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About Me (Simply Mombasa)
- Kuldip (k_attalia@yahoo.co.uk)
- London, Mombasa / Kenya, United Kingdom
- Born & Educated and Beautifully Carved out in Mombasa. Place where I'd like my Ashes to return ... Mombasa.
If ... I am not mistaken ...
I do believe my Friends are utterly Awesome ...
Mwana Simba Ni Simba
The Child of a Lion is a Lion ...
I do believe my Friends are utterly Awesome ...
Mwana Simba Ni Simba
The Child of a Lion is a Lion ...
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Speaks for Itself
Your Comments are always Valued ... !!!
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Paza Sauti ...
Awaaz Utao ...
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My Other Blogs ... Check Them Out !!!
One Day ...
Swahili Sayings ....
- Subira Huleta Heri ~ Patience brings Success / Blessings
My Book Shelf
- Ali Ayaan Hirsi~Infidel
- Anderson D~Histories of the Hanged-Dirty War in Kenya
- Back from the Brink
- Barack Obama~The Audacity of Hope
- Beah Ishmael~A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier
- Book of Facts
- Caroline Elkins~Britain's Gulag
- Chaman Nahal~Azadi
- Chamberlain Elwyn~Gates of Fire
- Dalip Singh~Life of Guru Nanak Dev Ji & His Teachings
- Dalip Singh~Life of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji
- Dave Pelzer~The Boy Called It
- Dave Pelzer~The Lost Boy
- Dr Kirpal Singh~Janamsakhi Tradition
- Elaine Aron~Samraj
- George Orwell~Animal Farm
- Helen Walsh~Brass
- Imperial Reckoning~Untold Story in Kenya
- Indira Mahindra~The End Play
- Irene Sabatini~The Boy Next Door
- James Walvin~A Short History of Slaves
- John Fenton-Please Dont Make Me Go
- Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya~The Gabriel Club
- Khuswant Singh~Umrao Jan Ada: Courtesan of Lucknow
- Khuswant S~Delhi
- Khuswant S~I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale
- Khuswant S~The End of India
- Khuswant S~Train to Pakistan
- Lobsang Rampa~Chapters of Life
- Lobsang Rampa~Dr from Lhasa
- Lobsang Rampa~The Hermit
- Lobsang Rampa~The Rampa Story
- Lobsang Rampa~Third Eye
- Loung Un~First They Killed My Father
- Ma'rquez Gabriel G~100 Years of Solitude
- Manil Suri~The Death of Vishnu
- Mike Dash~Thug
- Muhammad Umar Memeon@Do you Suppose It's the East Wind?
- Mukul Kesavan~Looking through Glass
- N.B. Sen~Maharaja Ranjit S and Koh-i-Noor Diamond
- Rainder S Bedi~I Take This Woman
- Rajeev Balasubramanyam~In Beautiful Disguises
- Ronald Segal~Islam's Black Slaves~Africa's other Black Diaspora
- Salman Rushdie~Midnight Children
- Salman Rushdie~Satanic Versus
- Salman Rushdie~Shame
- Sasson Jean~Saudi Princess
- Tehmina Durrani~My Feudal Lord
- Theodore Zeldin~Intimate History of Humanity
- Vikram Chandra~Sacred Games
- Virani Pinki~Aruna's Story
- Vital World Statistics
- Zarina Patel~Unquiet~Makhan Singh "Freedom Fighter"
My Favourite Films ~ Holly
- 300 (Spartans)
- Apocalypto
- Behind Enemy Lines
- Ben Hur
- Black Hawk Down
- Blade I II III
- Blood Diamond
- Body of Lies
- Braveheart
- City of God
- Clint-A Fistful of Dollars
- Clint-For a Few Dollars More
- Clint-The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
- Deer Hunter
- Exocist
- Gladiator
- God Father
- Gorilla's in the Mist
- Hotel Rwanda
- Indiana Jones-All
- Jarhead
- Jaws I & II
- Mad Max I & II
- Midnight Express
- Once Upon a Time in the East / West
- Open Water
- Open Water II-Adrift
- Out of Africa
- Rambo: First Blood
- Scarface
- Schindlers List
- Shawshank Redemption
- Silence of the Lamb
- Spartacus
- Swahili~Ezra
- Swahili~Subira
- Taken
- Terminator II
- The Book of ELI
- The Constant Gardner
- The Killing Fields
- The Old Boy
- The Shogun Assasin
- Tsotsi
- Warriors
My Favourite Films ~ Bolly
- Amar Prem
- Black
- Deewar (74)
- Dus Kahaniyan
- Kaante'
- Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters)
- Khilona (70)
- Mother India
- Munna Bhai MBBS I & II
- Pinjar
- Sholay
- Taare' Zameen Pe'
- Traffic Signal
- Umrao Jaan~1981
