The Joy of Giving movement started from Mumbai has reached Ranchi and Jamshedpur. Like the past since 2009,this year again Joy of Giving week 2013 is going to be celebrated.
In the past,it was confined to Delhi,Mumbai,Chennai,Kolkata,Bengluru and Hyderabad.Now,it is slated to be observed in Ranchi and Jamshedpur during October 2-8.
In fact,the Joy of Giving Week is a “festival of giving”!.
V.Krishnan,an activist who was associated with this movement,expects social bodies such as Prabhat Khabar,KGVK,IIM,FJCCI and others to make this festival popular in Jharkhand’s cities.
The website-joyofgivingwee.ning.com-states that this festival was launched in 2009 on the day of the Gandhi Jayanti -October 2-8.It “brings together Indians from all walks of life, to celebrate ‘giving’”.
The aim was to motivate people to give rather than take things.”Giving anything to others brings a sense of satisfaction.It brings happiness”,says a school teacher who is a fan of this movement.
“From auto drivers to CEOs, school children to celebrities, homemakers to opinion leaders, millions of people give their time, money, resources or skills back to society- by creating or participating in “events” of their choice. A giving event could be as simple as a family taking out the maid’s children for an ice-cream party, or as large as Gift Compassion that had 10,000+ school children across India making and exchanging gifts with their peers from different socio-economic backgrounds”,says the webste.
