eft-arm seamer Asish Nehra has clawed his way back to the Indian side for the four-match One Day International tour to the West Indies.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan have been rested tough for the tour, starting on June 26. Also missing the bus was Suresh Raina due to a hairline fracture on his thumb.

Nehra\u2019s impressive performances for the Delhi Daredevils in this year\u2019s IPL made him an automatic choice to replace Zaheer, while the big-hitting Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar gets his maid- en call-up to the national squad.

M.S. Dhoni (capt/wk), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Vijay, S. Badrinath, R.P. Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Kaar- thick.\u25a0

admavathy and Narasim- hamoorthy are senior citi- zens, grappling with the

task of running a non-prof- it organisation in an age where technology makes all the differ- ence. Until recently, they did not know how to use email. Their young volunteers connected them to an email account and showed them the basics.

Over a decade ago, the aged couple founded the Animal Wel- fare and Protection Trust (AWPT) that is now a familiar name in Chennai. The organisation has made thousands of rescues, ster- ilised large number of street ani- mals in many areas in and around the city to bring down the population and conducted vacci-

Recently, in the wake of layoffs, salary cuts and uncertainty, their donations have plummeted. Their new plan is to appeal to large corporate organisations that could assist them as part of their Corporate Social Responsi- bility (CSR) initiatives, thereby re- ducing their dependence on individual contributions.

When companies are contact- ed, they usually expect to see a full-\ufb02edged website, a logo and a slogan. While the Trustees do have an online presence (awp- trust.co.cc), a professionally maintained image in the virtual world will make a better impact when they\u2019re appealing to large corporate houses for help.

web designing, your skills in completely revamping their web- site will be of great help. Better navigation and clarity are the top goals, but any other inputs you might have will be welcome dur- ing the redesigning process. All the content is ready and will be provided by their volunteers.

(b) If you\u2019re a graphic designer or simply someone who has an artistic side, you can create a logo for AWPT that symbolises their compassion.

The Trustees are not in a posi- tion to pay for these services so they seek your help. Please come through for them once again with your thinking hats and your tech- nological expertise. Rest assured, it will make all the difference.\u25a0

at 9940026283 or email mahaapar- thasarathy@gmail.com

association with UTV and ICAF will
present a festival of Indian movies.
The selected \ufb01lms will be screened from
June 22 to 26 at AFM Auditorium at
6.30 p.m. The festival starts with the
screening of Life in a... Metro, directed
by Anurag Basu. The \ufb01lm narrates the
individual lives of seven people living in
Mumbai, and deals with topics like
extramarital affairs, sanctity of marriage
and love.
Award-winning \ufb01lmBombay, directed
by Mani Ratnam, will be screened on
June 23.
Actor Revathi\u2019s directorial debutMitr,
which won the Best English Film of the
Year award at
the 49th
National Film
Awards, will be
screened on
June 24.

will be
screened on
June 25 and 26

For details call
2827 9803/
2827 1477.

Playful Whiskers and her siblings are
identical and adorable. They\u2019re healthy
and tend to bea handful when they\u2019re
playing. For adoptions, contact Ananya
Ashok at 952040339.

YOCee, New No 15B,
Karpagam Garden,
1 Main Road, Adyar

his may be just another address for those who frequent this calm street on the way to Besant Nagar.

But not for the many children who love writing and seeing their name in print. The lumber room in the cellar of this four-\ufb02at residential apartment is home to a children\u2019s magazine.

It\u2019s here that eight colourful pages of content, written entirely by children, are collated, edited and designed on Pagemaker, to \ufb01nally releaseYOCee (\u2018think\u2019 in Tamil). It\u2019s also here that the young team meets up a week before every issue.

quented by children. This also includes the copies of the newsletter each of the writers (student reporters) distribute in their school and neighbourhood.

Giving wing to these young minds is R. Revathi, who is running the newslet- ter in Chennai since 2006 and earlier in Mumbai.

Revathi quit her job with Canara Bank when in Mumbai to spend time with her growing son. \u201cI realised I had to make use of my free time in a more creative way as well as engage my son in the process,\u201d Revathi recalls. \u201cOurs was a 17-\ufb02oor staff quarters with 80-90 children in the apartment. I observed that kids love to talk about all that hap- pens in school.

My \ufb01rst exercise towards that was through a notice board made from an old carton that I hung next to the lift,

the apartment inmates. The run con- tinued for 11 months until Revathi\u2019s family moved out from the quarters on transfer. \u201cSome decided to keep it go- ing online through Google pages and Orkut. But, the last I heard was some kids are still running Kids Magic in a small way in the apartment,\u201d she ex- claims.

Revathi\u2019s son has grown up \u2013 Prasan- na is now pursuing his Engineering at IIT-Madras. Her husband\u2019s transfer- able job means she might yet have to move to another city, but her passion to \u201cget the children out to have their own space for news, events and other happenings\u201d doesn\u2019t stop.

She decided to launch a similar ini- tiative in Chennai when she came here on transfer.

Every year the director (as she calls herself) recruits a team of children as student reporters who are assigned the task of gathering reports forYOCee. The children are from different schools and from Class VI and above, though this time she has an enthusiastic girl from

Class V enrolled as reporter. They have their visiting cards and a \u2018Reporter\u2019s Handbook\u2019.

\u201cThey are free to write whatever they want, but not about students who se- cure 490 marks\u2026 I ask for inspirational stories,\u201d says Revathi about the liberty the cub reporters get.

However, runningYOCee has been a challenge. \u201cThis time I received around 90 applicants for the student reporters\u2019 post. It is a tough exercise \ufb01ltering them down. Some show the initial en- thusiasm but later drop out. Between unit tests and examinations, I some- times have to make a reminder call on the assignment report that is pending with them.\u201d

The former banker has many more plans. \u201cI want to start paying them for their reports, form an editorial team, extend it as a weekly tabloid, register with the Newspapers Society of India, look if somebody can replicate the same model in a different city\u2026 ,\u201d she lists outs her many plans.

It is a task, Revathi says, that will pave the way if she looks atYOCee with a commercial bent of mind. The new- sletter\u2019s ad rates per sq cm start from Rs. 500, and its revenue picks up during summer camp time, which helps her cover the expense for the year.\u25a0

The annual Reporters Meet was recently held at Children\u2019s Club, Mylapore. Their are 30 enrolled as student reporters for 2009. (Below) Revathi and the YOCee badge.PHOTOS: M. KARUNAKARAN

This time I received around 90
applicants for the student
reporters\u2019 post. It is a tough
exercise narrowing them down.
Some show the initial enthusiasm
but later drop out. Between unit
tests and examinations, I
sometimes have to make a
reminder call on the assignment
report that is pending with them

A banker who quit her job to be with her son
started a scribble magazine to engage him,
herself and neighbourhood kids.
In Chennai, it took form as YOCee,
a website-cum-newsletter for
Chennai kids, with reports by
school students on activities
concerning children