Storizen Magazine August 2018 Issue | Chiranjiv Patel VI | Page 17

COVER STORY
68-member strong
team of volunteers
that is engaged in
promoting the culture
of reading and
writing, promoting
Gujarati as a
language, igniting
young minds by
showing them the
endless possibilities,
engaging senior
citizens and
supporting
abandoned children.
The foundation runs
Ahmedabad Book
Club to promote
reading and writing,
Gujarati Book Club to
promote Gujarati,
interactive Pi Club
and Science Club for
teenagers, Shuruaat
for primary school
students, Vadil Nivas
for senior citizens
and Shishu Gruh
initiative to support
abandoned children
till the age of six. We
AUGUST 2018
all had a common
goal to not let our
culture fade and with
every thing possible
we made sure we
hold our grounds
strong and let the
generations to come
cherish and learn.
What message you
would like to share
with the youth of
today to prepare
for his/her better
future?
Powerful people,
mentors and their
experiences can help
you change your life.
A new day – fresh
and brimming with
boundless possibility
is here. But today,
like most days, will
be wasted. We will sit
quietly and let the
world around us
change, but we will
not ourselves seek to
change it. We will
keep silent as
injustice and
prejudice devastate
our land, for we will
not utter a single
word in oppression.
We will dream of a
better tomorrow, but
will deny ourselves
the vigor needed to
wake from our
complacency. For too
long, we have relied
on the wisdom,
courage and power of
those who have come
before us, shackled
by our fragile
immaturity. But it is
on our quivering and
naïve shoulders – not
theirs – that the
future of our world
rests. Because you
are young, you can
charge ahead with
reckless abandon.
You can be daring
and bold, always
refusing to accept the
status quo as an
absolute. It is in your
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