My Sporting Hero's
- Boxing-Amir Khan
- Boxing-Cassius Clay (Mohammad Ali)
- Boxing-Chris Eubank
- Boxing-Joe (Smokin) Frazier
- Boxing-Manny Pacquao
- Boxing-Marvin Hagler
- Boxing-Naseem Hamed
- Boxing-Nigel Benn
- Boxing-Roberto Duran
- Boxing-Sugar Ray Leonard
- Boxing-Thomas (Hitman) Hearns
- F1-Ayrton Senna
- F1-Michael Schumacher
- Golf-Sevy Ballesteros
- Golf-Tiger Woods
- Rally-Carlos Sainz
- Rally-Davinder Singh
- Rally-Joginder Singh
- Rally-Shekar Metha
Carnivore Nairobi
Followers & Admirers
Wageni Yetu !!! Visitors
My World~Duniya Yangu
~ Life is All About Giving & Caring ~
I (We) am a silent member of "Polio Children" and try and do what little I can to help & support this Charity ~ Kuldip Attalia
Visit: http://www.poliochildren.org/Contact_UK/contact_uk.asp
Welcome to our very first newsletter. We have not completed one year yet but so much has happened (and so much needs to happen !) that I feel it is now appropriate to review, reflect and consolidate on our accomplishments so far.
For the uninitiated, a brief resume on the background... November 2002 ~ Three trustees of Polio Children visited Sucheta Kriplani Shiksha Niketan (SKSN, a school/hostel run specifically for four hundred physically disabled children in Jodhpur, India).
The facilities there were basic with water and electricity very scarce and good nutrition non-existent.
December 2002 ~ Polio Children charity registered in the U.K.
January 2003 ~ Nutrition programme started at S.K.S.N by Polio Children.
April 2003 ~ 2nd visit to SKSN by our Trustee & Field Consultant to review what Polio Children can do.
May 2003 ~ Plans to build a hostel for one hundred physically disabled girls at SKSN given approval and work commenced.
Polio Children provides a generator (for basic electricity needs) and funds for a tube well (600 feet deep) to SKSN.
July 2003 ~ 2nd visit to SKSN by Trustee to review progress & inaugurate hostel facilities for fifteen students taking up university courses. (All physically challenged SKSN students)
"Whilst the rest of the newsletter will bring you up to date with all that is happening as a result of your wonderfulsupport,
I would personally like to share two precious moments with you.
When I first visited SKSN last November, there were two categories of students who had showed a lot of apprehension and deep concern about their uncertain future.
One group was the girls who were temporarily housed in a dangerous environment (part of a deaddiction centre).
There were no hostel facilities for them and providing education to girls in that part of the world has been the lowest of all priorities and for disabled girls- even lower.
The second group was that of the 12th graders.
These children were about to complete their studies at SKSN and would be facing a bleak future of going back to their villages. There was no support for them to continue with university education.
On my return to SKSN in July 2003, those two groups were the happiest and most vibrant ~ Thanks to Polio Children's initiatives (see the following pages).
The second precious moment which gave me immense satisfaction was when I witnessed a complete change in attitude (for the better) towards physically challenged girls from everyone, and I mean everyone! - parents, relatives, friends and the society as a whole.
This started with the girls winning fifteen Gold medals in the 'U.K. Disability Sports' in May 2003 (right).
Girls with physical disabilities are now seen as precious human beings who will create a future for themselves. It is an unbelievable change!
We at Polio Children are creating new social waves that will have a significant impact not only on the future of those young, devastated lives but also on everyone associated with them.
A lot still needs to be done. There is a considerable shortfall in a number of our major projects. But for the moment let us congratulate ourselves for starting this wave of change. Long may it continue and far, far may it spread!
