Letter to Student Series : Volume 2 Issue 9

My Dear Student Friends,

Greetings!

This is Dr. Ravi Saripalle, Founder, Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement. Welcome to “Letter to Student Series- Volume 2 and Issue 9”. Hope you enjoyed reading my previous letter (they are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/). The goal of these letters is to inspire students across the country and make them Future Ready / Industry Ready.

 In continuation to my earlier letter, I would like to stress upon the importance of upholding your original creativity. Practice your natural intelligence for 4 hours in a week. If intelligence matches to your personality, age you started, identification of the opportunity at right time, makes you most successful in your career. 

Hope you identified and nailed your intelligence. In the previous letter, I shared few individuals, highest in each of these 9 intelligences, practiced it over period of years and influenced the society. Let me share few more examples which helps in stemming our belief.

1. Verbal-linguistic intelligence : Former Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an  orator par excellence and delivered excellent speeches. He is also a poet by heart. If you want to know more about him, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee#Awards. Leslie Calvin "Les" Brown is famous American motivational speaker, author, radio DJ, former television host, and former politician (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown_(speaker)). These people have highest order Verbal-linguistic intelligence.

2. Logical-mathematical intelligence: Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft is having highest order logical and mathematical intelligence. Nicolaus Copernicus, famous  mathematician and astronomer who conceptualized the model of the universe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus). You all must be having great experience playing RUBIK’S CUBE. It has been developed by young Professor of architecture in Budapest (Hungary) name Prof. Erno Rubik. Prof Rubik is having highest logical / mathematical intelligence. If you want to know the complete life story of Prof Rubik, please read at https://www.rubiks.com/about/the-history-of-the-rubiks-cube.

3. Spatial-visual intelligence: Sudarsan Pattnaik is an Indian sand artist from Odisha, India. Pattnaik was awarded the Padma Shri in 2014. He established The Golden Sand Art Institute. He is having highest order spatial-visual intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudarsan_Pattnaik). You must see his art at http://www.sandindia.com/home.html. Santiago Calatrava Valls, Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, known for his bridges is having great spatial-visual intelligence. If you see some his structures, they are feast to the eyes. If you want to read more about him, please go through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Calatrava.

4. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence: Pele (from Brazil) is one of the top football players of all time and is considered as legend in the football sport. His family lived in the extreme poverty. In spite of this background, Pele learnt the sport and reached to top level. He is perfect example for man with highest Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence (http://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/15-athletes-born-into-extreme-poverty/). Sita Sahu (Madhya Pradesh), a two time bronze medal winner in the Athens Special Olympics in 2011(200 meter relay race and another in the 1,600 meter race), is considered to have  great level of Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. She is fighting against poverty but she has done extreme well in sports. It is her determination made to win those medals (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/athletes-in-poverty-centre-negligence/1/266857.html)

5. Musical intelligence: George Harrison (1943 –2001) was an extraordinary English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music & film producer with highest order musical intelligence. George is not just great musician, but he is also great devotee of Lord Krishna. He contributed a lot to the Krishna Consciousness movement (http://www.bhaktivedantamanor.co.uk/home/?page_id=9). Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, popularly known as M.S, internationally acclaimed Carnatic vocalist ( India), having enormous musical intelligence. She received  Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. She has great heart and donated many of the royalties to many charity organizations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi)

6. Interpersonal (Social) Intelligence: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875 –1950) was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India who played crucial role in National independence movement. Patel persuaded most of the princely states to come to India. He played best role in national integration. He is also called as Unifier of India. He is considered to be having highest order social intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel). Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India, renowned scientist and science administrator of DRDO, recipient of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, also contributed towards National integration. He is considered to have highest order social intelligence.

