Rakshabandhan

Today was Raksha Bandhan. The bond between brother and sister. 'Raksha' means 'to protect' & 'Bandhan' meaning 'bond'. A beautiful festival where in the sister shall tie a ‘Rakhi’ around the right hand wrist of her brother and the brother promises to protect her for life. After the tying of the 'Rakhi' the brother gives a gift to the sister as a token of love. 

Festive moments are always cherished in all homes. Traditions, culture, rituals & custom, society & morals play an important role in our beliefs.

The best part of festivals is when relatives & loved ones, specially those who we haven't been in touch with, laugh together. The environment around us fills up with excitement, fun, laughter, joy, happiness. Every bit of sadness, sorrow is forgotten. The talks about what's on n what's not take charge. Females discussing about their TV serials(usually, haha), kitty parties & the usual gossiping is always the desert of the talk, males discussing the business, politics etc, kids debating on the things they love. Every person involved in that get-to-gather is so involved into each other, sharing the best of their knowledge and knowings.  

Raksha Bandhan is a very special day in my life. Small rituals involved in the process are those small-small moments which every brother-sister eagerly wait for. The brother waits for the time when his sister would do the 'arti', put the 'tilak' on the forehead & tie the 'rakhi'. Sister waits curiously for her gift. The sweetening of mouth by brother and sister, taking of the 'ashirwad'. It is said that, the brother is to keep the 'rakhi' safe & tied in his right hand till 'Dushera'.  A festive where in the protection of sister is guaranteed by a bond, symbolically represented by thread. 

Rakhsa Bandhan is not limited to blood relation.

Happy raksha bandhan to all.

                                              

Rotaract Club of SAL Institutes ©

The Youth wing of an International Organization, Rotary Foundation. Rotaract is spread among 179 countries out of which India being one.


Rotaract Club of SAL Institute is an Institute based club established on 13th November, 2009. It's been sponsored by Rotary Club of Kankaria, Ahmedabad. The club started with 19 Charter members. Presently the club has 71 members. In its first year of installment, Rotaract Club of SAL Institutes have achieved great heights in every aspect of the society, receiving some good reviews and a few suggestions.


The first year saw some great projects and good support of the members. Projects covering the zone, district, nation & the world were covered in the first year.
Club projects like the Membership Drive which saw the club strength rising from 19 members to 71 members. College projects included the Celebration of Teacher's Day, Cleanliness Drive.
Community projects like Tree Plantation where in the members planted 200 trees, Blood Donation camp where the members collected 100 bottles of blood. A team of members went to Visamo Kids Foundation where we learned many things just by spending 3 hours with kids whose IQ levels were way better then ours. Proud to be associated with Visamo Kids Foundation.
A National Youth Festival, Horizon 10' was the biggest project undertaken by Rotaract Club of SAL Institutes & Rotaract Club of Nirma Institute as joint project.
The members were welcomed at the Zonal meet at Deesa where the club got noticed at the zone level. Members showed up at Udaipur for the Dist. Conference made the club visible at District level & members with full pride represented our country, club & themselves at Aurangabad in an International Meet, Rotasia 2010.


First Year of Rotaract Club of SAL Institutes witnessed ups & downs leading to a wonderful experience of both Social Work & Personal Development.


A few visual moments of the joy, fun, love, friendship together as RC SAL Institutes

Teacher's Day Celebration

Teacher's Day Celebration

Teacher's Day Celebration

RC SAL Institutes - Committee 09' 

Me - Tree Plantation

Tree Plantation

Tree Plantation

Visamo Kids Foundation

Project Tank ©

Final day, SHOW TIME for the robotics workshop.

The final practical, the assembly of the cross-connections in the remote, the perfection of the aluminum clamp, the screw through the 6mm holes, connecting motors diagonally, soldering of wires, the rubber chain, connecting the motor-remote-battery, connections had to be damn precise to not to flop the show.

My FIRST ROBOT was finally on its wheel. Project Tank was accomplished. I named it Bumble-B, after my fav. Autobot(Movie: Transformers). It was show time. Bumble-B was all set to roll out. 

                                         

A Waited Beauty ©

Waiting can be boring , Waiting can be fun, Waiting can be exciting, Waiting can be anxiety, Waiting can be interesting, Waiting can be dangerous, Waiting can be sweet !

Waiting for 2 hours in the morning made me observe some of the most finest things a naked eye can witness with the first rays dripping on the land, the heat igniting the needed spark, birds chirpping their schedules, sky colourfully smiling at us & finally the breeze making its first touches with the body telling us stay warmly calm.

Mornings are just so beautiful when you feel the nature.

                                                  

A Sun Thought ©

'The sun partially awake (dawn), kicking the blanket (clouds, few stars, moon) at the other end, getting refreshed (start of sunrise), changing the nightdress to the formal wear (midst of sunrise), giving the final touch to his formal wear by gelling his hair and shoes (end of sunrise), doing his job all day with his shoes shining all the time (The sun providing its light to the world).'

                                                               

Dhuleti 10' ©

A festive has just come to an end. A day of celebrations when the varied colors unite together to paint the world with happiness, brotherhood and love. Yes, the festival of Colors, Dhuleti is over. One festival when somebody else's hand touches your face or anywhere else on the body with what ever power, the reaction is always sweet. The hand of power is always replied with the sweetness of Smile. 

Dhuleti 2010 was the best dhuleti of my life. Have enjoyed the gulal, water, 'kichad', tomatoes, shambhu's cold coco and gum. Celebrated Dhuleti at 4 places namely, St. kabir school, Venus Appts, Darpan 6 rasta, Tushita's place. I missed St. kabir school. Celebrating festival with friends who love enjoying the particular festival and  know how to make others enjoy, is the way I'll like to define my group, United Souls. 

P.S : Missed you, Dvi and Vrushank 

I am uploading a few pictures.

P.S. : Thank you guys for making it such memorable. Love you all :) 

®Shashwat Desai