Friday, August 03, 2007

Lighting up many lives(literally)

In the world that we live,we take so many things for granted..love,health,your spouse,money..but then there are things we truly cant even imagine life without.Things which are beyond "being taken for granted"..Water,electricity...It came as a surprise for me when there people who have not heard of "Lights"..artificial one that is!!These folks have depended only on sunlight as their only source of light..I mean imagine a world without power(electricity)..no TV,Microwave,AC/Heat,cellphone(OMG..no text messages!!!)


People in the village of Gudda,Rajasthan have something to celebrate.One 80-year-old woman is the proudest of all!!!They have Light in the Night..such an unheard of thing for centuries in that village..All possible due to the vision of one man, Hanuman Ram , and the support of the whole village.


Mr.Hanuman Ram has installed Solar light panels on every rooftop in this village.Now students can study in the night,eat dinner at night and watch the world on TV..Maybe they can dream about what they have been missing and motivate many others to do what Hanuman did.


Link to the article below


http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/26/india.solar/index.html#cnnSTCText





Personally,in my lifetime If I could make one good action like this guy did..It will all be worthwhile!!Well..many such actions wouldnt hurt either...





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