It was few years back, one winter night while returning back home DIYA Hitesh Joshi, the young scientists of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and his wife DIYA Bhavana Joshi saw many sleeping on footpaths in open or below the bridge in Mankhurd, Govandi  trembling in the cold. The distressed scene  haunted them all night. The, fabled couple of selfless service to the less fortunate, launched project SAMVEDANA wherein every December they collect Blankets and Bed sheets from BARC and distribute among the underprivileged through distribution drive.

 

Admist their busy lives and myriad activities this SANTA’s of Yugrishis constantly search for happiness by their selfless service. In an era where masses are busy seeing BSE and Nifty Sensex Index  DIYA BARC are busy monitoring their Happiness Index.

 

Pamphlets appealing the collection was displayed at various notice boards of BARC township buildings.Shri A N Vermaji ( Sriniketan Bldg) , Smt Rekha Kaul ( Udaigiri Bldg), Smt Gayatri Sahu ( Mussorie Bldg), Shri Parshuram Yadav ( Golconda Bldg), Shri Haresh Joshi ( Saryoo Bldg) , Shradda Patle ( Nilgiri Bldg).

 

Collection team included Compassion seekers of DIYA BARC chapters  Shri S G Bhandarkar ( Kanchanjanga Bldg) , Shri Dipak Patel ( Aravali Bldg) , Shri Vijay & Shradda Patle ( Nilgiri Bldg) , Smt Jalpa Mehta ( Badrinath) , Shri Sachin Rastogi ( Girnar), DIYA Sachin Tiwari DIYA Sudhanshu Sharma, DIYA Bhavana Joshi,Vijay Patel and DIYA Vivekanand Dubey   collected, some 150 plus blankets. Many are recently joined DIYAs.

Distribution team included Shri S K Kaul , Smt Suman Sharma, Smt Jyoti Pandya, Shri Sangam Pandey ( Security team of BARC) ,Hitesh Joshi and many other paarijans.Like Santas they go out searching the needy and without waking them cover them with the blankets.It is their way of commemorating the new year with a Seva tribute for the roadside poor and the homeless.

It was a whole team event Sangachadwam wherein DIYA got a chance to be the divine instruments of spreading Divine Love to the needy.T he flame of DIYA BARC is radiating through their selfless endeavours carried by them.

Next they plan for their Annual Blood Donation Camp in Feb 2015.