One of the mottos that Grandpa lived by was to help people until his last breath. His signature line - “Loving. Sharing. Caring. This is my family,” resonates with many of his follower’s world over.
“I remember the night and the call like it happened seconds ago. Dinesh who had been riding pillion with another friend, called Vivek saying they had met with an accident,” begins Vivek.
“I wish I did not have to start this foundation under such circumstances, but then a majority of organisations stem from some personal loss and are invariably in memory of someone. Instead of wallowing in pain, my husband and I decided just two months after Arundhati’s death to start the foundation.”
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She was not allowed to participate in several rituals at his brother's wedding, simply because she was a widow. Not wanting the same to happen to any other widow in India, Amit founded an organisation called Mitti Ke Rang.
Through attention-grabbing and light-hearted cartoons, he highlighted a variety of social ills such as poverty, traffic woes, pollution, degradation of the environment, urban life, the poor state of urban infrastructure, to millions of people.
Imagine the plight of those who, for reasons unknown, have no one to conduct their last rites. This is the space that Uravugal fills. The trust also works towards rescuing and rehabilitating aged, homeless people.