The ablity of art

Every time I have hold a pencil in my hand or have drawn a single line of canvas or have rubbed my fingers in the fine colour pastels, I have felt special, I have felt that I have something extra in me, I have felt proud of myself.

I always thought I am capable of doing this because I am fortunate to have limbs hanging down my shoulders and was amazed at onw or two stories which I read about people who write or draw without having limbs.

I had been underestimating the word creativity and capability till I got acquainted by Association of Indian mouth and foot painting artists. Yes,
Watch yourself
The Paintings:




The Painters:







Get here to know more and help: http://www.imfpa.co.in/

JOB Opportunity at Barot Group of hotels

Barot Group of hotels, Mumbai is looking for people with hearing disabilities and minor physical disabilities to join as Captain,Operations for thier setups http://www.ikxia.com/ and http://www.revivalindianthali.com/

Please spread this word and write to dareindia10@gmail.com if you find any such candidates(preferebly from Mumbai/Pune)

The details are as below:

POSITION : CAPTAIN

DEPARTMENT : Operations

REPORTS TO : Unit Sales & Operations Manager (USOM)

JOB SUMMARY
Manages, operates and supervises the food and beverage sections and / or outlets under the guidance and instruction of the USOM, in order to achieve the objective set by the management of the organization - within the guidelines, policies & procedures of the organization.

RELATIONSHIP
1. Reports directly to the USOM.
2. Supervises & directs activities of Stewards
3. Interacts professionally with the Maharaj / Chef in charge kitchen.
4. Interacts professionally with the housekeeping in related matters.
5. Builds & maintains cordial guest relations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Implements policies & procedures under the guidance of the USOM.
2. Monitors staff’s achievement progress continuously under the USOM.
3. Is professionally involved in the operation supervises, directs, guides and corrects his staff.
4. Builds and promotes a professional and efficient team within the service, kitchen and the whole department staff.
5. Assures guests of the product, the food, beverage and the organization in general.
6. Establishes and maintains efficient and effective communication with supporting departments.
7. Assists all juniors in execution of orders at all times.
8. Constantly updates self on new happenings and promotions within and outside the organization.
9. Carries out corrective disciplinary action to his staff fairly and professionally. Maintains a high level of staff morale and discipline in his area of operation.
10. Ensures the cleanliness, hygiene, grooming and maintenance is consistently up to the required standard at all times.
11. Ensures staff reports on duty punctually in appropriate attire and grooming standard.
12. Ensures that staff is aware and implements organization regulations, policies and procedures in regard to hygiene, fire and safety.
13. Ensures daily briefings are conducted.
14. Assists Managers in training of staff, as per set standards.
15. Ensures that skills and technical knowledge is up dated at all times.
16. Obtains feed back from customers and collates necessary information to further develop and improve the quality of all the food & beverage products and performance.
17. Maintains and develops professional relations with all levels of employees within the department and the whole organization.
18. Performs any other duties or responsibilities that the management may assign from time to time.

REQUIREMENTS
AGE : Preferred between 20 to 30 years. Flexible for exceptional candidate above 18 years.
EDUCATION : Preferred at least HSC passed. Flexible to SSC passed for exceptional candidate.
LANGUAGE : Hindi & English fluency is preferred. Lip reading skills for hearing challenged.
PERSONALITY : Should have a pleasant personality, calm temperament and service orientation.
Should be a team player with ability to take initiative and lead a small team.

REMUNERATION
SALARY : Range of Rs 5,000/- to Rs 7,000/- per month + tips & incentives.

Comeback - A sign of Service

18th March 2011

Gaurav Kumar

It's just one month short before the DARE completes one year of its inception when the restlessness for resilience calms down with things moving on and DARE has made a come back.

The effort which started with the idea of making people aware about importance of sign language, was never stopped in my diaries and the mails , till I dare to see a hope in commercial significance of sign language and to be used as a tool for inclusion.

It all started with a personal disliking of chaos which we generally find in the restaurants and so called happening places. Can we promote sign language at all such places. How about an ambience which talks in the language of signs.....

I was never skeptic about the idea and the hope never went down till a few more started believing in the same..

Project "SATKAAR" is flagged which talks about integration of our deaf brothers and sisters in Hospitality sector

Jai Ho

Project RAHUL

by
Gaurav Kumar

Its always been an internal verbosity which curbs any kind of confusion or conflict to get into so called difficult movement of social change and philanthropic work, but today it was the silence. A silence which has lots of questions within it, a plethora of inferences inside.

The decision of entering into disability sector was never so difficult as I understood that the problems are apparent and the need is too. The challanges have never been detrimental , never got any feeling of discouragement as I always knew its worth even to do 1% of the need for the betterment.
The issues which have not been looked at and the challanges which are not even recorded are not hidden from anyone who has even a miniscule interest and awareness of the situation in India for special needs. Every kind of limitation stands as a different monstrous challange for the people who are involved in facing it.