7. Intrapersonal intelligence (Self Smart): With this intelligence, we start looking inwards and  understand our feelings and goals. You will be intuitive towards yourself. Yellapragada Subbarow (1895 –1948) was an Indian biochemist, discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, and also developed methotrexate for cancer treatment. He is always modest and never marketed his work. He used to give credit to his colleagues and co-researchers (http://medind.nic.in/jac/t01/i1/jact01i1p96.pdf). He is considered to be best of self smart people. Socrates, great philosopher, considered to have great intrapersonal intelligence. He has great ability to analyze theories which made him as philosopher. He is considered to be most important person who influenced the Western Philosophy.
(http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-people-with-intrapersonal-intelligence.html)

8. Naturalist intelligence : Sunderlal Bahuguna (born 1927) is an eminent Garhwali environmentalist, early stage Chipko movement leader and ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi's Non-violence and Satyagraha. He carried message called "Ecology is permanent economy". He struggled to defend India's rivers as well. He got great amount of naturalistic intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna). Anil Kumar Agarwal (1947- 2002), a mechanical engineer from IIT Kanpur, noted environmentalist and founder of the Centre for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based research institute which is currently led by Sunita Narain. In 1987, the United Nations Environment Program elected him to its Global 500 Roll of Honour. The Indian Government honored him with Padma Shri (1986) and Padma Bhushan (2002) for his work in environment and development. He is having highest order naturalistic intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Agarwal_(environmentalist)).

9. Existential / Spiritual intelligence: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ( 1486 –1534) was a spiritual leader and founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu  propagated Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga based on based on Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita. At an early age itself, Mahaprabhu became a scholar and opened a school and transformed many lives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu). Śrī Rāmānujāchārya is a great philosopher and propagated Sri Vaisnava tradition. Noted works are Rāmānuja – Shri Bhāshya, Vedārthasangraha and the Bhagavad Gita Bhāshya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanuja).

My Dear Friends, Appreciate your valuable time. See you in my next letter. Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to write to you and help me to learn, unlearn and relearn. I personally thank all websites, authors who are publishing / writing such an inspiring stories for common good and contributing for better world. Positive Storytelling and Letter Writing are powerful tools to establish vision in our life. Please do write to someone you trust / your mentor regularly. You can also reach to me at sdindia2020@gmail.com I am happy to respond to your letter.

With Best Wishes,

Dr. Ravi Saripalle

Request you to answer the following five questions and calculate your Future Readiness.

1.         I read / hear stories of amazing people           

 (A) weekly once (10 marks)           (B) monthly once (5 marks)           (C) Irregular reading (2 marks)                                      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

2.         I write letter / mail to my mentor (other than parents) for guidance (professional / personal)

(A) every 6 months (10 marks)      (B) yearly once (5 marks)               (C) Irregular writing (2 marks)                                        (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

3.         I practice my passion or natural intelligence (to know your intelligence https://goo.gl/vgyD54) 

(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks)       (B) weekly 2 hours (5 marks)        (C) Irregular practice (2 marks)                                      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

4.         I manage my academics with consistent percentage or grade 

(A) A Grade and above  (10 marks)            (B) B Grade and above  (5 marks)              (C) C Grade or below (2 marks)                                                      (D)Consistent Failure (0 marks)

5.         I do physical activity and maintain good health  

(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks)       (B) weekly 2 hours (5 marks)        (C) Irregular practice (2 marks)                                      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

Check Your Score and Title

I wish you should be either Performer (your score should be between 40-50) or Challenger (your score should be between 25-40). You should not give any scope to be  Lounger (relaxed) with 10-25 score or Laggard (slower than desired) with score less than 10.

About Author:    Dr. Ravi Saripalle is Founder of Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement and Director, Center for Innovation, GVP College of Engineering (A), Vizag, AP, India. As part of Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement, Dr.Ravi is trying to instill inspiration through spreading positive stories of amazing people in the form of short stories, embedding them in the form of letters (epistolary form) and sending them to thousands of schools, colleges, universities districts administration across India. Also conducting Storytelling Workshops in select institutions. Providing customized mentoring to inspired students. Dr. Ravi is having 18 years of experience in Industry, Consultancy, Training, Mentoring and Research. Prior to this current mission, Ravi worked with Wipro Technologies for more than a decade.  Ravi can be reached at sdindia2020@gmail,com or http://i2itm.blogspot.in/ or https://www.facebook.com/i2istorytellingmovement/  

Previous letters are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/

Disclaimer: The goal of this i2iSM letter series campaign is to inspire students / youth through storytelling and develop innovative leaders to build strong nation. In this process, I have taken several data points from various websites, NEWS articles, books, videos etc. I sincerely thank all the editors for providing such an insightful stories and information. To the best of my knowledge, I tried to acknowledge all the sources. I sincerely apologize for any omissions, grammatical mistakes and hurting any reader’s sentiments. I request all the readers to understand the spirit behind this effort. This effort doesn’t involve any commercials. Letter series is for free distribution. 

