Helping Akshaya Rehabilitation Trust Madurai through New Madurai Foundation

Thanks to The Hindu – A Newspaper publication and Ms.Krishnan(Hindu Article author) for photo and part of the article taken and pasted in Madurai Times for a good cause. Thank You…******

THREE YEARS ago a young man on vacation was cycling through the streets of Madurai when he came across a person sitting under a bridge eating his own waste. The stark desperation of the sight shook him profoundly and drastically altered the course of his life.

Today, 23-year-old Krishnan cooks and distributes food to at least a hundred people on the streets of Madurai. Each day he starts at 5.30 a.m. and ends at 10.30 p.m. offering breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Service his style leaves little space for anything else. He doesn’t read the newspapers or watch television. He doesn’t go out with friends or take vacations. But he can cut a kilo of onions in four minutes flat and make 100 different varieties of pickle. His fragrant, homemade `garam masala’ has 30 separate ingredients in it. He regrets nothing.

A week after the encounter under the bridge, Krishnan, known to family and friends as Kishore, resigned from a high-salaried position with a leading luxury hotel in Bangalore. A position he had spent years training for and dreaming of.

“I felt I had unfinished work in Madurai,” he says simply.

He returned home and told his anxious family that he intended to feed people on the street, who couldn’t feed themselves. He began that very same day, starting with the man under the bridge.

We decided to help Akshaya Krishnan, as part of our efforts on helping downtrodden and under-privileged Madurai to build a New Madurai.

Read the above Article here

We have been helping with Rs.2500 for Akshaya, but we could not give anything for the past 2 months. Please help us for helping Akshaya by – Donating…. After donating, please send a mail to newmadurai@gmail.com, for our reference and records.

Here is a photo of our New Madurai Foundation members handing over the cheque to Akshaya Krishnan.

Thank You

Helping Akshaya Rehabilitation Trust Madurai through New Madurai Foundation

Thanks to The Hindu – A Newspaper publication and Ms.Krishnan(Hindu Article author) for photo and part of the article taken and pasted in Madurai Times for a good cause. Thank You…******

THREE YEARS ago a young man on vacation was cycling through the streets of Madurai when he came across a person sitting under a bridge eating his own waste. The stark desperation of the sight shook him profoundly and drastically altered the course of his life.

Today, 23-year-old Krishnan cooks and distributes food to at least a hundred people on the streets of Madurai. Each day he starts at 5.30 a.m. and ends at 10.30 p.m. offering breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Service his style leaves little space for anything else. He doesn’t read the newspapers or watch television. He doesn’t go out with friends or take vacations. But he can cut a kilo of onions in four minutes flat and make 100 different varieties of pickle. His fragrant, homemade `garam masala’ has 30 separate ingredients in it. He regrets nothing.

A week after the encounter under the bridge, Krishnan, known to family and friends as Kishore, resigned from a high-salaried position with a leading luxury hotel in Bangalore. A position he had spent years training for and dreaming of.

“I felt I had unfinished work in Madurai,” he says simply.

He returned home and told his anxious family that he intended to feed people on the street, who couldn’t feed themselves. He began that very same day, starting with the man under the bridge.

We decided to help Akshaya Krishnan, as part of our efforts on helping downtrodden and under-privileged Madurai to build a New Madurai.

Read the above Article here

We have been helping with Rs.2500 for Akshaya, but we could not give anything for the past 2 months. Please help us for helping Akshaya by – Donating…. After donating, please send a mail to newmadurai@gmail.com, for our reference and records.

Here is a photo of our New Madurai Foundation members handing over the cheque to Akshaya Krishnan.

Thank You

Helping Akshaya Rehabilitation Trust Madurai through New Madurai Foundation

Thanks to The Hindu – A Newspaper publication and Ms.Krishnan(Hindu Article author) for photo and part of the article taken and pasted in Madurai Times for a good cause. Thank You…******

THREE YEARS ago a young man on vacation was cycling through the streets of Madurai when he came across a person sitting under a bridge eating his own waste. The stark desperation of the sight shook him profoundly and drastically altered the course of his life.

Today, 23-year-old Krishnan cooks and distributes food to at least a hundred people on the streets of Madurai. Each day he starts at 5.30 a.m. and ends at 10.30 p.m. offering breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Service his style leaves little space for anything else. He doesn’t read the newspapers or watch television. He doesn’t go out with friends or take vacations. But he can cut a kilo of onions in four minutes flat and make 100 different varieties of pickle. His fragrant, homemade `garam masala’ has 30 separate ingredients in it. He regrets nothing.

A week after the encounter under the bridge, Krishnan, known to family and friends as Kishore, resigned from a high-salaried position with a leading luxury hotel in Bangalore. A position he had spent years training for and dreaming of.

