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    First Cashless Hospital by Self-Funded NGO to Fight Cancer

    Posted on February 24, 2018
    First Cashless Hospital by Self-Funded NGO to Fight Cancer

    On 21 February 2018, I attended a press conference with a difference where India’s first cashless hospital was launched by a self-funded NGO to fight cancer. It was a unique event where Bangalore-based entrepreneurs Vijay Tata and Amrita Tata celebrated their daughter’s birthday by pledging 50 acres of land worth Rs.100 Crores and an additional Rs.100 Crores towards the development of “SAACI” Saanchi Advanced Cancer Care Institute, India’s first cashless cancer care hospital for the underprivileged. Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi…

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    Being The Change #SpreadTheVibe

    Be the change you wish to see in the world – Mahatma Gandhi “When I grow up, I want to eradicate hunger” My Mom always smiled lovingly when I said that.…

    January 10, 2016
  • Vidya Sury Aham Bhumika
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    Will You Help #FundAhamBhumika

    I must have been almost two years old when my Mother and I were hurriedly shuffled to the railway station at Delhi and put on the train heading to Mumbai. It…

    October 10, 2015
  • No one ever became poor from giving. It is International Day of Charity. Give! Vidya Sury.
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    Give and Grow Rich #CharityDay

    I believe that each day is an opportunity to do something good and help someone who is less advantaged than I am. Today, the UN has designated September 5, as International…

    September 5, 2015
  • Power to play vidya sury
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    The Power To Play

    Sentiment is a crazy thing. I was walking around our place yesterday looking for something when I came across a stash of Vidur’s toys tucked away in a cupboard. Reminded me…

    August 19, 2015
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    The Power to Change a Life

    My heart is full today. So are my eyes, but that is another story. I am alternating between rushing around, getting my son ready to leave for college and sitting down…

    July 23, 2015