Letter to Student Series : Volume 2 Issue 8

My Dear Student Friends,

Greetings!

This is Dr. Ravi Saripalle, Founder, Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement. Welcome to “Letter to Student Series- Volume 2 and Issue 8”. Hope you enjoyed reading my previous letter (they are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/). The goal of these letters is to inspire students across the country and make them Future Ready / Industry Ready.

In this letter, I would like to stress upon the importance of upholding your original creativity. It has been gifted to you by God! It is important to preserve your natural talent. Often we ignore this element. Sometimes there is myth that it does not generate income or provide food. Absolutely No! Infact in the recent times, this misconception has been proved wrong. Creativity plays major role in succeeding in your career. Academic qualification might give an entry, but passion and creativity only make you survive in your career most importantly in the context of Industry 4.0. It has become good income generator. It inspires you. It helps you not to be fatigue! Practice your natural intelligence for 4 hours in a week. If intelligence matches to your personality, age you started, identification of the opportunity at right time, makes you most successful in your career. 

What is your natural intelligence? How can you identify? Following survey helps you to identify your natural intelligence and inspire you to practice (it is developed based on Gardner multiple intelligence theory). There are 9 types of intelligences. I am sure you are already gifted with one of them naturally, genetically and suitable to your living environment. Identify your intelligence and practice it for 4 hours per week. I am sure one day, that kind of practice will give you job and make you successful in your career. This process gives you utmost self-satisfaction.

1.Verbal-linguistic intelligence (well-developed verbal skills. e.g. Journalism, Teaching, Lawyer)

2.Logical-mathematical intelligence (ability to think conceptually and abstractly, and capacity to distinguish logical and numerical patterns- e.g. Engineering, Programming, Accounting etc.)

3.Spatial-visual intelligence (capacity to think in images and pictures, to visualize accurately and abstractly- e.g. Architect, Navigator, Sculpture, Artist, Designer etc.)

4.Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence (ability to control one’s body movements-e.g. Actor, Athlete, Firefighter, Police, Mining, and other jobs involved physical strength)

5.Musical intelligence (ability to produce and appreciate rhythm, pitch - e.g. Music Albums, Disk Jockey)

6.Interpersonal intelligence (capacity to detect and respond appropriately to the moods, motivations and desires of others e.g. Sales/Marketing, Counselor, Politician etc. )

7.Intrapersonal intelligence (capacity to be self-aware and in tune with inner feelings, values, beliefs and thinking processes- e.g. researcher, book writer, any job involved in individual contribution)

8.Naturalist intelligence (ability to recognize and categorize plants, animals and other objects in nature-e.g. farming, animal husbandry,  environmentalist, developing products connected to nature)

9.Existential / Spiritual intelligence (sensitivity and capacity to tackle deep questions about human existence such as, What is the meaning of life? Why do we die? How did we get here?:e.g. Remain as Spiritualist and not depend on material career, Philosopher, Theorist)

Hope you identified your intelligence. Now let me share few individuals who got highest of such intelligence, practiced it over period of years and received highest accolades in the society. To know more, please read https://www.slideshare.net/saimudia/multiple-intelligence-12772994

1.Verbal-linguistic intelligence : Whenever I hear Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi's speech,  it is really inspiring. God has gifted Verbal-Linguistic intelligence to Shri Narendra Modi. Please read his biography at http://www.narendramodi.in/humble-beginnings-the-early-years-3131. In similar lines, Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968) got great oratory intelligence.  JK Rowling, author of Harry Potter (Literary Series) got highest literary intelligence.

