Sattva is a monthly e-magazine with the vision To be an effective platform for the sharing of news, views and appreciation of the social change process, thus raising awareness and encouraging individuals and organizations to meaningfully contribute to society. Thanks to Ratish ,now I am a part of the Sattva Team.
Sattva celebrates its first birthday this month!! 12 issues, a reader base that's grown to more than 3000 and an enthusiastic team of a dozen youngsters are just a few reasons to celebrate! The dream of a few of us has become a glowing reality. We hope to keep the passion afire with even greater flame in the coming months!
1-year old Sattva celebrates the spirit of youth this month with "Asha – A Million Rising Suns". Gen-Next, we realized while penning down this issue, manifests in a bunch of energetic, dynamic and highly aware youngsters who are not afraid of walking down un-trodden paths to make tomorrow a brighter day than today. Be it through film-making, college community groups or economic reforms, youngsters are making their mark in the development sector today. And in their eyes lives the Asha of a tomorrow that we can all be proud of.
We profile this month:
- National Youth Foundation, an organization for youth, who work on bringing youth NGOs together on a common platform.
- Pavita Chalam, a native of Bangalore, and a graduate studentat the New York Film Academy’s Filmmaking Program who uses films as an effective tool to bring to fore issues that need attention.
- Jain College's highly innovative community radio program.
- Nitin Rao, our 21-year old Sattvic Celebrity talks about how for-profit social initiatives are the way of the future
- Aaditeshwar from the Waterloo University, Ontario, our guest columnist on building low cost rural networks to reach thousands.
- A very interesting look at the Rajinikanth fans association and the community initiatives they carry out under the superstar's banner.
- Meet the faces behind Sattva in our team sketches and the founder introduction page.
- Messages for Sattva from our readers.
You can download the issue at : http://www.itihas.org.in/SattvaSeptember2007.pdf
You can know more about Sattva here : http://www.itihas.org.in/sattva.html
