http://blog.aarohi.org Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:00:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en RESURGENT KUMAONI CULTURE You are cordially invited to a presentation of rural Kumaon and mesmerizing folk songs and dances by the children of Aarohi Bal Sansar, Satoli, Himalayas venue India Islamic Cultural Centre, 87 - 88 Lodi Road, New Delhi 1100 hours, 21st November 2009 the event A slide show of rural Kumaon depicted by the ... http://blog.aarohi.org/?p=70  Give me a chance at Life!!  I am 18 months old now but don’t have a voice of my own. Yesterday was the first day I cried and the first day I turned in bed on my own. My mother wasn’t ready to have me as she was only 14 when ... http://blog.aarohi.org/?p=60 ASKING FOR HELP A few days ago, a 16-month old girl, Komal, was brought to our hospital. I was not there the day she arrived, but heard about her while I was still in Delhi, having just arrived the night before from the U.S. She was described as being “in a ... http://blog.aarohi.org/?p=54     RECCE VISIT TO KHATI (9, 10 April, 2009) Preamble                Khati is a small village, nestled at an altitude of 2200m in the upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas, to the Southeast of Nanda Devi. It is the last village on ... http://blog.aarohi.org/?p=23 Now entering its 8th year, the Grameen Himalayan Haat will be held on the 17th - 21st of October, 2008 in Satoli. The idea of the Haat, organized for the first time by Aarohi in 2001, is to promote such community-based events in rural Kumaon. The festival gives farmers and local ... http://blog.aarohi.org/?p=17 Aarohi is a non-profit, grassroots organisation committed to need-based and people-planned integrated rural development in the Central Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. The word `Aarohi’, taken from Hindustani classical music, signifies growth or ascendance…the growth of thought, creativity and harmony. http://blog.aarohi.org/?p=1