Why should you join PARITRAAN?

DON'T JOIN PARITRAAN; JOIN THE SPIRIT OF PARITRAAN. We don't want you to register with us, all we want you to do is take 2-3 hours per week from your busy schedule and visit a Government or any School with underpriviledged children. Just spend time with them. Make them feel they are cared for.

We at Paritraan believe that - "Even an Animal finds its food, sleeps, drinks and lives life for itself; if there is one thing that distinguishes them from us is the ability for live for others."

Humans are social beings and we will improve when society will improve and the master technique to improve the society in modern context is Education. Education not only improves the living status of a person but also helps them making a human resource that is necessary for country to be developed. It also removes crime and unemployment from the society.

So, we the Paritraan team would like to hear from you if you have any idea that can be incorporated in our mission to improve it or you can participate in this holy mission too. If you want to really contribute something for the society, please contact us and join us in taking this mission to a newer and higher dimension where it will prove to be a factor affecting life of many people and will be a concrete step towards the development of civilised and educated society.

You can send your feedback, appreciation, comments and criticisms at our Official Facebook Page - Paritraan.

The Paritraan Prayer.

Every Society or Organization has some kind of a trademark. May that be a Tag-Line, a slogan, a logo or something else. However, the institutions and organizations related to Educational Activities or Social Services have trademarks in the form of Prayer.

The irony is that, more often than not, Prayer is mis-understood by people in general. So before going through this article, I recommend that you visit this blog-post about prayer.

Many prayers in the form of verses, 'Shlokas' and 'Sutras' exist in Sanskrit and Hindi. There are many really good prayers in English too. I have been reciting many of them, they are just uncountable. Each one of them is special, simply brilliant. One can't say which is better, that's foolish because they are all divine!

However, there has to be something really specific that depicts the heart and soul of paritraan - so here's a poem from one of Dr Robert H. Schuller's Books 'Believe in the God, who believes in you'.

The prayer is-

"I offer my life to You, God, for You to live in me and through me.

Here is my face - shine from it.

Here are my ears - hear the cry of hurting persons through them.

Here are my eyes - see the faces of those who need Your blessing and bless them with the healing look that radiates from You, my Lord, through my eyes.

Here's my tongue - speak through it!Speak the words of encouragement! Affirmation!

Here, O Lord, are my hands - use them to touch, hold, lift and steady another human being.

Here, O Lord are my feet - walk where You want me to go. And may those who follow me be following You!"

Please let me know your views on the same. Well, I am not imposing this poem on anyone! Its just that as Paritraan grows (which it continues to) I dream to build my own schools and there I would love to have this prayer. Also, I request all Paritraan  members to go through this prayer and give it a thought.

Paritraan: Our Intentions and How we plan to do it.

This Sunday, on 3rd April 2011, I visited St. Micheal’s School for the Blind, near Bahu Bazaar(Ranchi), with a few of my friends.

I am posting this blog for those people who are interested to join Paritraan, to inform them about the main ideas which lie behind our activities. In short this is a blog about the how and the how not. If you are interested in the why and why not please visit Vishal Gupta’s blog-post.

Paritraan was started by Vishal Gupta, a final year student of Information Technology during his 2nd year Engineering. Back then, he used to teach underprivileged children in his native village. In January 2011, under the guidance of Asst. Prof. Anup Kumar Keshri, of Department of IT from BIT Mesra, Paritraan began to grow in BIT Mesra. Using MSTC's resources, Paritraan got its web-presence. The growth of Paritraan was impossible without the contribution of Akhil Ranjan, 4th Year BioTech and Amritesh Kumar, 4th Year IT (2K7 Batch).

The main purpose of the group is to carry out the works of Social Services in and around Ranchi and spread it across as far as possible. Right now there are about 40 students from various streams and batches working for Paritraan by utilizing their Sundays, Holidays and Half-Days to help those who are not as fortunate as we are.

