Editor's Note

Welcome to our 2nd editionof Aashritha's Newsletter.Officially it is first edition,as the real first edition wasin works and then missedout reaching everyone dueto personal committments.(Oops Looks like Sunil sentout 1st edition). We wouldlike to welcome membersto contribute articles,pointers, riddles, stories,questions, comments tomake this newsletter asuccessful communicationtool. Also we hope membersto share this newsletterwith their friends, familiesand loved ones to makeAashritha a bigger family.We wish everyone a happyRamzan, Dusera, Diwali,Halloween. Hope you allhad a great time.With Warm regards, Theza& Sunil.

PS: Please make use of ournewsletter email by sendingsuggestions toaashritha.newsletter@gmail.com

Aashritha-Helping Hands CommunityVolume 1, Issue 2, October 2008Aasrhitha Makes way to Wikipedia!!

hanks to great efforts by Aashritha Rakshak, Sandeep Gupta,Aashritha made its footprint in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is world-renowned free, volunteer-maintained resource compendium, similar toEncyclopedia. It is actively maintained, viewed, reviewed, critiqued,sometimes rebuked by millions of users around the world. Head out to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aashritha_Group

for reviewing, editingabout Aashritha.

emember: Anyone can edit any information on wiki. Of course, someelse will review your entry & update it, if incorrect.

IN THIS EDITION...WIKIPEDIA....................................................1MULTIPLE BOMB BLASTS...................................2ZEN STORY....................................................2CHANDRAYAAN..............................................2AASHRITHA GATHERS MASS - SUCCESS STORY.........3RESPONSIBLE BOARD.......................................4

ast Month (September), Indiawoke up to multiple bombblasts across the country, someinvolving bloody outcomes.Many innocent citizens arelosing their valuable lives in theattacks of terrorism resulting inirreparable loss to theirfamilies. Most of the times, thevictims happen to be bread-earners and the members of such families not only sufferfrom the loss of their dear onesbut also face undue financialhardships.

he New India Assurance(NIAC) is offering free 1Lakh insurance policy to allIndian citizens against loss of life due to terrorist activities.As part of Aashritha's socialresponsibility initiatives, werequest Aashritha members tohelp atleast 3 poor, illiteratepersons in enrolling for this freeinsurance policy, by logging onto

www.click2insure.in

and clickon the GUN image & fill up allthedetails &takePolicyPrint outinstantly.In case of any terror-effectedtragedy,theproceedsof thepolicymay be of great support to thesurvivors of the terror affectedfamilies. Also, please let yourfriends & family members knowabout this kind gesture fromNAIC.

India Rocked by Multiple Explosions

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A Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era(1868-1912), received a university professorwho came to inquire about Zen.Nan-in served tea. Hepoured his visitor's cupfull, and then kept onpouring.The professor watched the overflow until he nolonger could restrain himself. "It is overfull. Nomore will go in!""Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of yourown opinions and speculations. How can I showyou Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

" ZEN STORY "

India Launches Lunar Mission -Chandrayaan-1

As India's first lunar mission settled into its chosenorbit successfully, Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nairdescribed the launch as "perfect" which wasachieved after "fighting against all odds". "It is ahistoric moment as far as India is concerned. Wehave started our journey for the moon and the firstleg of the journey has gone perfectly well," Nairsaid seconds after the successful completion of thelaunch. "It is a remarkable performance by thelaunch vehicle," he said.

Did You Know?

o make one kilo of honey, bees have to visit 4million flowers, traveling a distance equal to4 times around the earth.

Source: www.didyouknow.cd

Did You Know?

bsolutely nothing happened betweenSeptember 3 and 13, 1752. In September 1752the Julian calendar was replaced with theGregorian calendar in Great Britain and itsAmerican colonies. The Julian calendar was 11days behind the Gregorian calendar, soSeptember 14 got to follow September 2 on theday of the change. The result was that betweenSeptember 3 and 13, absolutely nothinghappened!

he tomato is the world's most popular fruit.And yes, just like the Brinjal and thePumpkin, botanically speaking it is a fruit, not avegetable.

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ne fine morning in October, Aashritha RakshakPhani brought to fellow members' attention aneedy case of Seema Gaur. Seema Gaur is a BDSstudent from Nankari Village near Kanpur, UttarPradesh. She was born and brought up from a poorfamily. Her parents areworking as maids in thehouses of some IITKprofessors. Seemastruggled very hard in herlife for studies. She got adecent rank in Combined PreMedical Test (C.P.M.T) lastyear (2007). She gotadmission in a B.D.S collegein Agra after completion of her twelfth grade. Due toher family's financialcondition, she was not ableto join at that time. Thisyear with the help of her family friends sheapproached the UP Govt and got exemption on hercollege fees for four years. She was in immediateneed for 15,000 Rs for starting her education, asan advance.

ashritha, with all its enthusiasm came forwardto help Seema. Aashritha was ready to help for15,000 Rs. However members also brainstornedabout raising additional funds to support ongoingkids' education.

hen everybody thought everything has beentaken care of, Aashritha came to know aboutanother hardship faced by Seema. Collegemanagement asked Seema to pay an additional50,000 Rs towards hostel charges, within 10 days.Financially she is not in a position to bear thehostel expenses (Rs 65000/-). Aasrhitha was alsonot ready for such huge donation, as the totalfunds were insufficient.

n the background, Mr.Trith, a student from IITKanpur brought Seema Gaur to the notice of Aashritha, by sending anemail to Naresh,Aashritha coordinator andAlumni of IIT Kanpur.Then Aashritha, with thehelp of it's large network,has raised the requiredfunds within one week.Thanks to monumentalefforts by Naresh, Phani,Raghav and all members,Aashritha was able toextend its helping handto Seema. Naresh hasraised a great fund (Rs 40,000/-) within a shorttime from his colleagues. Udaya and Aparnaprepared proper document on Seema tocommunicate within Aashritha group. Later Phanireported back with the wonderful news of handingover cheque to Seema & Seema preparing to joinher new college.

his must be a great Diwali in Seema's &Aashritha's voyage.

embers involved in this Project: PhaniSankar, Naresh, Raghavendra, Trith, Aparnaand Udaya Chandrika.