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What often happens at institutions where artistes learn together to perform is, a lot of bitterness or jealousy or rivalry with centre positions or someones talent and so on. Being a former professional danseuse, our Founder, Nehha Bhatnagar laid some very clear ground rules early on at Shakti. Co-operation, Service, Kindness, Compassion, Love and Joy would be our top values and every Shakti has to encourage another on and infact even thank each other for just their presence on any given day! This culture of love has what has kept Shaktis so energized positively with no negativity seeping in and this ENERGY is what reflects in their interactions with anyone who meets them or even watches them dance! Social Emotional Learning is embedded in the ethos of the way Shaktis learn and are taught. From the Core Team to the volunteers, everyone is emotionally intelligent:) To enable more Shaktis to develop holistically, consider supporting us today!

Learnt this from their teacher in two hours and shot a practice video immediately! This choreography is SO COMPLEX. Requires such precise spatial orientation skills! Do check out the wonderful piece that Mridula Nambiar choreographed on Dr Saroja Vaidyanathans music. Senior Shaktis Priyanka, Shweta and Jyoti performing this piece. Consider supporting us today for more artistically educated girls!

Imagine choreographing as a group, a piece a few hours before it needs to be recorded and showcased for a talk! That level of CONFIDENCE, FEARLESSNESS, TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, MENTAL ACUITY and FOCUS is now definitely an integral part of the senior Delhi Shaktis! Truly magical and awe inspiring. You do see a mistake or two here and there but since the request came in last minute for the Senior Citizens Club for Inner Wheel for Janmashtami (Lord Krishna's birth celebrations), the Shaktis had no choice but to choreograph this quickly! And yet look at the confidence:) To support arts education for more Shaktis, do consider donating!

The Shaktis were invited to host a workshop demonstration for the DLF Group for the Environment Day celebrations where they chose pieces that reflected the messages of Nature and healing. The performance was a special initiative by the DLF group to sensitize citizens through art on sensitive topics such as global warming. Rhythmic Yoga Contemporary Dance Kathak Bharatanatyam A prayer in Sanskrit on Mother Earth Consider supporting our unique work for the holistic education of the marginalized girl child!

5 sisters in a tiny income by one working member of the family. And get this- In Delhi State CLASSICAL DANCE competition, Karishma, a Shakti stood SECOND in the solo category for presenting the Kuchipudi dance style. Classical- which is often expensive to learn and does not reach the grassroots...let alone winning STATE level competitions in the form. This is the capacity building power of taking transformational learning tools to marginalized girls who have the talent- they just need someone to nurture it. Karishma is studying to become a Nurse:) She has also received accolades for music! Do support many such stories -- unleash Shakti!

The three centres ran in full fervor with Xmas songs and also dancing to it! An enterprising Shakti, Khushi, the daughter of an autorickshaw driver bhaiya has become a local school celebrity. Her Principal requests her to perform for every event now at School and even help choreograph pieces for other children!! She showcases Jingle Bells here - a choreography she picked up in one day! This is the capacity of mental acuity and memory skills the children are getting trained in. The entire piece of the dance can be sent to you on request:)

Lakshmi says - "thank you so much Sarvam Shakti! I just stood FIRST in my Bharatanatyam exams from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, MP!" A prodigy at Sarvam Shakti who has been sent to Poland for six weeks twice by us for cultural exchanges as well as to Mumbai and Vishakapatnam amongst over 150 performances in the country , Lakshmi is truly a gifted child. Lakshmi was thrilled to share her marksheet! Lakshmi seated centre in green and white. Surrounded by her Shakti friends and dance cohort! The second youngest of 5 sisters, she belongs to a very humble but special background. Her father plays Tabla for Satsangs and Jagrans but with so many mouths to feed finds it quite hard to educate his girls as well as he would like to. 4 of the sisters are associated with Shakti! Lakshmi is now training further in Ganesa Natyalaya, a premier institution for Bharatanatyam in India. She used to learn there under the aegis of Sarvam Foundation but now is training there full time independently. To support the higher education of Shaktis, please do consider donating on this page! Thank you for being a Shakti for Shaktis!