2.Logical-mathematical intelligence: Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess Grandmaster and former World Chess Champion, recipient of Indian civilian award (first sportsperson to receive the award) the Padma Vibhushan, is having highest logical intelligence (Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand). Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan, Indian mathematician, who could compile nearly 3,900 results (identities and equations) is having highest mathematical intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan). Similarly, Shakuntala Devi, calculating prodigy of India, human computer, mental calculator has math-logic intelligence. Aryabhatta, great astrologer of 476 AD times, considered as another math-logic intelligent.

3.Spatial-visual intelligence: Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906), one of the eminent painter and artists (considered as  greatest painter in the history of Indian art ) is having visual intelligence. Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer (1881-1973) is considered as another intelligent in visual intelligence. Sarnath Banerjee (born 1972), an Indian graphic novelist, artist is having extraordinary spatial intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnath_Banerjee).

4.Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence: Ramdev Baba, famous yoga guru (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramdev), Sachin Tendulkar, best cricketer, P. C. Sarkar, famous magician (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._C._Sorcar), Raj Kapoor (1924 –1988) noted Indian film actor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Kapoor), Dr Naresh Trehan, Indian cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naresh_Trehan) are having highest bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.

5.Musical intelligence: Lata Mangeshkar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar), Kishore Kumar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishore_Kumar), both Hindi Singers, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, SP Balasubrahmanyam, both Telugu Singers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghantasala_(singer)), Zakir Hussain, Tabla Player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)) are having premier musical intelligence.

6.Interpersonal Intelligence: Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey), Cho Ramaswamy, comedian, editor, political satirist, playwright and lawyer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Ramaswamy)  are good examples with most interpersonal skills.

7.Intrapersonal intelligence: Helen Keller, American author, lecturer, and humanitarian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller), Aristotle, Greek philosopher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle), are few examples with highest intrapersonal intelligence.

8.Naturalist intelligence : Subhash Palekar, an Indian agriculturist, promoter of Zero Budget Spiritual Farming & organic farming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash_Palekar), Maneka Gandhi, environmentalist & Indian Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneka_Gandhi), Jadav "Molai" Payeng,  Padmasri  awardee, environmental activist and forestry worker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadav_Payeng) are great examples having top naturalistic intelligence.

9.Existential / Spiritual intelligence: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), who led Hare Krishna Movement across the globe is great example with highest spiritual intelligence. The journey of Srila Prabhupada is inspiring. In 1965, when Prabhupada first arrived in New York, was practically penniless. At age of 69, He travelled to USA with only Rs. 40/-, a suitcase, an umbrella, a supply of dry cereal, 200 sets of books on a Cargo ship. He suffered from sea sickness, dizziness and vomiting and had two heart-attacks but survived by the mercy of Lord Krishna. He had taken the order of his spiritual master to spread the science of Krishna consciousness to the West.He stayed lonely in New York, faced rough winter, living in a tiny uptown room, teaching Bhagavad-Gita to few people. He had no money, no friends, no followers, not his youth, good health or even a clear idea of how he would accomplish his far-reaching objective to present the spiritual knowledge of the Vedas to the entire Western society. By Lord Krishna's grace,  in 2014, ISKCON reached a milestone of distributing over half a billion books (authored by Prabhupada, since 1965). It is unbelievable, more than 700 ISKCON temples are there across the world, spread across 80+ countries. There are ISKCON communities across the world with schools, restaurants and farms. Akshaya Patra, feeding initiative of ISKCON Bangalore, started with humble 1,500 children in the year 2000 to 1.6 million children in 2016!

My Dear Friends, Appreciate your valuable time. See you in my next letter. Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to write to you and help me to learn, unlearn and relearn. I personally thank all websites, authors who are publishing / writing such an inspiring stories for common good and contributing for better world. Positive Storytelling and Letter Writing are powerful tools to establish vision in our life. Please do write to someone you trust / your mentor regularly. You can also reach to me at sdindia2020@gmail.com I am happy to respond to your letter.

With Best Wishes,

Dr. Ravi Saripalle

Request you to answer the following five questions and calculate your Future Readiness.

