We visit the house of a former MLA, and educationist Mr.
Sameer Meghe here in Nagpur. Meeting him was one of the most inspiring
experiences of the whole trip. The amount of work he has done for the welfare
of people and the vision he has to continue to develop resources for them was
phenomenal. Mostly because he wasn’t being a hero and rescuing people from
their condition, but he was providing them with resources to become self sufficient
and become strong enough and qualified enough to provide for themselves. The
whole teach a man to fish story.
In Nagpur and neighbouring Vardha, he started a mobile
camp to provide free computer education and training. It’s like a huge bus with
desks and computers attached and enough place for like 30 people sit and learn
at any given time. An instructor would teach and guide the whole process. They
even provided literature which the students could keep. Free of cost.
And the ‘students’ were anybody from kids studying in
class 8 to senior citizens.
Mr. Meghe stressed how important it was to have basic
computer knowledge in today’s age and if people have access to this, it
increases their getting employment so much more, despite belonging to a rural
or not so urban area.
Apart from this, Mr. Meghe told us about another
initiative where 5 deserving students were chosen, from those who were promoted
from the 9th to the 10th standard, and all their books,
uniform, school fees and all were sponsored, and out of these, the top 3 were
given Rs. 10000 each as a reward. So many of us were speechless at the
ingenuity of his programs and his vision. But what struck most was his
humility. He was a true person-for-the-people. His focus, determination and
actually putting his promises into action was beyond inspiring. Our world really
needs more Mr. Sameer Meghes.
Later in the day we got to see Deekshabhumi, the final
resting place of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, and also the place where he converted to
Buddhism October 14th 1956 and received Dhamma Deeksha. It was so beautifully maintained.. And the
vibes inside filled everyone there with a silence inside.. Made everyone feel
very reflective. There were also these vintage photos of Dr. Ambedkar of the
day he converted to Buddhism and a few years surrounding that time. Gazing from
one to the next, we actually got sucked into that era and felt like we were
living that piece of history.
The whole reason Dr. Ambedkar converted his religion was
to rid himself of discrimination due to his caste in the Hindu religion. He eliminated the very basis
for discrimination this way. There is so much of this still going on even
today. I wonder if everybody who was discriminated against because of their
caste converted from their religion to something else, would it really solve
their problem? Is there no solution in this current situation? People still
need a reason to fight with each other.. Cant people choose to love one another? Beneath all the nationality, religion,
region/state where we belong, language we speak, caste, creed, gender and every
other way we divide ourselves – we’re all human. Why cant we live in the
nation/state/religion/language/caste/creed of humanity?
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