On the 65th Republic Day of the World’s largest democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred the National Bravery Awards to 25 children, of which 9 are girls. Among these awardees is the eight-and-a half year old Mahika Gupta of Delhi.…
Tag: Monday Inspiration
STRONG WILLPOWER AND DETERMINATION HAVE THE POWER TO OVERCOME PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
“Mental toughness and determination are the margins of victory.” Battling heavy physical and financial odds with a smile, Kumar Manikandan became the first Indian to be crowned world champion in the history of climbing. Born with polio in his right…
Monday Inspiration: What does your 2014 look like?
Creating your own future! Reading the newspapers and magazines and several posts on the Internet these days (in early January) just as the new year has begun is an interesting exercise. Many of us flock to read the ‘astro-predictions’ for…
Monday Inspiration: Magic!
It’s the last Monday of 2013! Feels like the year just flew. At MIEF, we have many new things to look forward to. This year, apart from our regular projects, our first website came into being and is 2 months…
The Kindness offensive
A group called “the kindness offensive” in London is getting people involved in random acts of kindness. They even got school children involved in sharing and gifting others less fortunate children in hospitals and homes. What a beautiful and inspiring…
Monday Inspiration: What is success?
We found this fantastic video for all your guys today. In our daily lives, we often struggle with definitions of what success is. We fail multiple times and many things we plan for do not go in the direction we…
Monday Inspiration: Your deepest fear
As we think back on the impact the great leader Nelson Mandela has had on Africa and the world as a whole, we share with you one of his sayings that resonated with us the most. Think about it as…
Monday Inspiration: I am 20
One of our readers sent this film to us, along side many people who we saw sharing it on Facebook as well ! It’s an amazing film of sentiments of 20 year olds in 1947 and their aspirations for India.…
Monday Inspiration: Eat the Frog!
Sorry for the weird images you may have formulated in my mind, but we are only being a tad Mark Twain-ish this Monday. It’s all too easy to have a tough Monday and keep on procrastinating the “worst” tasks towards…