A CENTRE FOR PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR LEARNING FOR STUDENTS

                  Everybody will agree that especially for the purpose of higher and competitive examinations, the students need a proper atmosphere for studies. This may not be available in the homes of the students due to various reasons. Prakrit Bharati Academy, Jaipur provides such an atmosphere free of charge daily, for learning for about 800 such ambitious students. The facilities for these students include room(s), tables, chairs, lighting, fans, library of books and magazines and a motivating environment. There are separate rooms for groups of students studying for medical, competitive and other higher level examinations. The students can avail of these facilities daily generally from 7 AM to 10 PM.  They can borrow books free of charge, out of about 85,000 books in the library, 100 magazines of general and competitive type and 25 English and Hindi daily Newspapers. For some magazines even 2 or 3 copies are obtained for the library. The present membership of the library is 5,000. Many students studying here do not go home for their lunch and obtain their lunch either from their homes or from Tiffin Centres and enjoy the same in the gardens of the Academy.  One student had told that he has been coming to the Academy daily for the last two months, from his house, which is 5 kms. away and staying here for about 14 hours for study & getting his Tiffin here only. He further stated that the students get motivating atmosphere for studies and also an opportunity to discuss about the common problems and difficulties with their friends. This academy therefore, in a way, is a blessing for them.

                        These facilities are also provided to about 15 research workers coming from Kolkata, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Ladnun and Jaipur. They work on subjects like Philosophy, Astrology Science, Hindi, History, Fine Arts, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Buddha religion, Jain religion etc. This library is considered very important for research workers also. It contains largest number of books about Gandhian literature. The former Chairman of SEBI, Mr. D R Mehta IAS had laid the foundation of this Academy on Feb 21, 1977 and is its Founder and Chief Patron. This is a voluntary and registered, literary and cultural organization. It is managed by a committee, which has renowned experts. Its finances are mostly managed by donations received from various sources. Many persons have donated books to this library and these books are then donated further to different schools. This Academy has a mobile library having 10,000.books and is in operation in various colonies where books are given on loan to the public for creating interest among them. .The Academy conducts regular teaching programmes for Prakrit Prathma and Prakrit Visharad examinations. So far 340 books have been published by this Academy. Generally every year about 25 books are published in English, Hindi and other Indian languages. The Academy also arranges for Hindi and English translations of rare literature in Prakrit, Sanskrit and other old languages. The publications of Academy can be seen in the libraries of Cambridge, Oxford, New York, Washington, Boston, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, and Kolkata. This Academy also arranges lectures and seminars in its Conference Hall, in collaboration with other organizations and departments of Universities. In the past, when required, it had also provided facilities for regular programmes and practice of Art of Living in a separate room. It is also working in the field of Vegetarianism and Kindness to Animals. Society for Scientific and Ethical living works through its Non-violence Centre, Beauty without Cruelty through seminars and publications. It also provides a comfortable place for the rest, relaxation and entertainment of the senior citizens during the day time. This Academy therefore, with the support of various individuals & organizations, can continue to improve its scope of facilities & activities for students, research workers, senior citizens & the common man.

                                                                                                 --------vijaiksharma

Compiled and presented by vijaiksharma, as a result of discussions in the meetings with Saturday Group Members Dr. L K Kothari, Dr. D K Jain, Mr. Surendra Bothara, Mr. Shri Gopal Garg and Mr. Vijai K Sharma at Jaipur.  

VISITS TO SOME GAUSHALAS IN AND AROUND JAIPUR

             With a view to get first hand information about facilities available and actions being taken for protection and treatment of cows, a team of persons visited a few  gaushalas around Jaipur. First we went to Ramdeo Gaushala near Bagru, Jaipur. It has an area of 15,000 square yards and having 385 cows. The buildings etc. were completed by the year 2005. It has a Gobar gas plant, costing Rs. 4 lakh at the time it was completed and installed. All the attendants are from Bihar State. It provides services of two veterinary Doctors and one Homeopathic Doctor. Mainly the cows which get injured on the Jaipur-Ajmer Highway are brought here for treatment. Their approximate number is 15 in a month. The objective of this gaushala is to protect, save and improve the indigenous cows. This gaushala is able to generate 100 Kgs. of milk every day from these cows.  Then we visited Shri Narayandham gaushala. It has an area of 90,000 square yards with 552 cows. About 3500 trees have been planted here. There are several types of trees. There are many neem trees, leaves of which are not eaten by the cows. There are Ardoo trees, which are eaten by the cows. It has Sheesham trees also. Water available here is through boring. It is proposed to set up a gobar gas plant here. The next visit was to Ananddham village Jhadla. This is at a distance of 40 Kms. from Jaipur, near Bandi river, near Renwal town. The land here is 93000 sq. yds. and there are 35 attendants. Here 4000 trees were planted, out of which 1000 got washed away. While Sheesham plants have progressed well, those of Neem and Ardoo have not progressed well. There is no gobar gas plant here, but there is a solar electric plant on a small scale. The cows found loitering here and there are brought here.  The overall impression of the visit was that this group of gaushalas was doing a very good work for the cows and therefore the group deserves all encouragement in this task.

                                                                                   -----------vijaiksharma

Compiled and presented by vijaiksharma, as a result of discussions in the meetings with Saturday Group Members Dr. L K Kothari, Dr. D K Jain, Mr. Surendra Bothara and Mr. Vijai K Sharma at Jaipur.  

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