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Empathy is one of those qualities we often talk about but rarely pause to understand. It isn’t just about feeling sorry for someone or offering help in difficult times. Empathy is the simple, everyday act of acknowledging another human being — seeing them, hearing them, and treating them with dignity. Very early in my journey in...
When we hear the term in-kind donation, we usually think of non-monetary contributions—groceries, new or gently-used clothes, refurbished laptops, or even appliances like washing machines. At Bala Mandir, these are received as regular donations and acknowledged with receipts, but without any financial transaction. While reflecting on this, I realised there is a bigger category of in-kind...
Poverty! A child might be born into one, or fate might push a child into one! But no matter what the cause is, poverty is a wicked thief who steals the essence of childhood and promising opportunities! Nelson Mandela wisely said, “Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is man-made and can be removed by the actions...
In a recent Samvaad, held on September 25, our Honorary General Secretary Maya Gaitonde addressed the topic - Cultural and Spiritual Values. The session focused on identifying and nurturing Indian values in children. Emphasis was placed on reviving past best practices, involving children in cultural events, and promoting campus cleanliness as part of value education....
The Bala Mandir schools were established with the sole purpose of providing holistic education to the needy and underprivileged. People from less-privileged sections of society often have to set aside a significant portion of their monthly salary to provide quality education to their children. Even if they opt for the Right to Education (RTE) Act’s...
The academic year 2025-26 has started off on a good note with lots of new ideas and initiatives being taken. The Bala Mandir schools are in the process of a big re-engineering project as a part of which we are integrating both the Primary and High schools in the same building with the same name. ...
In the academic year 2024-25, something truly exciting began at our Early Intervention Centre (EIC) — a pilot SMART CLASS programme for 15 children with diverse developmental needs. What started as an experiment quickly blossomed into a celebration of curiosity, courage, and connection. Learning to ‘Touch’, the Future In the beginning, most children didn’t know what it meant...