"God bless you all.
Arun Patel
Looking Ahead What Can We Do Now?
1: Support a child scheme - (for 50p a day price of a cup of coffee) You can support a child that would change her life for good. Please ask us for further details.
2: Fund Raising Activitiesa: Collection Boxes 500 boxes to be installed in various shops and retail outlets we need field support and volunteers.
b: One major event for 2003 Dinner & Dance with a difference any suggestions?
c: Greeting cards designed and produced by SKSN students.These would prove to be excellent Diwali / Christmas cards.
3: Polio Children in U.S.A starting in September 2003.
Some youngsters have already made start there by collecting US$ 250. Do you have any connections in the US?
Ask us for details and prices or why not visit our website
http://www.poliochildren.org/
Visit: http://www.poliochildren.org/Contact_UK/contact_uk.asp
Welcome to our very first newsletter. We have not completed one year yet but so much has happened (and so much needs to happen !) that I feel it is now appropriate to review, reflect and consolidate on our accomplishments so far.
For the uninitiated, a brief resume on the background... November 2002 ~ Three trustees of Polio Children visited Sucheta Kriplani Shiksha Niketan (SKSN, a school/hostel run specifically for four hundred physically disabled children in Jodhpur, India).
The facilities there were basic with water and electricity very scarce and good nutrition non-existent.
December 2002 ~ Polio Children charity registered in the U.K.
January 2003 ~ Nutrition programme started at S.K.S.N by Polio Children.
April 2003 ~ 2nd visit to SKSN by our Trustee & Field Consultant to review what Polio Children can do.
May 2003 ~ Plans to build a hostel for one hundred physically disabled girls at SKSN given approval and work commenced.
Polio Children provides a generator (for basic electricity needs) and funds for a tube well (600 feet deep) to SKSN.
July 2003 ~ 2nd visit to SKSN by Trustee to review progress & inaugurate hostel facilities for fifteen students taking up university courses. (All physically challenged SKSN students)
"Whilst the rest of the newsletter will bring you up to date with all that is happening as a result of your wonderfulsupport,
I would personally like to share two precious moments with you.
When I first visited SKSN last November, there were two categories of students who had showed a lot of apprehension and deep concern about their uncertain future.
One group was the girls who were temporarily housed in a dangerous environment (part of a deaddiction centre).
There were no hostel facilities for them and providing education to girls in that part of the world has been the lowest of all priorities and for disabled girls- even lower.
The second group was that of the 12th graders.
These children were about to complete their studies at SKSN and would be facing a bleak future of going back to their villages. There was no support for them to continue with university education.
On my return to SKSN in July 2003, those two groups were the happiest and most vibrant ~ Thanks to Polio Children's initiatives (see the following pages).
The second precious moment which gave me immense satisfaction was when I witnessed a complete change in attitude (for the better) towards physically challenged girls from everyone, and I mean everyone! - parents, relatives, friends and the society as a whole.
This started with the girls winning fifteen Gold medals in the 'U.K. Disability Sports' in May 2003 (right).
Girls with physical disabilities are now seen as precious human beings who will create a future for themselves. It is an unbelievable change!
We at Polio Children are creating new social waves that will have a significant impact not only on the future of those young, devastated lives but also on everyone associated with them.
A lot still needs to be done. There is a considerable shortfall in a number of our major projects. But for the moment let us congratulate ourselves for starting this wave of change. Long may it continue and far, far may it spread!
"God bless you all.
Arun Patel
Looking Ahead What Can We Do Now?
1: Support a child scheme - (for 50p a day price of a cup of coffee) You can support a child that would change her life for good. Please ask us for further details.
2: Fund Raising Activitiesa: Collection Boxes 500 boxes to be installed in various shops and retail outlets we need field support and volunteers.
b: One major event for 2003 Dinner & Dance with a difference any suggestions?
c: Greeting cards designed and produced by SKSN students.These would prove to be excellent Diwali / Christmas cards.
3: Polio Children in U.S.A starting in September 2003.
Some youngsters have already made start there by collecting US$ 250. Do you have any connections in the US?
Ask us for details and prices or why not visit our website
http://www.poliochildren.org/
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