No school for HIV+ kids!!!!

Hey Friends :)

Jus read the news pieces below!!! when i went through, i felt really bad for the kids!!!

No school for HIV+ kids, says NGO

POSITIVELY TRAUMATISED: What's required is a drastic change in education policy towards HIV positive kids.


Pampady (Kerala): Not many are coming to the aid of the HIV-positive children, who were forced out of the Mar Dionysius Primary School in Pampady after protests by parents of other students.
Another ray of hope died out on Tuesday after the NGO Asha Kiran, which is looking after the children, decided against sending them to the school again. The NGO says it doesn't want the children to suffer the trauma of discrimination.
Says Asha Kiran's, Sister Alpho Grace, "These children are being discriminated against. The teachers also treat them badly. There are a lot of media persons now there in the school and it's getting difficult for them to study. So we are not sending them there for now."
For the school, it's still a Catch 22 situation. While teachers say they have no problem in having the five children back, parents of other students are adamant they won't let their children mingle with HIV positive children.
On Tuesday, the school's attendance fell almost 50 per cent.
Says the Principal MDLP School, P Elsamma, "We can't run a school without the support of the parents, and it's getting difficult for us to support these five children."
Adds Asha Kiran Board Member, John Kurian, "The protests of the parents are increasing. They still maintain that they will not send their children to the school if children from Asha Kiran come to study here. Our campaigning has not helped and I don't know what's to be done now."
For the parents of Pampady, it's absolute fear thats forcing them to take such a stand. And any extent of convincing might just not be able to allay their fears.
However, perhaps what's required more is a drastic change in education policy towards such children. Otherwise for the five HIV positive children, it will always be a dream lost forever.

Kottayam June 26: The authorities of a school in Pampady in Kerala are battling bias against five HIV positive children who were readmitted on the Kerala government's insistence.
The kids had been driven out of their school last December.
After a parents-teachers meeting on Monday morning ended inconclusively, 35 parents have given an ultimatum to the school authorities.
The parents say if the HIV positive students attend school on Tuesday, they will not send their children to study.
"We are not interested in sending our children to the same school as these HIV+ children. If they continue to attend school we shall pull our wards out," said a parent.
It is a telling comment on how despite growing awareness about HIV/ AIDS, people are still not willing to accept individuals afflicted by the malady as part of their day-to-day existence.
"Some people may say that there is no threat, but in their hearts they are afraid. There is no person without fear. It's a question of little children. People say it takes only three minutes contact for this disease to spread," said a parent.
"When Asha Kiran decided to take up the cause they should have also considered which school these children will attend. We are not interested in being part of any experiment," said another parent.
Authorities in a fix
The school has been trying to convince the parents with door-to-door campaigns but they do not seem to have helped.
The school authorities have asked for a week's time to sort out the issue.
"The management had called all parents to discuss this issue in detail. We want the matter cleared as soon as possible so that classes can resume. The parents' attitude has been a setback for us," said Mar Paulouse Baiknose, manager, Mar Dionysius School.
The schools falls in the constituency of former chief minister Oomen Chandy. So far no official from the education department or the National Aids Control Society has stepped in to resolve the crisis.
And in the face of day-to-day protests teaching has taken a beating.
"School is not functioning in normal way so we are very concerned about it. Classes are getting affected. We want an immediate resolution of this problem," said Elsamma, Principal, MDLP School.
Many parents have even approached the headmistress for transfer certificates of the children.
However, the state education department has strictly instructed the government-aided school not to issue any such certificates.
While the school management may have taken the initiative to bring the five HIV positive children back, the parents are in no mood to allow them in.
Clearly, the authorities will have to take immediate measures to ensure that the deserted school comes back to life again.
NDTV

Well, reading the news, i guess no one will feel happy!!! In a country like india where many people die of AIDS, the awareness is still low!!! It might not sound alarming, but if we see the stats of people dying from aids and the lack of awareness in people its shell shocking!! Despite the measures by the government, we haven improved much, although little improvement can be seen, still drastic measures have to be taken. Its such a sad situation that should never have occured!! The thing here is everyone are there to blame and the poor kids had to suffer!!! starting with the government, It was a good and noble move to educate the kids along with other children, but also at the same time, it failed to convince the parents of other kids. and we cannot blame the parents fully, although one feels they could have been bit more considerate and understanding!!! still, no one wud luv 2 risk their children, so this again basically shows da lack of awareness which induces fear. The national aids awareness organisation must work n coordination with the local government to spread proper awareness and dispel the fear among people.. this is a foremost resopnsibilty and it must happen soon, otherwise cases like this will become common everywhere. one more thing i would like to highlight is we as citizens and educated people should do our best to spread awareness and foremost we should be aware!!!! this is just a small thing we could do to help our country and people around us:):):) So its Hightime that things start happening quickly in this regard.

Expecting ur sincere comments on this.

see you with my next post.

Regards,

Venkat.

