Category: Festivals

Embracing Universal Motherhood for Peace & Harmony On 25 September 2003, distinguished social, spiritual, political and business, leaders gathered to highlight the need of awakening the qualities of motherhood in women, in men and in society as a whole. The focus of the Initiative was to bring the concept of Universal Motherhood, as lived and…

List of Amritavarsham50 CEO Summit Participatants From the United States Mr. Gururaj Deshpande Chairman, Sycamore Networks Mr. Sabeer Bhatia President/CEO, Navin Communications Mr. B.V. Jagadeesh President & CEO Netscaler Inc. Mr.Rajiv Dutta CFO eBay, Inc. Mr. Anil Kripalani Senior VP Qualcomm Incorporated Dr. Guru Parulkar Program Director and Professor NSF and Univ of California Mr.…

PURA: Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas President Kalam discussing “India 2020” during the summit. One of the main components of Kalam’s “India 2020″ vision is “PURA: Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas.” As more than two-thirds of India’s one-billion population live in rural areas, the president believes the country can only be transformed into…

Durga Michelle Morais (Brazil) “Thank you, Amma, for helping me see that nothing is impossible for anyone, no matter what problem they have.” —Durga Michelle Morais Durga, who is from Brazil, was 22-years-old and studying to become a doctor at the Amma’s AIMS Medical College in Cochin at the time of Amritavarsham50. In her speech,…

Ramya Pradhan (India) “My college is the temple of Amma. It is different from other educational institutions that are devoid of love and care.” – Ramya Pradhan An overview of the engineering student from AITEC Bangalore’s Amritavarsham50 Youth Meet speech on Amma’s impact on her life. “The campus, the teachers and the students of Amma’s institution…

G. Sai Prasanna Kumar (India) “Amma treated us not like the chairperson of our institution, but like our mother,” he said. “She came down to our level, and we felt no generation gap.” —Sai Prasanna Kumar An overview of the Bangalore engineering student’s Amritavarsham50 Youth Meet speech on Amma’s impact on his life. In his…

Amritasri Birman (Australia) “With the grace of a great light like Amma, we can grow together, with all palms joined in unity.” — Amritasri Birman An overview of her Amritavarsham50 Youth Summit speech on how Amma has impacted her life. In her speech, Amritasri explained how Amma’s teachings and selfless service have inspired her and…

Arjuna Sayyed (USA) “I have laid my work in dance on a spiritual foundation that Amma has provided for me. I look at my dance as a form of meditation in which I live one breath at a time.” —Arjuna Sayyed An overview of Arjuna’s Amritavarsham50 Youth Summit speech on Amma’s impact on his life.…

Kyoto Sato & Miki Sugaya (Japan) “We realise that we share a bond of great love with Amma and all the people we meet in India.” —Kyoto Sato & Miki Sugaya An overview of their Amritavarsham50 Youth Meet speech on Amma’s impact on their lives. Kyoto and Miki delivered their speeches dressed in the work…

Sri Krishna (India) “That’s what Amma does—She takes the most mundane of events and preaches the noblest of truths through it.” —Sri krishna An overview of the software engineering student’s Amritavarsham50 Youth Summit speech about Amma’s impact on his life. In his speech, Srikrishna told of how doing seva [selfless service] for Amma helped him…