Children wish to be better Youth

Today(12-1-2015) is celebrated as National Youth Day . To learn how do Children see this day and about their opinion on youth in their village , I reached UP School in Umuri of Koraput block this morning .Talked to the children on their aspiration . First of all they said that youth in their village waste the time sitting under the huge tree rather than doing some work . Children also shared their observation how the youth in their village drink alcohol and consume Gutka etc This they think was harmful and hence they wont take them . They want to be teachers , army men , govt.servant , farmer and daily wage earner etc . It was a good Day for me and children .

Life of a Child rescued from Hotel in Semiliguda of Koraput district

e does not recall the face of his mother as she had passed away when he was too small . He also does not know who was his father as from his early childhood he knows that he had left his village for Delhi and had not returned since then . Only thing that Soubhagya of Kendrapada knows that he was lifted from his aunt & uncle's house by a hotel owner of Semiliguda in Koraput district a couple of years ago . Being asked about his current age , he says that people tell him that he was 14 years  old and hence when he had left home he was barely 8-9 years old . Since then his life had changed for the worse . Getting up at 4 in the early morning to clean plates till 9.30 in the evening without any rest was a regular thing that was prompting him to escape somehow .But never could dare to do so for some fear of someone around . There was chance to take rest as the master would scold . Food was the only thing that was offered regularly while rest of things had become a dream to be fulfilled . Torture was the gift for the hard work in the hotel .Now that he was rescued and the hotel owner arrested , he wishes to study further and lead a better life . Now while he was stationed in Open Shelter by Sova Koraput , he would be handed over to CWC Kendrapada who chould then decide on his rehabilitation , Rajashree Das , DCPO said today (12-1-15). Here is what he said to me in Odia . Please click on the audio link and listen :

First Days in School for Children of Koraput

Here are two little girls who took admission in Std.1 at Umuri UP School in Koraput block .Today while being in that school , I learnt that Surabhi Khila . does not want to leave her sister and sits in Std.VII .Another girl Laxmi Choudhury sitting in STD 1 very comfortably .Both are acceptable .

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Child wins over Disability with Support from teachers at Umuri in Koraput block

She is Jamuna Jani of Umuri is in Std.VII .She can't speak .Hears only loud voice .She is there in Umuri UP School in Koraput block .While it is a great challenge for the teachers , special attention given to her which has helped her to write decently .She comes to the school regularly .While congratulating the patient effort I felt today that there was a need of support of special teacher .

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Prateek Patnaik , a child observing Anasara of Lord Jagannath at Home

It is Anasara at Lord Jagannath temple all across . From the day when the Lords had deep bath on the occasion of Deba Snana Purnima , the main temple was closed for General Darshan as the Lord fell ill . According to the tradition Lord is being given treatment by devotees and HE gets cured . While this is a practice in the temples , here is Master Prateek Patnaik , a student of Std.X who observes the same rituals in his home at Damanjodi . He describes the ritual in this video .Please Click on the link here : http://youtu.be/tI1bjEfUdaA

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Living with Jagannath Consciousness from Childhood for Prateek Patnaik

He is Prateek Patnaik , a child of Std.X at Damanjodi in Koraput district who constantly lives in Jagannath Consciousness . He speaks , feels , writes , paints only on Lord Jagannath . Whatever he makes is been dedicated to Lord Jagannath . To him everything on this earth is only Jagannath . He can compromise on anything else but not on any work of the Lord , says Dipak Patnaik , his father . He has painted portraits of the Lord in his canvas , made items that lord would wear for getting decorated on different occasions . He can tell about the rituals in relation to Lord Jagannath better than most of us . He has read more books on Lord Jagannath than adults like me , leave aside children like him . He has learnt Champu , Odishi and Chanda to offer his prayers to the Lord . However his parents were not worried for his great inclination to the Divine work from his childhood as he was equally good at his studies . He has lot many prizes at local to National level compared to other children of his age . Certificates speak about his continuous progress in the line of evolution . Today while I was there to see this dedicated child in his house at Damanjodi , I expressed gratitude to the Divine for giving me an opportunity to meet such a noble soul totally dedicated to the Divine in all that he does . It is a rare Sadhana which this little child was doing without saying that he was doing it . May Lord Jagannath give him strength in becoming what he should become .

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Children playing Raja at Koraput

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