1.         I read / hear stories of amazing people           

 (A) weekly once (10 marks)           (B) monthly once (5 marks)           (C) Irregular reading (2 marks)                                      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

2.         I write letter / mail to my mentor (other than parents) for guidance (professional / personal)

(A) every 6 months (10 marks)      (B) yearly once (5 marks)               (C) Irregular writing (2 marks)                                        (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

3.         I practice my passion or natural intelligence (to know your intelligence https://goo.gl/vgyD54) 

(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks)       (B) weekly 2 hours (5 marks)        (C) Irregular practice (2 marks)                                      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

4.         I manage my academics with consistent percentage or grade 

(A) A Grade and above  (10 marks)            (B) B Grade and above  (5 marks)              (C) C Grade or below (2 marks)                                                      (D)Consistent Failure (0 marks)

5.         I do physical activity and maintain good health  

(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks)       (B) weekly 2 hours (5 marks)        (C) Irregular practice (2 marks)                                      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

Check Your Score and Title

I wish you should be either Performer (your score should be between 40-50) or Challenger (your score should be between 25-40). You should not give any scope to be  Lounger (relaxed) with 10-25 score or Laggard (slower than desired) with score less than 10.

About Author:    Dr. Ravi Saripalle is Founder of Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement and Director, Center for Innovation, GVP College of Engineering (A), Vizag, AP, India. As part of Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement, Dr.Ravi is trying to instill inspiration through spreading positive stories of amazing people in the form of short stories, embedding them in the form of letters (epistolary form) and sending them to thousands of schools, colleges, universities districts administration across India. Also conducting Storytelling Workshops in select institutions. Providing customized mentoring to inspired students. Dr. Ravi is having 18 years of experience in Industry, Consultancy, Training, Mentoring and Research. Prior to this current mission, Ravi worked with Wipro Technologies for more than a decade.  Ravi can be reached at sdindia2020@gmail,com or http://i2itm.blogspot.in/ or https://www.facebook.com/i2istorytellingmovement/  

Previous letters are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/

Disclaimer: The goal of this i2iSM letter series campaign is to inspire students / youth through storytelling and develop innovative leaders to build strong nation. In this process, I have taken several data points from various websites, NEWS articles, books, videos etc. I sincerely thank all the editors for providing such an insightful stories and information. To the best of my knowledge, I tried to acknowledge all the sources. I sincerely apologize for any omissions, grammatical mistakes and hurting any reader’s sentiments. I request all the readers to understand the spirit behind this effort. This effort doesn’t involve any commercials. Letter series is for free distribution. 

Inspire to Innovate Storytelling Movement- Letter to Student Series Volume 2 Issue 7

My Dear Student Friends,

Greetings!

This is Dr. Ravi Saripalle, Founder, Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement. Welcome to “Letter to Student Series- Volume 2 and Issue 7”. Hope you enjoyed reading my previous letter. The goal of these letters is to inspire students across the country. Till date, we released 18 Student Letter Series and covered tens of amazing people stories, achievements and accomplishments. At this point of time, I would like to give a pause and check your reflections. Request you to answer the following five questions and calculate your Future Readiness.

1. I read / hear stories of amazing people           

 (A) weekly once (10 marks)           (B) monthly once (5 marks)                        (C) Irregular reading (2 marks)      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

2. I write letter / mail to my mentor (other than parents) for guidance (professional / personal)

(A) every 6 months (10 marks)      (B) yearly once (5 marks)                         (C) Irregular writing (2 marks)       (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

3. I practice my passion or natural intelligence (to know your intelligence https://goo.gl/vgyD54) 

(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks)       (B) weekly 2 hours (5 marks)                   (C) Irregular practice (2 marks)      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

4.         I manage my academics with consistent percentage or grade 

(A) A Grade and above  (10 marks)            (B) B Grade and above  (5 marks)

(C) C Grade or below (2 marks)                 (D)Consistent Failure (0 marks)

5.         I do physical activity and maintain good health   

(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks)       (B) weekly 2 hours (5 marks)                       (C) Irregular practice (2 marks)      (D)Not Interested (0 marks)

Check Your Score and Title

I wish you should be either Performer (your score should be between 40-50) or Challenger (your score should be between 25-40). You should not give any scope to be  Lounger (relaxed) with 10-25 score or Laggard (slower than desired) with score less than 10.

