VITAL Components

As an artist your aim should be to make the most of your opportunity, and squeeze the last drop of meaning out of your lines. A play involves the work of many and it is the combined effort of many that makes a success of the play.

Would you give the last over of a T20 World Cup Final, that too against arch rivals Pakistan to Joginder Sharma, an unheralded bowler? This is what Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a young dare devil of a captain, chose to do. The rest is History. Over the years, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become an icon, and more often than not, whatever he has touched has turned into gold. Today, we all know that the Indian skipper trusts his instinct under risky circumstances. His leadership qualities with his ability to lead from the front helped to bring the team together and to gel in trying circumstances. His amazing skill to remain calm under tremendous pressure has brought the team many a success including the 2011 World Cup.

“Did they give up?” I did not have to answer that question. They brought her here, persuaded us to take her to the hospital. In the 12 months she has been our patient. She has made good progress.

In 2012, Manoj Ghorpade, a four year old boy was stuck in a bore well pit in a village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, The positive response and quick action of a team of policemen, along with the local residents ensured that no valuable time was lost in the rescue operation. Pressing all the available machinery into action, they dug another pit parallel to the bore well and brought him out safe. He was stuck at a depth of around twenty four feet, where his voice was still audible to people who tried to rescue him. Barring a few bruises, the boy was fine. Later, a medical team examined him and declared him fit and fine.

I didn't believe there was any good in the world; one doesn't when one has been in Hell; but somehow I know you're good, and it’s a queer thing to ask, but could you bless me before I go? I think it would help me.

Anthony Cymerys, 82 year old barber from Hartford, US, brings his chair, his clippers and a car battery to power the clipper to a local park. He then gives haircuts to the homeless. He doesn't charge them a dime. All they have to do is give him a hug.

For a good cause if you are determined, you can overcome any obstacle. I will work harder than anybody but I will do it. For learning there is no age bar.

To overcome the hardship to the travelers on the dry and hot days, Smt. Saalumarada Thimakka, now aged above 70, determined to plant and worked hard to tend 284 banyan trees along a four Kilometer stretch of highway near Ramnagar District, Karnataka.

The King of Siam had a peculiar habit. Instead of receiving gifts on his birthday, he gave them.

At the time of the marriage of his daughter, Sri Abdulla Latheef Upla Gate, Kasaragod in Kerala instead of accepting gifts on the occasion and spending all money only on his daughter, conducted the marriage of ten financially backward couples.

“A lot of people seem to think that disabled people are chronically unhappy,” I said. “ I know that’s not true myself.”

Preethi Srinivasan, who was a national level swimmer and a state level cricket player, is the Co-founder of NGO, 'Soulfree'. A freak accident in Pondicherry confined Preethi to wheel chair. 'Soul free' is a charitable organization that was born out of her dream to provide hope for people with severe disabilities. After hearing the stories of many paraplegics and quadriplegics – especially women – Preethi started' Soul free' with the aim of setting souls free! Family support enabled her to reach a state of equipoise that made her smile through heart-wrenching circumstances. She now uses this new found energy to spark the lives around her.