observations. 3. You must be having the feeling of doing something for our nation. Every Indian can do something for the nation as per his/her strengths & capacities. What are the things that you can do right now for our nation? Prepare a complete list of those. Select & write down any one resolve that you would like to make and share it with us. 4. Visit any one public place in your town/city. (e.g. Bus Stop, Govt. Hospital, Govt. offices etc) What improvements will you suggest from the viewpoint of a common man? Discus this issue with your friends and write it down. 5. Find out a Person in Misery around you. Compare his / her life with yours. If possible, do something to help him to alleviate to some extent his state of misery & write down about your experiences. 6. You know that Plastic is hazardous for environment. So we should minimize its use. Where do you use plastic in your house? Make a list of those & try to find an alternative for those. Try to reduce the use of plastic. Write down your observations & what have you been able to do? 7. It is said that every morsel (bit of eatables) should be chewed 32 times before swallowing. Find out how many times you chew while eating. Now for the next three days, chew everything 32 times before swallowing. Observe the difference. Write down about the changes that you observed by this new habit. 8. Calculate Body Mass Index (BMI) for everyone in your family as per the formula --- - !"# $%&' - % $% BMI is an important indicator of health & fitness. It should be less than 23 for good health. If it is more than 23, there is greater risk of developing illnesses like High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart attack etc. So Find out from a doctor or by reading books, how to do weight reduction if it is more for any of your family members; thereby you are minimizing the risk of the above-mentioned health problems. Write about the changes you would make accordingly. 9. Observe carefully regarding the daily use of water at your house. Actually Measure it & prepare a chart of how much water is used in your house for different purposes. Calculate the water usage per person per day. Find out how & where you can save water. Also write about what other things you can do at home, for fighting out the issue of Global Warming. 10. What will be your age & qualification by year 2030? Just think about the name plate on the front door of your house. What it will be? Imagine that you are invited as a chief guest in a function in year 2030, how you will be introduced there? 11. Find out the information regarding a festival and a saint of any religion other than yours and write it down. 12. Read daily newspapers for a week. Make separate lists of news items that make you unhappy & uncomfortable & also the news that make you feel happy. 13. Imagine that you are not having both of your hands. Now tell us what difficulties would you face in performing your day to day activities & how you can overcome those? Now try to write down a paragraph of four lines, without using your hands. 14. Which is your favorite program on TV? Make a list of all the advertisements shown during this program. Compare the duration of the program & the advertisements. Write down your comments. 15. People in your town / city make their living through various professions / businesses. Make a list of all such professions / businesses you came across. 16. Share with us any good deed that you have done in the last one month, that made you feel happy and proud of yourself. 17. Make a list of things available at home with their costs, which are helpful for your growth & progress in life. (e.g. Inspiring books, Science wares, Sports material etc) and also of the things which are not so useful for your progress in life. (e.g. clothes, things for entertainment etc). Discuss your observations with your family & write down your feelings. 18. Make a list of books that you have read in this vacation. Write something about the book which you liked the most. 19. Prepare a list of articles and things that are not being used by anyone and are simply lying down in your house. Find out how these can be used by the needy ones and reach out to them. Share all your experience with us. 20. Share the information regarding SPARK 2010 with at least 10 people around you and motivate at least three of them to participate in this program. Share with us your experiences while doing so. 21. Write to us about your and your family’s feedback about SPARK 2010. If you have some interesting questions in your mind similar to these questions, share with us. 22. Earn at least 20 rupees yourself by doing something. Send this amount as contribution / donation for this program, by Money order on the Address of PRAYAS, Amravati. Attach the receipt of the money order with your answer sheet. (You can make this true earning by performing some work like, doing some physical or intellectual work, marketing of something, preparing and selling something or anything of this sort). Share your experiences regarding your efforts, difficulties you faced, how did you overcome them, reactions from others etc. -- Thank you. with regards, PRASANTHI. http://groups.google.com/group/birdsofsamefeathers http://prasanthi.wordpress.com ---- When you want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
