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On India Giving Day, you will have an opportunity to give – and get rich. Your wealth will come from the satisfaction of having helped the future of India and made a positive difference in lives – be it of the old or the very young just starting out in a challenging world.

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Work from home or go to the workplace? Questions, questions for everybody as this year winds down and a new one begins! Meanwhile have a very merry holiday season and hope Santa’s elves are working over-time to bring you whatever your heart desires! Maybe Santa can take an Uber if the reindeer revolt and insist on working from home.😉

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Can the child of a security guard and a homemaker make it to medical school? Jyotsna, a student at CHI-Eklavya, became the first in the school’s history to be awarded a seat in medical school.

Can the daughter of a driver and a home-maker, mired in poverty, not only finish school but make it to college? Kaveri, also from the same school and with a scholarship from CHI, has gone on to win a seat in the prestigious NIT-Jalandar.

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ow do we protect our youngest and most vulnerable children against COVID-19? An eye-opening video for parents of young children as health experts led by NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan and Senior Ambulatory Care Dr. Ted Long and other experts answer all the questions you may have had about COVID-19, vaccines and children 6 months and older.

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We hear of Indian-American success stories but there are other stories to be told too. So many forgotten immigrants labor in low-paying, thankless jobs: essential workers, restaurant staff, nannies and nail salon workers. The pandemic tightened the screws further as so many found their lifeline receding with loss of jobs, home schooling of children and the inability to pay rent or the grocery bills.

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