On special days, entire meals are served at Sarvam Shaktis. Our daily nutrition is the amazing Shakti Vegetable Juice which has complete antioxidants and protein along with a Banana served to every Shakti. But on special days, Shaktis get together, pray, rejoice in eating healthy nutritious meals and celebrate good health together. Staff and volunteers join in as well! We have many meals sponsored by someone like yourself who comes in to celebrate their birthday with the girls! Here is a picture of Ms Dipanwita who celebrated her birthday with the Shaktis by bringing them healthy lunch boxes! Shaktis of Delhi centre! Shaktis at the Haryana centre! To donate healthy meals, rations and ingredients - Be a Shakti for Shakti and do write to us at culture@sarvamfoundation.org or call us on +919871157202

Updated: Jan 1 Chaanv Foundation is doing some pioneering work in the realm of rehabilitating acid attack victims in Agra and Noida. These are survivors of grusome attacks of violence by their loved ones and are trying to find their footing once more in this world despite all sorts of physical and mental trauma. Shishir Bhatnagar, a well-wisher of Shakti who himself is paraplegic inspires us. He volunteers for Chhav Foundation and he connected the Shaktis to the organization to show the Chaanv beneficiaries how dance too is a medium of overcoming grief and trauma and finding ones inner beauty. Watch here a small reel! A young Shakti Lakshmi said this about the workshop: "So this was my second workshop and this was quite special for me because I met with these people for the very first time and they were so sweet with us. Me and my Kathak friend Sanjana- we both were there and 3 other Shaktis for Yoga I have taught them Hand mudras of Bharatanatyam- at first they seemed a bit hesitant but soon when I thought of an activity where I would enact their names out through dance- I saw them all light up and participate. And yoga girls also showed them asanas. We ate food which was made by them only that was amazing...And they were very happy and also they were enjoying with us. We asked them to participate in some movements with us. It was such a special experience as it made me realize how beauty is inside. And Last but not the least Thank you so much to Nehha di and Himangi ma'am for giving me such a beautiful opportunity” To support the work of Chhanv please do visit www.chaanv.org!

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.

Breaking the Bias - theme of Womens Day 2022! The Shaktis had their calendar full -- performed at PHD Chamber of Commerce for Inner Wheel District 310 and at Hyatt Regency Delhi and for Michael Page India. They made the audiences dance with them as well as teach them important elements of dance, yoga and also contemplation. Just watch the video to see the sheer joy and talent of the Shaktis! Breaking the Bias 2022 Shaktis at PHD House, Delhi Shaktis at Hyatt Regency- workshop demo for the Hyatt staff and management Be a Shakti for Shakti, support us in bringing this holistic education to more Shaktis!

Meet Tripti Sharma Saraswat Vice President at NatWest Group PLC| Data Scientist|Tech Evangelist joining us a Volunteer to lead our Outreach program! Here’s what she has to say-- “I believe in living with purpose and giving meaning to life. I have a passion for upliftment of society and to serve humanity. I am a working mother and work for an international bank. My entire experience is in analysis and management in investment banking IT division. Tripti Sharma Saraswat What really gives me zeal in life is contributing towards society. With Sarvam Shakti I found wings to this passion. Girls in Sarvam Shakti are true examples of 'Living with Values' , by learning yoga and Indian classical dance forms they display the power of ancient art forms. Every step and move they perform on stage indicates the devotion they have put in learning and practicing these arts with full vigour. Cultured, full of mannerism and with lots of joy in their heart they are epitome of unconditional universal love. I am SPOC of reachout for Sarvam Shakti. Each girl of Sarvam Shakti is a gift to the world and what best it could be other than becoming the way to have this flow spread and benefiting the world. Please reach out to me for any event you would like to have organised or for any other assistance you want to extend to organisation Through Sarvam I would like to bring change the way in thinking how a underserved girl child to be perceived , there is same spirit in all of us . How we can feel this oneness is something I would like to send message through . I believe that right people and right circumstances do gets created when intentions are right . So with intent of bringing this change in society I would like to give complete focus to my vertical and attract right energies for growth of this organisation who is serving such a noble cause.” We are SO grateful for her heart!! To see Triptis Linkedin profile please visit this link. For any partnership for outreach with Shakti, do email her on tripti.sharma.saraswat@gmail.com!