November 6, 2024

Geeta Sankar of Omashram Old Age Care Bags Karmaveer Chakra Award

Om Asharam- The Reincarnation Place

Delhi/ Bangalore : 28th of February2014:  Smt.  Geeta Shankar, the caretaker and Founder  Trustee of Omashram, Bangalore received the ‘Karmaveer Chakra  award on the 28th of February in New Delhi at the exclusive awards function which was a part of “iCONGO’s  REX Conclave, being organised in New Delhi for her exceptional work for Senior Citizens’

The CtrlS – iCONGO promoted Karmaveer Chakra ” are the Global Awards for Social Justice and Citizen Action instituted by the people sector & civil society with various partner organisations, citizens at large and media supporters. Be the change you want to see in this world is what every KARMAVEER inherently believes and practices.

The awards are given every year on the 26th day of November, our National Social Justice and Citizen Action Day, the day we adopted our constitutional pledge as a REPUBLIC and Indian Citizens in 1949. This year, the award  given out on 27th February, the day our everyday hero and citizen freedom fighter, Chandrashekhar Azad, laid down his life for his motherland. It is the first award of its kind from India, and probably around the globe, that has been held every year for the past 7 years, at a very austere, simple and dignified program in New Delhi.

Here is an Angel’s Journey of 13 years working towards the elderly citizens. 

Age is one of the most constant factors in every aspect of life. Age is the most overused eligibility criterion for every section of the society. There cannot be any area of society left where we don’t use age as an deciding factor in making decisions. In a world where age is a fuel-ling factor, Lakhs of elderly people are deserted by their children to die alone. One Question which keeps coming up, Why at this end phase of their lives they have to survive alone? Is this Karma or destiny? or the Fast paced lives where we are running just to increase one more zero in our checks?

Here is a person, Who not only has all the answers but a path of life chosen for abandoned old people. Geeta Shankar, a name making going to create a new history in a world of self obsessed people.

Om Ashram: A world of reincarnation for elderly citizens has been nothing but a heaven on earth in our city Bangalore. A home where living becomes a blessing in the most crucial phase of life. Geeta Shankar has been in this Work from last 13 years and nothing stops her from doing more and more of this work. Asked what drives her energy, She says ‘Typically today, parents sacrifice everything for their children who grow up, go to US or some other place abroad, and dump their parents in an old-age home. We have become so cruelly selfish today that we don’t even care for our parents.’ She pauses to take control of her emotion and adds, “We are led to believe that you reap what you sow but do our senior citizens in the evening of their lives deserve such cruelty at the hands of their children?”.

About 40 people are reliving their lives at her ashram. With numerous reasons of being left by their children they don’t have any complaints from life. Narrating her experience over the years, Geeta Shankar says while her old age home enables its residents to lead a life of dignity in the evening of their life, she does not believe in counselling them. “They have gone through so much in their life that it is not required to counsel them.”

Her Omashram provides residential care with full boarding & lodging facility to the old with medical care nursing care to the old belonging mostly to poor & middle class individuals (above 60 years of age) of all denominations. Omashram provides a homely atmosphere to all its residents inclusive of full boarding and lodging facility, personal laundry, nursing, library and common room facilities like TV, indoor games, Yoga classes, etc. Residents who are immobile/bedridden needing constant attention are provided extra and intensive care.

For more details call: 09845567663, or visit: www.omashram.org, Email: reachgeetashankar@gmail.com

 

About REX Conclave:

REX Conclave, being organised on 26th , 27th and 28th of February 2014. REX ( www.rexideas.com )is Latin for KING and REX conclaves shall be the king of all good thought leadership for CHANGE conclaves (with an eclectic mix of “ROCKSTAR SPEAKERS”, cause related performers, short film screenings & awards) where ideas speak out to encourage proactive action to change our world. REX CONCLIVE is the scaled up new avatar of the RIGHT every WRONG conclave, which were knowledge forums that  were pivotal for pioneering huge thought leadership for addressing various social issues ranging from Education to Healthcare & Poverty to Marginalization, Climate Change, Corruption, Electoral Reforms, CSR, Communalism, MDGs and Constitutional rights & duties awareness. At REX, thought leaders was invited to engage with audiences by giving their most enthralling talk in 15 minutes or less. The talk could be anything that fits in within the 3 pillars of REX (as given below ) across the thematic sectors (Business {Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Telecom, Advertising, Retail, Infrastructure, Low Cost Housing, Aviation & others} Luxury brands, Media, NGOs, Government, Venture Capital, Social Ventures, Media, Entertainment, Education, Healthcare, Public Health, Philanthropy, Agriculture, Youth Affairs and other themes. REX LIVE focus on the following 3 pillars of REX.

  1. Right every Wrong actions
  2. Empowering & Entertaining Ideas
  3. Xocial Innovation & Entrepreneurs

The common thread the speakers need to stitch in is how the idea can make a difference for the people and the planet.

The “KARMAVEER PURASKAAR” awards ceremony has over the years become a “MELTING POT” where People from India & Global Citizens that comprise individuals ranging from princes and princesses to global bestselling authors, young politicians, statesmen, bureaucrats, ambassadors, actors, singers, captains of industry, media professionals, development workers, young adults, students, school children, homemakers, academicians, slum workers and others who come “TOGETHER as ONE to RIGHT every WRONG”.   In 2011 iCONGO, in association with CtrlS and VSO India, had also launched Karmayuga-Right every Wrong Generation, an initiative to salute and showcase the extra ordinary and inspiring work done by ordinary mortals, to Right a Wrong that they see around them. Best Citizen Action stories are awarded Karmaveer Chakra- a medallion for proactive Citizen Action, instituted with the UN. From this year iCONGO, in partnership with Apeejay Surrendra group, shall be DemoCratising Heroism under Karmayuga by initiating a collaborative awards program in partnership with Companies, Academic Institutes, NGOs, Government bodies, Media Houses, RWAs, etc.  This award program shall be powered by Karmaveer Chakra.

The awards and the Chakra recognize and applaud the social commitment of concerned individuals, who have proactively and voluntarily worked for bringing a positive transformation in the society and the world we live in. In today’s world where there is huge apathy & indifference, we feel a paramount need for being not just a good person but also a good citizen who exercises her/ his rights, duties & responsibilities as a concerned, just and humane citizen.

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