For those who want to become a part of Mission Possible...

We received e-mails from many of you, expressing a desire to become a part of' 'Mission Possible' (MP), to contribute to this project, or help us in some way. We would greatly appriciate your involvement in MP. Anyone willing to join this initiative can leave a comment to this post, with their name, information and contact details, so that we can get in touch with you quickly. I request everyone, even those who have sent us e-mails regarding the same topic, to post their info here, as it will make it easier and faster for us to get back to you. Thank you!

Links to Previous Articles

I apolpgise to all the MP Bloggers for not posting these links sooner. The links to previous three articles and contact numbers of the Mission 'Heros' are posted below:


27th October - 'Karyakarta Patrakar'
Mahesh Potdar –
Ph: 9422496531
Email: potdarmahesh@gmail.com
Link - http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20080927/ch11.htm
(Written by - Hemant Karnik)

13th October - 'Nature Trail'
Oikos - Ketaki Ghate & Mansi Karandikar
Address: 210, Siddharth Towers,
Kothrud, Survey No. 12/3B,
Pune - 411029, Maharashtra, India
Ph: +91 020 65289576
Email: oikos@oikos.in
Website: www.oikos.in
Link - http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20081011/ch10.htm
(Written By - Mukta Paranjape)

25th October - Adhunik Dnyanmargacha Paik
Harshavardhan Purandare
Ph: 022 24448351
Email - mumbaikar100@gmail.com
Link - http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20081025/ch12.htm
(Written By - Hemant Karnik)

Basera-e-Tabassum

Basera-e-Tabassum, 'Abode of Laughter', is where many orphaned young Kashmiri girls have found a place to live. Not just a haven, 'Basera' is a something these girls can truly call home, a place to share joys and laughter and come together to become a family. And the person who created this family, who brought smiles to so many innocent faces, is Adik Kadam, a young man of 30. Adik faced countless obstacles, from distrusting hostile natives to the gun-points of terrorists, to turn his vision of 'Basera' into a reality. He has slowly but surely earned the trust and respect of the locals, and receives their strong support. He looks forward to creating more such abodes for the Kashmiri girls, and strengthening the bond between Kashmir and ther est of the India.
-Mukta Paranjape

Article written by : Sujata Paranjape

Link -
http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20080913/ch12.htm


Adik's contact details are -

Tel. : +91-20-24464404.
Mob: 9422323569 / 9823023660
Fax: +91-20-24464403
Website: http://bwfindia.org.in/
Email - bwfindia@gmail.com


We would also like to know your thoughts on -

What can be done to create and strengthen the bond between the people of Kashmir and the rest of the India?

Kaal Kordi Jaga, Aaj Phalbaga

Kashinath Shinde is a young man from the village of Hattalwadi, a village that was known for the problem of water shortage. Teacher by profession, Kashinath gave up his job to concentrate on his farm, and after consulting the Taluka agriculture officer and four agricultural colleges in the stateover the problem of water and possible splutions, he successfully cultivated oranges on his farm, a land that hardly had any yield before Kashinath's venture. Kashinath, after realising that individual development is insgnificant if the entire community does not progress equally, helped his fellow villagers find the knowledge that he had discovered. As a result of his efforts, the village of Hattalwadi is known as the 'Village of Orchards' today!
-Mukta Paranjape

Here is a link to the article:
http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20080830/ch10.htm

Article written by: Dilip Patil

Prashna:

We would like to know your opinions on -

1. What do you think can be done for other villages to help them succeed the way Hattalwadi has?
2. Should school trips be conducted to such places from cities/other villages?
3. Will research benefit such causes? What should be its direction?

Prashna

After reading about 638387.org, we would like to know your views on -

‘How, and for what, would you use the portal 638387.org?

Photos

I have uploaded photographs about few of the mission articles on picasa.
The link to the pics is -
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/mission.ameya

Please do see the photos, I hope you enjoy them!

‘638387’ Arthat Bharatdarshan

638387.org is a portal about the 6,38,387 villages in India. Sanjay Bapat, the creator of this portal, doesn't have a background of social movement. He, in fact, comes from the corporate world of advertising. He initially started a portal to connect corporate companies to various NGOs, the former with the availability of various resources, and the latter needing them. He realised while working on this project that it was limited to the big cities, that the majority part of India, beyond the few developed cities, was almost never considered. This led him to create 638387.org, the portal that contains information about all the Indian villages. This info is collected not just from the governmental records. It connects everyone, from a villager to an NRI, the district and taluka level governmental organisations, to NGOs, to the ‘Bachat Gat’s, to even the corporate companies and funding agencies and links them together. The virtual activity will also be supported by actual work-programmes, complete with ‘Village Jankar’, and media participation for advocacy. While it may seem like a fiction or a fantasy to some, it is veru much the reality in the technologically advanced and globally connected world we live in!
- Mukta Paranjape

The link is:
http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20080816/ch11.htm
Article written by: Medha kulkarni

Sanjay Bapat's contact no. : 9820073559