In my earlier letters I used to write complete story in the letter itself. But I realized that it is not serving the purpose. In this letter, I would like to give you the gist of few valuable stories so that it develops an attitude of reading positive stories on your own. Hope you agree with me.

1. You will be amazed to read about this small time simple post man! He took over a closing school with 11 boys, 1 teacher and  with 11 bank balance. After 3 decades, now this school is shining with  2,200 students and 2,700 in the college, from the primary to the post-graduate! Jai Ramji ! A man with highest determination! You should read complete story written by author: "This postman delivered more than mail" http://www.goodnewsindia.com/index.php/Magazine/ story/nandkishor-singh/P0/

2. Sometimes animals are more faithful than human beings. Cows and Dogs are always trust their masters. Read this story "How a Heroic Labrador in Bengaluru Fought Armed Robbers to Save His Human" http://www.thebetterindia.com/91594/labrador-bengaluru-armed-robbers/. I request you to save these faithful animals and protect humanity. They always care for our welfare.

3. Art is not in your hands. Art is in your heart! Art is the by-product of your determination. Anjana Malik, with no arms, holding pen with her toes, drawing pictures of gods, sketches of  birds. Anjana is now able to earn anywhere between Rs 2,500 to Rs 25,000 apiece! Read this complete article. It fires lot of determination in us- "Uttarakhand girl with no hands achieves miracle feat"-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/uttarakhand-girl-with-no-hands-achieves-miracle-feat/articleshow/57567855.cms

4. She became amputee for a cause. However, she did not lose heart! You will be thrilled if you read this story of first female amputee in the world to have scaled Mount Everest! Padma Shri Arunima Sinha! Read the complete story- "All naysayers in due course became my supporters: Arunima Sinha on scaling Everest with artificial leg" at http://indianexpress.com/article/good-news/arunima-sinha-the-woman-who-scaled-everest-with-an-artificial-leg-shares-her-journey-and-aspirations/

5. I would like to present another interesting social enterprising model. This enterprise is changing the way donations are shipped! DonateKart, started by Anil Kumar Reddy and Sandeep Sharma, graduates from VNIT, who worked for GOONJ before. The model is simple: Donate Kart is a platform to connect donors and NGO Needs. Donors can buy and send products directly to NGOs. I suggest you read the entire story: "This young duo building Flipkart for NGOs and philanthropists!" at http://www.thepositiveindia.com/donatekart/

My Dear Friends, Appreciate your valuable time. See you in my next letter. Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to write to you and help me to learn, unlearn and relearn. I personally thank all websites, authors who are publishing / writing such an inspiring stories for common good and contributing for better world. Positive Storytelling and Letter Writing are powerful tools to establish vision in our life. Please do write to someone you trust / your mentor regularly. You can also reach to me at sdindia2020@gmail.com I am happy to respond to your letter.

With Best Wishes,

Dr. Ravi Saripalle

About Author:    Dr. Ravi Saripalle is Founder of Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement and Director, Center for Innovation, GVP College of Engineering (A), Vizag, AP, India. As part of Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement, Dr.Ravi is trying to instill inspiration through spreading positive stories of amazing people in the form of short stories, embedding them in the form of letters (epistolary form) and sending them to thousands of schools, colleges, universities districts administration across India. Also conducting Storytelling Workshops in select institutions. Providing customized mentoring to inspired students. Dr. Ravi is having 18 years of experience in Industry, Consultancy, Training, Mentoring and Research. Prior to this current mission, Ravi worked with Wipro Technologies for more than a decade.  Ravi can be reached at sdindia2020@gmail,com or http://i2itm.blogspot.in/ or https://www.facebook.com/i2istorytellingmovement/

Previous letters are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/

Disclaimer: The goal of this i2iSM letter series campaign is to inspire students / youth through storytelling and develop innovative leaders to build strong nation. In this process, I have taken several data points from various websites, NEWS articles, books, videos etc. I sincerely thank all the editors for providing such an insightful stories and information. To the best of my knowledge, I tried to acknowledge all the sources. I sincerely apologize for any omissions, grammatical mistakes and hurting any reader’s sentiments. I request all the readers to understand the spirit behind this effort. This effort doesn’t involve any commercials. Letter series is for free distribution.