Vedic Maths for Sarvam Shaktis!!

As Shakuntala Devi said “Without mathematics, there is nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.”

From Veenaji:

Veena Upadhyayji

I, Veena Upadhyaya, MSc Physics and certified Vedic Maths teacher firmly believe that Maths is all about UNDERSTANDING and not just numbers, algorithms and formulae. I wanted to spread the joy of doing Maths to all our known people and that’s when we decided we should spread the joy to the Shaktis of Sarvam. We contacted Nehha Bhatnagar and said we wanted to do this for free and we were sure that at least few of them would stay back for a period of 6 months.

Initially we did 2 batches one for only Sarvam students and second for family friends who are blessed to study in best schools of their city. Though there was initial hiccups regarding the timings and language barriers, slowly students of Sarvam realized that Maths is that one subject which does not require strong English medium base but UNDERSTANDING of the concepts. Slowly the students who were really interested to learn started to stay back and be present on the class. 2 students, Kanak and Khushi stayed till the final class and were consistent in attendance and homework completion.

Kanak shares her experience

They were so hooked up to the learning that, one of the girls attended the class even while she was at her village attending a funeral ceremony. She clearly told the reason for not speaking up in the class and later I could hear her saying to her grandmother that Vedic Maths is easy and interesting and was persuading her grandmother to learn the same. That’s an interesting outcome as I feel that only those who are 100% convinced can convince the others. The other girl, who lives farthest from Sarvam was consistent in her attendance and picked up the pace quickly.

Both the girls who were picking up consistently stayed with us till the end. In the middle we also merged them with the other batch and the Shaktis stayed back, picked up and were on par with the other batch of students. What I liked the most is that the girls did not hesitate to ask questions, opened up with others in the batch, stayed humble and grounded in their approach and learning, kept asking for more questions so that they could practice more and become thorough in their understanding. The hunger to learn was evidently seen which is a good sign.

In the end, in the final exam, they fared well and scored equal to the other batch students which made me happy. This shows that, no matter what difficulties you have in life, how you are not privileged like others, it’s the hunger to learn and practice which makes one to excel in life. I wish the girls all the best in their studies and also for their future. I also wish good luck to Nehha and her mom for the wonderful work they are doing through Sarvam and bringing such a positive change in the lives of the little Shaktis. Whats amazing is that both Pradeep Simha and Veena Upadhyay are regular donors to Shaktis education program! They have been supporting us through funds as well as in kind (recently they sent us a 1kg shipment of the best TURMERIC from Waigaon in Maharashtra for the SHAKTI VEGETABLE JUICE!!! To learn Vedic Maths from Veenaji virtually, please whatsapp Pradeep Simha on +919448501313. He also supports many gaushala projects and is a beautiful human to get intouch with for service oriented work.