Bundles of joy

There are clothes that you love and then there are clothes that you cherish...Your favorite (and lucky!) bottle green t-shirt, the magenta saree you so love to see mum wear, brother's blue cotton chequered shirt (which you loved dhapofying when he wasn't around), dad's favorite pair of socks... along with the favorite faded blue jeans - clothes that evoke warm memories - all bundled up in granny's orange cotton saree... (which acted as your own personal comforter in times when you most needed it)... packed to be given away.

Clothes that bring out memories, clothes you'll recognize even when you look at them after ages, clothes that remind you of loving people, places and events in life...

Your bundle of joy, now ready to give security, comfort and joy to someone else...

Pass on clothes, books, toys and things you don't need/use and let your bundles of joy be a reason for some one else to find much more than happiness...

Today there are many NGOs which help in collection and redistribution of stuff, from places of excess to places where they are are required - a noble task indeed.

Some of these NGOs include :

VanVasi Kalyan Ashram : This is mostly managed/run by volunteers from in/around Kalyan/Dombivli. Every Diwali, they set up a stall at Sarvesh Hall, Dombivli (E) to accept donations in the form of clothes, books, food grains, essential medicines etc. These are then given away to the lesser privileged people of Devbandh, a village in Kalyan district. If you talk to these people, you'll realize how systematically they sort and redistribute stuff, an awesome lesson in Management!

Goonj - They primarily collect clothes and redistribute it to the under-privileged. More on their work and collection centers at - http://www.goonj.org

PS: These are just what I am aware of, there are many more such people/NGOs out there..what is needed is just the willingness to pass it on...

A Diwali Wish

Let the light of a million lamps brighten up lives...let it illuminate every dark corner, let it banish away darkness, bitterness and sorrow forever...

                          Source : http://www.worldmostamazingthings.com/2010/10/diwali-deepavali-festival-of-lights.html

Let it shed light on all cross-roads and help us make our own way, let it shower brilliant starry specks in the night sky and make us realize our dreams...

This Diwali, let there be Light...:-)