Apart from Blind Schools visits, Paritraan teams also visit various Government and Municipal schools in nearby villages to provide them proper education. Educational Trips and Digital Literacy Sessions are also organized for underprivileged children.

The main principles behind the successful outings of Paritraan are:

1. It is voluntary. There is no concept of joining. You can accompany us in our trips.
2. Since studies are of paramount importance, we generally skip trips nearer to exams. We are only planning to utilize the Sundays and holidays we usually waste lazing around in the hostel. However, a few enthusiasts still carry out the noble work even during exam times.
3. This is not a club, this is a movement, a social initiative and a Social Revolution. There are no posts like treasurer, president etc. to offer. There is no chain of command per se.However, we do encourage to take advice from Asst Prof Keshri and Senior Members of Paritraan Team.
4. Though there is no concept of donation in the form of money, a few still donate so that we can give something to the blind children. We prefer to donate 2-3 hours of time a week to help. The best example is an incident that happened in front of me. The students of the school wanted books/magazines with paper of better quality for them to write in Braille. A senior suggested to buy the books for them. Keshri sir prompted and said that it would be better if we collected books from the common room than put in money from our pockets.
5. We try not interfere in the management of the schools/institutions we visit. The main logic here is that we have no basis to criticize the work of people who work in these institutions or to tell them what to do. We do not work for these institutions but we work on our own with their permission. At the same time we ensure all the benefits of our labour and contributions go to the people who actually need it.
6. The type of work we do isn't just limited to teaching. We try our best to provide Engineering like solutions to the problems faced by people who are usually neglected by the society. For example we also plan to guide the students of the school about the career options they have after they pass out of the school. 
7. We listen to the problems they are facing and try to solve them with things we can do in our free time. Some students in the school wanted to know how to apply for the position of radio jockey in radio stations or as announcers in railway stations. Our seniors were fast to google out some information on the availability of positions for the physically handicapped in some government organizations.

These are just some of the main ideas behind Paritraan that I have come to understand. As I see, the main goal will always  be to strive to help those who need help and to contribute in such a way that our hard work is beneficial for them.

Paritraan in Sanskrit means "To bring relief from the cause of distress".

What is the use of Social Service or any Social Initiative? What is the basic Ideology behind Paritraan?

Suppose you are stranded in some place and you need someone to give you a lift in their car or taxi and nobody stops their car to give you a lift, how would you feel? 

You are carrying two bags and you have to go to the restroom in a railway station. You can’t leave the bags unattended and you have to go to the restroom, what will you do? You will find some nice elderly person, go to them and keep the bags with them requesting them to take care while you go for five minutes to the restroom. Don’t you need other’s help? If they refuse to help you then how can you survive? You know in this world as human beings we have to help each other and that is what seva is.

In Sanskrit Service is called 'सेवा' [Seva]. Seva means what? ‘सः’[Sa] means ‘him’ which refers to God and ‘एव:’[Eva] means ‘like him’; so 'Seva' means doing things like him.

God does so many things for you but does not expect anything in return from you. Whether you pray to him, thank him or not he will still continue to do. He is not doing you a favor. When you thank God, that is for your own joy, it does not matter to God. In the same way whether people acknowledge your work or not, whether they thank you or not you still do it because you find that it is important to do!

That's the basic ideology behind Paritraan. Its for a noble cause!

The Need for Educational Trips for Students!

Educational trips can enhance learning in many subjects, allowing students time to bond with their peers and have a range of new experiences outside of the classroom.

We learn best when we can see, hear, touch and feel - in other words, when we can experience things at first hand. Multi-sensory learning is an important part of school life, and school trips answer the requirements of all five senses.

It’s because of this that we organized Educational Trip to RIMS – Rajendra Institute of Medical Science, Ranchi. We also plan the next trip to Vigyan Kendra Ranchi. Educational trips take many different forms. When your child visits a museum to find out more about a history topic, walks into the local town to do some geography fieldwork, or goes to an art gallery or theatre, he is taking part in an educational visit.

