Mann Ki Baat · 26 November 2023
Episode 107 featured young volunteers cleaning Surat, a Coimbatore man who has helped 1,500 poor children, a water festival in Amreli, a skills club in Srikakulam, Ladakhi pashmina weavers and a radio collector in Amroha.
3 people · 4 groups highlighted. Read the official English transcript.
Group · Surat, Gujarat
Young people who began with Sunday clean-ups of public places and Dumas beach, then moved on to the banks of the Tapi river. More than 50,000 people have joined, and they have cleared lakhs of kilos of rubbish.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Upset as a boy by the torn clothes of poor children, he began giving part of his earnings to help them, even cleaning toilets when money ran short. Over 25 years he has helped more than 1,500 children.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Amreli, Gujarat
A water festival in Amreli, a part of Gujarat with few year-round rivers, run by the foundation of Surat diamond businessman Savjibhai Dholakia to raise awareness about saving water and caring for lakes.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh
A club that has worked on skills for four decades, helping about 7,000 women become self-employed, freeing children from child labour by teaching them skills, training farmers in producer organisations and helping villages build toilets.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Ladakh
More than 450 women from 15 Ladakhi villages weave pashmina shawls sold under the name Looms of Ladakh. Once sold only to tourists, their shawls now reach buyers across India and abroad.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Amroha, Uttar Pradesh
A collector who has gathered radio sets for decades and runs a radio museum in Amroha, which has drawn more visitors in recent years.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Chamarajanagar, Karnataka
A nature lover who started making organic fertiliser from bananas, creating work for other people in her area as well.
As described in Mann Ki Baat