Between Domination and Freedom

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In a developing country like India, where successive governments have been able to meet the aspirations of an ever growing population only to a limited extent, non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and voluntary agencies are being increasingly looked upon to bridge the gap between need and fulfillment. This has led to the mushrooming of welfare organizations which otern are devoid of the mindset and practical training to render quality social work on a sustained basis. To deliver effectively, an Organisation needs to be pragmatic enough to consider adoption of a self financing system. If dependence on government or private aid lead to dilution of the organizations ideals, commitment and character in tokenism. Money follows men. Men are wanted. Keeping its core and peripheral group in a state of permanent. Infectious enthusiasm should be an organizations primary focus and not the collection of funds at the cost of killing its soul. This book is a first hand account of an indiv

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rev. Swami Ananda

Ananda is a senior sanyasi of a venerated spiritual Order. He believes that applied spirituality is to first become a somebody from nobody, and then back to nobody from somebody and finally from nobody to everybody. An Ashram or order is not institutionalized spirituality. Indeed, a spiritual movement is not about stubbornness, or rigidity of views, dogmas conventions or passive indoctrination. It is about togetherness, the active and intelligent engaging of hearts and minds to a level of connectedness that extends in to the ineffableâ€¦ In this book the author has gone back in time to narrate his emotional experiences as a young monk engaged in the upliftment and empowerment of Naga tribes in the remote and inaccessible region of North East India, fired with a zeal to make a difference to the world. Decades down the line, having prayerfully accepted his role of making a difference not to the world, but to a few of it. Ananda had sought to look at a situation from the perspective of both: a young monk and the nameless, faceless entity called the institution.