Whatever the subject, you can be sure that these visits are planned to help your child enrich their learning experience. And the best bit is that they are having fun while they’re learning!



And that is why, we took school children on a trip to RIMS, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences. We were moved by their desire to become doctors. We thought that meeting doctors and visiting a medical college will act as inspiration and motivation. How we did it, and our experience of the trip will be shared in a different post very soon! Keep reading and taking initiatives at your level.

The Need for a change in the Indian Education System.

The current education system does not teach how to become innovators or entrepreneurs or artists. Had it been so, they would have been millions in numbers.

More often than not, the Entrepreneurs, Artists and Innovators are either dropouts or have bad grades. To a few of them, their education may have given the technical know-how (though it is hardly conceivable), but not the dream or the inspiration needed. It is the education which should inspire one to become something one really wants to. Education should make you free, should make you experiment and it should make you ask questions. Ultimately, it should make you realize who you are, what exactly your goal or dream should be and how to achieve it.


There's a need to change the education system from the ground-up that is from the primary level (reduce work load, put more importance on physical activities, encourage original thinking etc).I believe that there should not be any form of evaluation (exam or so) till age 10 years (lets say upto class 4 level).

Subsequently the exam patterns should change and put more emphasis on original thinking, innovative ideas and problem solving rather than emphasizing on mugging up the theory.Basic education should be in mother tongue but English should be made compulsory. The benefit of Education in mother tongue is evident from countries like China and Japan.

We have an obligation to give something back to our country which will have a long term impact on the whole society.These are few of my thoughts. Let’s start a vibrant discussion and let us know your opinion in this matter. I would be glad to have your feedback - appreciation and criticisms both are welcome!

Education: Its importance and condition in INDIA.

Ahhh! Sad, but true, the cruel fact is that all of us are not equally blessed.

But I personally believe that rights and duty always complement each other and come together in a package. If god has endowed us with more riches, he definitely expects us to share it with the less fortunate! And PARITRAAN, is all about it.

When we talk about sharing with someone less fortunate than us and helping him/her, what is better than sharing your knowledge? Just like happiness it is one of those riches which multiplies on sharing. Moreover when we share our knowledge with others we give them a gift of a lifetime. It’s both wealth and investment at once.

Usually when the term education is used people take it to be mere deliverance of degree knowledge and training but ‘Education’ is not limited to it. It encompasses the act of people gathering together to share knowledge, it is a act where people are willing to learn, to teach and to share. And knowledge doesn’t always refer to stuffs that help you get a job! It has a much broader sense, definitely.

Education is really very important in life. Not only it ensures us bread and butter, it gives meaning to our lives in a true sense. It gives us the satisfaction of being able to support ourselves and our dear ones it thus liberates us from the shackles of dependence. It gives us the power to dream and the calibre to make it true.

It enhances the quality of our thought and life. When different people of different kinds mingle together, all benefit. Sharing our views of life with others and knowing about theirs definitely brings us closer to life and to living it.

Apart from quenching our materialistic needs, it gives us a platform to enrich our social life too; and the greatest of all it makes even them capable enough of helping others and the chain goes on!

Thus education enhances the beauty of every bit of our lives; but alas! majority of the Indian population hasn’t ever even known the joy of it.

Our constitution has provided a clause for free primary education for all. The government has set up many schools for primary education, but to what avail? There is no awareness of its importance and most of the population (majority of those residing in villages) are ignorant of the various facilities offered to them. If this is the scenario of primary education, there is no point in speaking about higher education.

I would like to conclude this article by just humbly requesting you to do your share. May be to you it may seem small, but someone will bless you all their lives for giving them a life.

Like they say – “Your kindness makes a difference. Even if it is a very tiny act of goodness and you think no one notices, God notices. Always remember that one little act of kindness can tilt the balance of an entire situation. One little act of kindness can ripple out in countless ways that you many never know about.”

Dream and give them the power to dream too!