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There were 100+ high-quality applications this year, making going through and selecting hard and time-consuming. I am happy about them. Thanks to friends for pitching. Gangadhar(25K), Shweta/Ashwini(50K), Divya(50K), Nemo(50K), Kamala Manoharan (100K), Y(30K), S(10K), and T(10K) pitching in to make the total amount 4.25L. This is also the first year a former grantee has become a grantor (Not in their name), making it truly special.
Welcome to the eighth edition of the NMG grant. It seems like it started yesterday, and it’s already been eight years. I am grateful to friends (Nemo, Gangadhar, Shweta, Divya) and other anonymous folks who have joined me on this journey with additional grant support. We do have some of them supporting us...
There are a few changes to NMG this year onward. It’s not a big deal, but I wanted to note them here for future reference. TLDR: NMG Core will be ₹ 1 lakh + friends as usual, and NMG Edu will be a separate ₹ 1 lakh.
Finally, I am on time this year, and the results are here. There were 350+ applications this year. I spent a lot of time in the last two weeks reading and filtering them. There were many eligible and exciting applications, but I am limited by our total funds. Thanks to friends for pitching in. This year’s total grant amount is 2,90,000. Kids scholarship of 1 Lakh is outside the initial budget that I had allocated for NMG. So its more like the base NMG is now 2 Lakhs, rest of it came from friends of NMG.
When Uma came home, one of the most frequently asked questions was, who would bathe her? I wasn’t sure what the answer folk were expecting. But in the general answer was Thej. Then, I realized that people fear handling babies, especially while bathing them, and they are extra doubtful if it’s a man, probably for all the right reasons.
ನನಗೆ ಸುಮಾರು ೧೦ ವರ್ಷವಾದಾಗ ಅಮ್ಮ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಮನೆ ಕೆಲಸಕ್ಕೆ ಹಚ್ಚಿದಳು. ಬೇರೆಯವರ ಮನೆ ಅಲ್ಲ ನಮ್ಮನೆ ಕೆಲಸ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗು ಅಮ್ಮ ತನ್ನ ಕೆಲಸದ ಜೊತೆ ಮನೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಅಪ್ಪ ಕೆಲಸದ ಜೊತೆ ಮನೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಹೊರಗಿನ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತಿದ್ದರು. ನಮಗೆ ೧೦ ವರ್ಷವಾದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಅವರ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮೊಡನೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಿದರು. ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ ಅಂದರೆ ಅಮ್ಮ ನಮಗೆ ಹೊರಗಿನ ಕೆಲಸ, ಮನೆಯೊಳಗಿನ ಕೆಲಸ ಅಂತ ಭೇದ ಭಾವ ಮಾಡಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಪಾತ್ರೆ...
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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