What ever I write are my thoughts and I write with my heart hoping it touches your heart....
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Why do I run a marathon ?? I wonder
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Blue whale that's eating our dreams away .....
Monday, August 14, 2017
70 years of independence
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Friends forever and more .....
Friday, October 28, 2016
My little bird .....
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Oh womeniya !!!!
Friday, August 19, 2016
Our heroes in Rio
Sunday, May 29, 2016
South Africa a dream come true country ...
Friday, April 1, 2016
Life is beautiful
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Need ur support
Dear Friends
As India stands at the threshold of being an economic superpower, it is certainly time to dream many a dream for our country. But can we truly reap the benefits of our ‘demographic dividend’ or are we looking at a potentially more divisive country?
· 43% of our youth believe that it is alright to flout rules because the penalty is low
· 41% believe that girls have no option, but to accept a certain degree of violence.
· 65% students believed that boys & girls of different religions should not be encouraged to meet
· 49% college students believe that domestic workers cannot demand basic minimum wages and other facilities
Clearly, no country can be a truly developed country, if this is what the youth believes!
An attitudinal shift is the need of the hour and that is the work that CMCA does in over 300 schools in India, impacting over 17,000 children.
CMCA's unique, year-long programme sows the seeds of 4 basic democratic values needed for every citizen –
Concern
Cooperation
Coexistence
Confrontation
We encourage children to BELIEVE that change is possible, to ACT upon it and then INFLUENCE others to change too!
Have we succeeded? Here are some examples:
· Over 300 children have called up the Municipal helplines and got civic problems fixed - from potholes on roads, to broken pipes, to open manholes, etc.
· For the last 8 years CMCA children have participated in the beach clean up after Ganpati Visarjan in Mumbai & saved our beaches.
· Laavanya from Tumkur District encouraged her parents to build a toilet in their home, with the help of the Gram Panchayat. This inspired 60 others too, to build toilets!
These are just a fraction of the inspirational stories that I have shared. The heartening fact is that all these changes were made by CHILDREN.
If only we can reach this Citizenship & Democracy Education that we do, to millions more in our country, surely, we will be able to see the magic that children can create, to make India a truly developed country!
Our efforts of building a stronger nation need the support of people like you. Donating is easy, as I am participating in the Mumbai Marathon of Jan 17, 2016 to raise funds for our cause.
You may donate online on the following link
http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/scmm-fundraiser-4075
Alternately, you may send a cheque in the name of United Way of Mumbai and send it to me at my address below.
With every stride that I take in the Marathon, I am sure you will have a sense of pride that you are contributing towards the creation of a greater nation!
If you wish to know more about CMCA, please visit www.cmcaindia.org
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
BAN ,BAN and BAN....where is democracy lost....
Monday, August 17, 2015
Kothaligad #Peth fort...journey begins.....
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Earthquaked and the world crumbled down.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Son of India.........
Saturday, January 17, 2015
SCMM is here again........
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Terrorism in name of religion...
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Need ur support plsss.
Hello
This year for SCMM I have decided to run for a cause. And I am raising funds through the Mumbai Marathon – Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA).
In this Season of Giving, I am sure, you have many causes tochoose from and many who will appeal to you, as I am!
CMCA or Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness has been doing unique, path-breaking work for the last 14 years, as one among very few organizations in India which focuses on strengthening citizenship and democracy values in children and youth, through ‘active citizenship’.
At a time when our newspapers are filled with news of women being molested, or threats of radicalisation by political groups, or our open grounds and trees being slaughtered by vested interests, it is ONLY ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP that can save our democracy.
Is our education system preparing our young to put the nation above self and to engage with governance processes to preserve and strengthen democracy? Our current education system is sorely lacking in this area and that’s where Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA) steps in.
Our students have filed RTI applications, complained to civic authorities, participated in clean-up drives, spread awareness on issues ranging from Right to Education to voting in elections. A group of students in a government school evenfreed their classmate from a factory and got her back to school! You can read more such stories of our young “Action Heroes” and more about our work on www.cmcaindia.org.
Support Active Citizenship!
The Mumbai Marathon of January 18, 2015 is an opportunity for you to support ACTIVE CITIZENSHP and CMCA - an opportunity to be responsive to the urgent need for citizenship values in our nation.
Donations received by CMCA are used for the running of the civic club programme in schools, where it is run free of cost.
All donations raised through the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon are routed through the official charity partner – United Way of Mumbai.
Donating is quite simple. You may send me a cheque in the name of “United Way of Mumbai” and I shall send it to them. Alternately, you can donate online through the following link:
http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/fundraiser-4075
I will be highly obliged if u can help me raise funds for a cause close to my heart. Looking forward for ur support.
Thank u
Sushma.

















