Give it up like There is no Tomorrow

Give it up like There's no tomorrow

BANGALORE: India's IT hub Bangalore, along with the rest of the country, will come forward to make a difference in the lives of less privileged section of the society during the 'Joy of Giving Week', from September 27 to October 2.The week-long event is the brain child of NGO GiveIndia.On Friday, Cricketer Rahul Dravid and former badminton champion Prakash Padukone jointly announced Bangalore's participation in the 'Joy of Giving Week'.Both sporting icons also pledged their support for the cause."This is a unique concept to bring all Indians together to indulge in acts of kindness. We just want all to give their time, money or just skills for the underprivileged," said Venkat Krishnan, director of GiveIndia, while announcing the Bangalore edition of the event."It will be a mass movement covering about one crore Indians, and volunteer groups in metros and smaller towns are already working on it," added Krishnan.BANGALORE'S CELEBSPrakash Padukone has decided to throw open the doors of the Karnataka Badminton Association club to underprivileged children. Those between the ages of 11 to 14 years will get a chance to play in this world class facility along with star players like Padukone."If we come across any promising players, we will provide facilities to train him in the future," Prakash said.Rahul Dravid will conduct a talk on the pursuit of excellence to business leaders in Bangalore. The money collected by selling the tickets will go to the poor. "We are working on a module like the one suggested by Prakash, but it will take some time to implement the same for cricket," Dravid said.Theatre personality Arundhati Nag will offer non-governmental organisations free access to her theatre auditorium Ranga Shankara here during the week.Bangalore-based voluntary organisation Janaagraha kickstarted its latest campaign of 'Billion Voters'.During the week, the NGO will promote active citizen engagement in voting and electoral issues, by establishing 'Citizenship Clubs' in colleges towards the 'One Billion Voters' campaign.NGO Dream-A-Dream will launch 'Dreamathon' for its fund-raising campaign.BIG NAMES ELSEWHERECelebrities like Sachin Tendulkar, Azim Premji, and KV Kamath will participate as will schools, colleges, IT professionals, industries and religious bodies.Bollywood's rising young star, Sonam Kapoor, and director Imtiaz Ali too launched the Week in different cities.bngexpresso@epmltd.com

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The Joy of Giving Week starts from this Sunday.

Thats really wonderful and hope it is a successful week Too !! The Joy of Giving Week starts from Tomorrow !! Great stuff !!👏

papa padukonee😍

hope its successfull!

Yes Papa Padukone and Imtiaz 😍

I hope the event goes well.

Very few people are there in this world who think first about others especially the needy !! I salute to papa Padukone and Imtiaz for the great deed they are going to start Sunday !! Please God give them all the help and strength they need for this task !!👏