“I felt I had unfinished work in Madurai,” he says simply.

He returned home and told his anxious family that he intended to feed people on the street, who couldn’t feed themselves. He began that very same day, starting with the man under the bridge.

We decided to help Akshaya Krishnan, as part of our efforts on helping downtrodden and under-privileged Madurai to build a New Madurai.

Read the above Article here

We have been helping with Rs.2500 for Akshaya, but we could not give anything for the past 2 months. Please help us for helping Akshaya by – Donating…. After donating, please send a mail to newmadurai@gmail.com, for our reference and records.

Here is a photo of our New Madurai Foundation members handing over the cheque to Akshaya Krishnan.

Thank You

Minutes of the First Free Library Launch in South Madurai

First Free Library was launched in South Madurai on January 2006. Here is the Highlights of the Free Library Launch —-

Mani Maran, Angu Ashok Kumar, Murali Kandan, Surya Selvan and Tamil Selvan were the ones worked hard for the “New Madurai Foundation” legal registration and free library launch.

“New Madurai Foundation” By-Law was completed before 25th of December ’05.
By-Law was submitted for review and registration by 29th of December ’05.

It was reviewed by Lawyer and it was approved by concerned people.
We – Tamil Selvan, Mani Maran, Surya and Ashok went to the registration office and we registered with the appropriate registration fees less than Rs.1000.

That completes the registration minutes.

For Library – everything was set.

Books were purchased using our personal money from the second hand shops and also books were collected from close relatives. Some of the notable people donated their books are – Tamil Selvan, Ramya Maran, Mani Maran, Surya Selvan, Dr.Santhana Kannan, Ramdoss, Mrs.Kamalam Shankar etc., All the books were of so much money which were purchased from the beginning of our career individually.
Book Racks which are made of steel were purchased from the furniture shops and sandhai. It was around Rs.3250.
Sweets, Karam and Coffee was prepared and bought from outside using our personal money. Bills are all filed up with the Financial Trustee – Mani Maran.
Decoration items and wall posters were purchased from decoration shops and ideal home exhibition in Madurai.
Reading Table was ordered from a furniture production shop. It costs around Rs.2000.
Stools were purchased from furniture shop. Bills are available with Mani Maran.
Water can is provided by Mani Maran temporariliy.
Space for library is provided by Tamil Selvan temporarily.
Ashok has given all his time and efforts and helped Mani Maran to make this project successful.
Overall it is a great team effort and we are very much glad that we did it.
We hope the list of book donors will grow.
We invited couple of teachers, relatives, new madurai volunteers and friends. Only Siva Bond, Ashok, Mani, Surya Selvan and Tamil Selvan came for the function, from New Madurai Foundation volunteer list.

TVS Lakshmi Mat. Hr. Sec. School Principal Mr. Sudhakar was invited for the function to preside as Chief Guest. He cut the ribbon and inaugurated the library.

Guests and audience were sitting in the chairs. Tamil Selvan and Sudhakar sat in front of the audience. Rest of the Trustees were standing in the side.

Tamil Selvan gave a brief about New Madurai Foundation. Chief Guest spoke about the good deed we were starting to work on. Surya Selvan, a trustee presented the memento to the chief guest. Akshaya Krishnan was given a chance to tell about his work. Mani Maran, financial trustee gave the cheque to Krishnan, for december month.

There was a question session and there was snacks and coffee section.

Only thing requested from the reader is – Either Donate the resources for the library AND/OR spread the news to all of your friends and relatives.

– New Madurai Foundation.

Employment is the key issue in Madurai and Tamil Nadu

“Employment is the single largest issue in all areas in and around Madurai,” P Mohan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) MP, said while campaigning in Madurai district.

“Because of the poverty of the region, no one wants to start any new industry here. There were four textile mills which once provided 18,000 jobs, now only 1,500 are employed in these mills. In Madurai, once there were 50,000 handloom workers, now there are only about 3,000. Rural unemployment is the single largest problem today. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) at a stroke of the pen sacked 10,000 road construction workers, attempted to retrench 200,000 government staff following a general strike,” said.

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Employment is the key issue in Madurai and Tamil Nadu

“Employment is the single largest issue in all areas in and around Madurai,” P Mohan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) MP, said while campaigning in Madurai district.

“Because of the poverty of the region, no one wants to start any new industry here. There were four textile mills which once provided 18,000 jobs, now only 1,500 are employed in these mills. In Madurai, once there were 50,000 handloom workers, now there are only about 3,000. Rural unemployment is the single largest problem today. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) at a stroke of the pen sacked 10,000 road construction workers, attempted to retrench 200,000 government staff following a general strike,” said.

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