Thank you, Medica!

From April 2019, Mid Day Meal program has been started at Apna school, SMTA, Jakhadhar. Radha, Himanshu and Sri Chain Singh ji, work as a team and serve the meals in a large covered room. Children are taught to sit down together, say "grace" (Bhojan Mantra) and then eat the food without wasting. Older children, wash their utensils (as they do at home) and younger children are helped by others. Most children are taking second helping! Here are some pictures:

SMTA sincerely thanks
Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata for this opportunity to serve our children better!

Nani Teri Morni Ko

Sachin visited SMTA school from 22 - 26 April 2019. Himanshu too was there and helping with Mid day meal program. Thanks to Medica (Kolkata), we are offering mid day meal to our students, 3 days a week for the first month- which will soon be made an everyday feature. Radha is taking care of this important component, with help from Himanshu and others.

But before you have bellyful of Khichri, why not work up an appetite by hopping around to the tune of "Nani Teri Morni to chor le gaye"? (below).

The children were also shown a Charlie Chaplin short movie- The Kid. The story was discussed at the outset, difficult English words were explained and then, the comedy was let loose on the children... 

Later, the kids kept dancing to "Nani teri morni"..

We are trying to create a fun atmosphere where academic subjects can be covered in an easy ambiance.

                                समता परिसर में महकते व खिलते फूल

         समता परिसर विकास नगर के कुछ   चित्र जो फूलो की महक से सुशोभित लग रहे हैं

                     समता कार्यालय के सामने की फूलो की बगिया का चित्र-

                         समता परिसर विकास नगर के मुख्य द्वार का चित्र-

Book Donations

                                                                              इस वर्ष कक्षा-5 उत्तीर्ण छात्रो ने कुच्छ इस तरह अपनी कक्षा-5 की पुस्तके अपना स्कूल को सहर्ष दान की..

                      स्कूल में बच्चो को दलिया परोसता हुआ एक छात्र..दि0 12/04/2019.

APNA SCHOOL, SMTA NIKETAN JAKHADHAR, CHAKRATA DISTT- DEHRA DUN(U.K)

                 अपना स्कूल  समता निकेतन जाखाधार,  चकराता, जनपद-देहरादून (उत्तराखण्ड)

                         बच्चो को मध्यान भोजन में खिचडी  परोसती भोजन माता

                         छात्रो को मध्यान भोजन परोसती  भोजन माता.......

                          छात्रो को दलिया परोसते हुये भोजन माता राधा चौहान

                         अपना स्कूल समता निकेतन में छात्रो को फल वितरण का एक नज़ारा..

                         छात्रो को केले वितरित करती हुई,  श्रीमती- राधा चौहान 

First Comm WS V2

We sat for three days (29,30,31 March). Lekhraj, the youngest- Rakesh from Faizabad, Bhanu from Almora, Subhash from Delhi, Mohit from Dehradun and Pintu Kumar from Jaipur. I too stopped everything else and joined the group. Dhaneshwari ji and Himanshu very ably supported us by providing us tea and meals at right time and quietly.

We followed this schedule:
7 to 8.45 am
10-11.30 am
12-1.45 pm
3-4.30 pm
5.30-7 pm
7-8 pm (open discussion)
9 pm lights off.

Most of these sessions followed a pattern: 30 minutes sitting on ground- 5 minutes walking meditation in the hall itself- 20 minutes siting in chair - 5 minutes walking- 30 minutes sitting on the ground...

On day two, the group volunteered to clean the lawn.

In the evening when it was nice and cool outside, the group did some communication exercises, like role play etc.

At the end, on day 4, four of us trekked to Bhadraj temple (map link).

My observation is- My body at the end of three days felt a little numb but at peace! I did not have the obsessive urge to check "news"! Mind had fallen in a calm routine. But I was able to think, act and do everything Life demanded of myself. It was like a "holiday", a "break" away from home and work - but without traveling and spending money!