It was always question of finding the right way of fighting with a certain kind of disability so far. Today, it was a different experience , an experience of silence as I described above, an interaction with the making of a disability. Dr. Bhatia might be just talking of a subject when he said there is no hope for Rahul to get back to the condition of exhibiting dexterity, Rehabilitation is the only hope, for me it was a whole human life getting LIMITED in front of my eyes. It was not a fear of not keeping up to the expectations of Deepak bhai to give complete ambulatory privileges to his 4 yrs old toddler. it ws not the fear of facing Rahul's mom, look into her eyes and say a NO, it was not the fear of getting another sleepless night for one more heart touching incident... the question was "Will Rahul get what he can, are we ready for facilitating one more life with the opportunities which has no limits".

The anxiety needed a word of wisdom, meeting with Mrs. Brinda Nanavati, I know, is a panacea. Her confident discussion gives me an energy to keep the light burning inside me. She talks about lack of early intervention programmes for differently abled kids across the country. There are no dedicated and reliable centre which can evaluate and plan the facilitation for special children. Rahul is one such case, I have to find the best way to serve to a promise made to myself.

On my way back , I saw deaf kids dancing on the tunes of ZOOBI DOOBI, To dance on a tune without knowing it is POSSIBLE, it is not just possible it is awaesome, exemplary. With my eyes mesmerized at those small feet beating in harmony and serene faces which could even acknowledge my appreciation, I decided, Something will be done for the early intervention fo kids with special needs, for the planning of supporting parents like Deepak bhai for knowing that their child is SPECIAL and will be treated specially in this land.

This DARE will be named "PROJECT RAHUL"

Social Entrepreneurship, Social service and Business

Gaurav kumar

Entrepreneurship has been as widely confused with business as Social entrepreneurship with social service. As entrepreneurship has business value in its core or as main output, social entrepreneurship has social service as its main deliverable. But these minute relationships have been largely mapped to major confusions.
Social entreprepreneurship is percieved by many entrepreneurs as a balancing act between generating revenue and creating social value at same time but it is not so. As the term sustainibility defines entrepreneurship, social enterprising also demands for a sustainable effect with prolonged value creation. If you work on 10 ideas and your 10th idea succeeds, you will be recognized as as "Serial entrepreneur" and if you stop at 9th you without any success you will be classified as a "Risktaker".
The word which differentitates the two sides of coins are "Leadership" and "Activism". A social entrepreneurship should lead to a leadership activism which gives start to a trend of uplifting the conditions of underprivileged or ameliorating a social stigmatic condition. If not so, it should be only termed as localized social service.

Social entrepreneurship differentiates itself from business in terms of utilizations of profits generated. While a business creates opportunities for revenue generation, a social enterprising does so by restricting the loss of resources or avoiding the non utilization of resources at the same time. A business creates a value which benefits the consumer in a better way, a social enterprise makes better consumers for better necessary consumptions.

Diversity needs a DARE

Gaurav Kumar

"India- Unity in Diversity"
It might look as one of the most repetitive and banal affirmation for anyone who has grown up reading in and about indian culture.
I do not know how many people agree with my questions on this adage.
Aren't we done with just boasting of what all we have and how did we manage to remain a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY (I am sorry for being rude).

I beileve it's time to act , time to use this diversity towards development. We are land of innumerable cults and religions, almost 1600 languages including dailects. We are a country where a significant population of the land doesnt understand national anthem.Do you know why do we have cloth stiching business going on in India.. because how many types of dhoti, lungi, ghagra, bandhez will you form readymade companies for.

Having all this retiterated, lets face some bitter facts:
-India ranks 114 out of 134 countries on gender gap which calls for a reality check on equality complaince in employment, health and education.
- There are no mandates on diversity as such for companies in India
- only 14% of disabled population has an employement
- There are still no mandates on reservation for disabled people in private companies.

Keeping the discussion with context to diversity at workplace
Diversity refers to the variety arising out of educational, cultural, racial, ethnic, age, religious and gender differences. The essence of diversity is the acceptance, exploration and leveraging of these differences in a safe, positive and nurturing environment. That means having an open mindset, being inclusive, giving legitimacy to these differences and accepting them with a positive mindset.

Many companies look at diversity from a very narrow perspective. They focus on helping disadvantaged groups, essentially with the objective of being politically correct. That is unfortunate because diversity is a much more powerful concept that if leveraged effectively can yield tangible business benefits. Indeed, diversity initiatives will not be sustainable unless they are designed to make an impact on the business.

Extending to it, at all our companies we should be awarness how a differently abled person makes it to sit next to us, why should we not put one step ahead to ensure his/her inclusion and why should the disability empowerment not only be limited to recruiting a miniscule percentage at work places, rather than how we build a barrier free world around us with all of us being sensitized to the difference , the Diversity around us.

DARE INDIA has accounted of the historic statement and wish to modify it to "Development with Diversity"

Inspirational