Thanks for writing this :)

Wonderful Vinay. I was happy to be part of this thread "Young at Heart". We went to "My Home", an old age home in Bowenpally. We spoke to most of the inmates and they felt happy talking to us.

Most of them were admitted to "My Home" by their children. What a bloody pity?

One of the elderly women said she did not want her children's family to be disturbed by her presence, while another smiling grand old lady proudly said her stay at the old age home was the best and she did not want to be with her children any more - when and why would a mother say so?

I pity those people who left these grand old people in the old age homes. They will never ever understand their greatness. It is a shame on those who cannot revere old people.

Heartfelt post and my heart melt seeing this... If interested, will let you know few places nearby our colony...which we can often visit and serve such abandoned people.. In fact, we can create a group interested in these activities.. Would have been even better if you had explained the situations present in the pics..

Thanks a lot for your comments.
@Sridevi: Thanks for the suggestions. If your comment is for the pics in Picasa, it will take time for me to write comment, but if it is on the blog I will do it.

Hey lets be honest and truth full to what we are really did. can any one of us who participated in this so called impact day went home thinking they really did some thing ...i doubt. its nothing but pomp, 95% of all who participated in this just whiled away the time at the company's expense .....this is biggest Hippocratic act of Deloitte.

I was referring to pics in picasa.. at least, for few of them..

@Anonymous: I thought of the same when I saw few Deloittees on the roads of Gachibowli moving here and there..They were just passing the time.. but, I do not think what is narrated here is just a story and time-pass.. I expect at least few of them really carry realities of those unprivileged people if that was a heartfelt service..

@Anonymous: I think you were part of the Impact Day. I partially agree with you. With the information I gathered, at every location there were one or two active participants, while the others supported them. That doesn't mean that the supporting team was not involved.

I am confident that a majority of Deloitte employees have enjoyed this responsibility. I could see the enthusiasm and a sense of satisfaction the next working day.

@ Sridevi: I will add comments this weekend. Thanks for the idea of visiting places around our locality. I will definitely love to do that.

I agree with u vinay , how ever given the scale of event and the number of participants and the amount of money spent the impact is insignificant, i am not telling every one has whiled away time few of them really worked hard, my point is that the crores that were probably spent on logistics and and the time of all the employees ,it could have been spent in a better way after all its a community service and huge money is being spent better sense should have prevailed. my post is not intended to discourage any one but to make every one realize that at least when one is doing community service one should ensure that it done in a responsible way.i am sorry if i had hurt any one by what i wrote but i was part of three impact days and i felt that it was more of a grand spectacle rather than a great service.

@Anonymous: I agree with you. Lots of money was spent on t-shirts, eateries etc. The expenditure could have been done more judiciously.

It was indeed a memorable experience for me too, and getting blessings from the elderly was heartwarming. And kudos to you for your excellent hosting. I never knew you could be so natural on stage... :)

@anonymous: Even if we are successful in bringing smiles on the faces of these abandoned lot... I think the motive of community service is achieved...and moreover, I am sure a lot of us would like to go back and visit such places unofficially too, and make them smile...so I guess Impact Day does has its impact on us volunteers too and the goal is more than met!!! :)