Positive Attitude.

Hi Friends, i Got an interesting Mail which i want to share.

It's Called Mindset- An Interesting story .

As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. "Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? I thought this story teaches us an important lesson in life.

The bottom line is we have to learn to remain positive in life. There will be lots of obstructions coming day in and day out, but a positive thought can jus break them all into pieces!! I feel when we are having a tough time, we easily break down, and pretty much lose our focus which is quite natural, but at the same time if we start looking at the brighter side of things, we ll be able to deal with our confusions in a much better and easier way. This is very simple to say, but if we start trying atleast to remain positive, then success will be yours to savour. The feel good factor about yourself is very important and always helps. It also makes people around you feel happy and comfortable being with you, ultimately when we make others happy we ll be happy. simple as that.

so always remain positive and u ll rock:):):)


-Venkat.

Change Required!!!

Have you ever wondered the way Indian IT industry works??? Well, right from the very big companies to small ones, we tend to slog it out like a bull in order to complete and deliver a project on time!!! It makes me think why this kind of a working style has been infused. during the initial phase of the project not everyone in the team gets work to do and as the project moves nears its ending, everybody works like that is the only thing on their plate, everything else is forgotten, from home to family!!! all that matters is work, work and only work!!! But, many people are used to working in this lifestyle and am surprised about the fact why nobody has taken initiatives to bring in more discipline to the working style. It makes me wonder further more, when i hear from my friends in the states or Europe for that matter, people come on time and go on time!!! sharp 8 hrs:) But there too we people tend to stay for more time!!! So again the question is why does this happen??? I feel its a very big issue that needs to be addressed. Well, the trend i have observed is either u have loads of work to do that u get a feeling life's hectic!!! on the other hand there's no work to do that we go sit,chat,browse,eat and leave home early. For both we get paid the same!!! So people might say it evens out equally:) but the fact is why cant the work be balanced and more processed. when a project kicks off, everything is calculated because everything is money here. The amount of time for the project, the no of people used everything is billed, so the client will be very keen to reduce them. despite all these proper scheduling, i accept that there might be some inevitable factor that might delay the delivery date and if we work even for 10 days more than the committed date of delivery then its a loss to the organisation,(not necessarily monetary!!! ) There are other factors also like some requirements might need more consideration and time for processing, but i strongly feel even these things will be considered when fixing a delivery date, so why is this in balance in the way we work?? and what is the way to solve it?? These are simple questions and i agree here that i have just seen the outer layer of a project, there are many more things needed to run and complete a project, but those that i have addressed are very basic issues and i strongly feel there are lots of processes that needs to be stream lined and make it more process oriented, so that the work-life balance is always maintained. IT industry is taking a lot of measures to reduce stress of the employees like having team outing, providing good incentives, promotions, recognitions etc, but despite all this what is the need to slog when things can be done by working normally. agreed we need to put in lots of hard work to succeed, but certainly it must be coupled with smart work and disciplined working too!!! so even though we cannot change this style dramatically, it can be reduced and may be we can put in 10-12 hrs of work during deadlines etc... But spending 15-16 hrs in office is just rubbish as far as am concerned and it does happen!!! that's the bad thing about it and even i have experienced it!!!! so friends, what do u feel that can be done to address this issue?? waiting for Ur comments:)

Cheers,
Venkat.

Can a Long Distance Relationship work??

Few years back if someone was to say to me that he/she is into a long distance relationship(Getting introduced via mail or online communities etc..) i would have laughed at it!!! but now, with the growth of networking sites, it gives u so much of oppurtunity to know lots of new people and get to know them and it may very well end up in a relationship!!! but the point is can they really work??
one of the best things about long distance relationships is that when you see each other only once in a while, the build up of anticipation can be well, explosive!!! the downside is that, because you're having so much fun getting reacquainted over and over and over again, both of them might overlook annoying habits and mores erious character flaws that would be more noticable if you saw eah other!!!!

Again, the distance has its plus and minuses.... the distance allows you to pursue your other intersets easily, but at the same time it can be a lot frustrating to be away from each other in case both of them end up falling for each other.

But finally, i would say its not wrong to go and give it a try, but its better to do so without much expections. well, thats my view about it and ur comments are welcome:)

Happy Reading Friends:)

-Venkat.

Quote of the day

"There are two perfectly good men, one
dead, and the other unborn."

-CHINESE PROVERB

My First Blog

I have been having this desire to create a blog spot for quite sometime now and finally here i am writing my first blog:) This blog spot will contain all kinds of posts on various topics. Writing is my hobby and its also one of the effective communication methods too:) so i intend to communicate with a lot of friends through my posts and all ur views and comments are most welcome:) Here i must accept the fact that am not an excellent writer, but i sincerely hope i can make you understand what i mean:) so friends have a nice time reading my blogs and i ll see you soon with some interesting posts:) Take care and have a great day:)





Cheers,

Venkat.