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[[Image:flags.jpg |left|thumbnail| 15th August was India's 60th Independence Day. Kids from the Mandawali Faizalpur slum clusters celebrated it at their school at Amba Foundation]]
[[Image:flags.jpg |thumbnail| 15th August was India's 60th Independence Day. Kids from the Mandawali Faizalpur slum clusters celebrated it at their school at Amba Foundation]]






[[Image:computers.jpg |center|thumbnail| Although , through grateful donations from donors, Amba has a few old computers]]
[[Image:computers.jpg |thumbnail| Although , through grateful donations from donors, Amba has a few old computers]]






[[Image:amba_group.jpg |right|thumbnail| The XO caught their imagination like anything! I just told them to see what the eye does...]]
[[Image:amba_group.jpg |thumbnail| The XO caught their imagination like anything! I just told them to see what the eye does...]]






[[Image:krishna.jpg |left|thumbnail| The XO, unlike the other computers at the center, allowed them to capture their friends performing in the function. Rahul, age 8 has been dressed up as Lord Krishna]]
[[Image:krishna.jpg |thumbnail| The XO, unlike the other computers at the center, allowed them to capture their friends performing in the function. Rahul, age 8 has been dressed up as Lord Krishna]]






[[Image:Gandhi.jpg |center|thumbnail| Rahul was then dressed up as a Muslim and then as Gandhi. Unity and diversity and equality of all religions and communities was celebrated. Indian spirit is a true reflection of such unity within diversity - everything was captured by kids with the help of the XO ]]
[[Image:Gandhi.jpg |thumbnail| Rahul was then dressed up as a Muslim and then as Gandhi. Unity and diversity and equality of all religions and communities was celebrated. Indian spirit is a true reflection of such unity within diversity - everything was captured by kids with the help of the XO ]]

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OLPC, XO, Children, Community and me

thoughts and experiences


15th August, 2007 - 60 years of Indian Independence

I went back with my XO to the NGO in Delhi with whom I had been actively involved with Amba Foundation .


Some photographs -


15th August was India's 60th Independence Day. Kids from the Mandawali Faizalpur slum clusters celebrated it at their school at Amba Foundation


Although , through grateful donations from donors, Amba has a few old computers


The XO caught their imagination like anything! I just told them to see what the eye does...


The XO, unlike the other computers at the center, allowed them to capture their friends performing in the function. Rahul, age 8 has been dressed up as Lord Krishna


Rahul was then dressed up as a Muslim and then as Gandhi. Unity and diversity and equality of all religions and communities was celebrated. Indian spirit is a true reflection of such unity within diversity - everything was captured by kids with the help of the XO
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