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Forcing its belief?That entire “article”, if you could call it that, is a piss poor excuse for a journalistic piece. The Hindu and its allied liberal brigades have been after Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF) for some time now solely because it is run by ISKCON which is a Hindu organization. Now I have zero affinity towards the latter, by APF in itself is one of those handfuls of NGOs that are actually having a positive impact on the society.They serve a friggin 1.7 million schoolkids in India every day. And yet, have they ever tried to convert those kids to the Krishna mission? Or coerce their parents into joining? NO!The Hindu article quotes 4 kids out of those 1.7 million and makes a sweeping statement that “Karnataka’s schoolchildren unhappy with the mid-day meal”. 4 out of 1.7 million is a trend now.And you know what the kids’ objections were? “too bland”, “not tasty”, “too pheeka”. Since when have kids become the rightful judges of what is good for them? I used to hate tomatoes and spinach and karela when I was a kid. For a kid, anything sugar is good. Anything with a lot of tang. Is that fucking healthy? Do the people who wrote this allow their kids to pick their own meal?The foundation has made it clear that they do not serve food with onion and garlic because it is against their beliefs. When the organization was targeted by local activists and the Karnataka Food Commission, it duly complied and sent samples for quality and nutritional checks to the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).Last December, when the food commission learnt of APF’s refusal to follow the ingredient list, it asked the government to send a notice to APF. “We pulled them up for disregarding the MOU,” a government official said on condition of anonymity. “We asked them, when every other NGO is following the menu, why can’t you. They then submitted documents that said the ingredients they used in the preparation of the food do not compromise on the nutritional requirements of the meal and that there are adequate substitutes for both onion and garlic in their meals.”The State Government sent these documents and APF’s menu for a review by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) — which brings us to the present day.In February 2019, NIN gave its formal nod to APF’s menu and said: “The nutritive values of menus with ingredients used in the mentioned amounts certainly meet and often exceed the prescribed energy (Kcal) and protein requirements prescribed by MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) for the MDM.”Should have been the end of the discussion, right?Nope.They called upon some “experts” to sign a petition (which is how things are done now, I guess). And then called upon NIN to withdraw its report.Think about how fucking devastated and morally bankrupt one has to be. You go to the authorities and when they clear charges against your target you go back and get a bunch of your equally jobless friends and sign a piece of paper and ask the authority to withdraw its comments because they did not fit your fucking agenda.Experts ask NIN to withdraw report favouring Akshay Patra“The National Institute of Nutrition, to our utter shock and dismay, has made sweeping statements praising Akshaya Patra Foundation, without carrying out any systematic scientific study. No empirical data was collected on the quantity and quality of ingredients used or amount consumed and amount wasted by children to certify food supplied by APF as nutritionally adequate,” says the letter signed by 10 organisations and 94 individuals.“You know, I am the omniscient, omnipotent deity that you all so love. So, I can’t be wrong. Hence, the NIN is wrong because their conclusions did not match mine. QED!”If you think their is no ulterior agenda here, think again.APF hurts one group the most — the Christian missionaries. They can now no longer lure people to their side with a couple of bags of rice.See this “health expert”.Even sterilised gowns and instruments are 'hygienic and clean" - why doesnt everyone just eat those? https://t.co/cjaGIV5ePa— Dr. Sylvia Karpagam (@sakie339) June 3, 2019Started off with a tongue-in-cheek comment on the hygiene part.Actually the Church is one of the few institutions that REALLY DOES charity in India. They dont take tax payers money from the government & pretend its all charity so that their followers will donate in lakhs and crores. Hats off to the Church for its service to the poor in India https://t.co/eZ2l6JsZZU— Dr. Sylvia Karpagam (@sakie339) June 5, 2019Ended up praising the Church since they are “one of the few truly charitable institutes in the nation”.A similar incident had happened late last year when the Government of Odisha had requested APF to include eggs in their mid-day meals.The Foundation declined citing the same reasons — it did not fit in with their beliefs. But later they all came to a mutually beneficial arrangement. APF will bear the cost of the eggs but it would be the duty of the State government to procure and prepare and deliver them.Odisha finds a way to serve children eggs at mid-day meals catered by ISKCON-linked NGOBut in an order dated November 11, 2018, Odisha’s school and mass education department said that Akshaya Patra has agreed to include two eggs per week per student in their mid-day meal in all schools under its service area. The order specifies that the NGO will not supply boiled eggs to schools directly. Instead, school managements will ensure that eggs are procured and boiled and Akshaya Patra will bear the cost.District Education Officers have been directed to deduct the costs of the eggs from the cooking allotment paid to Akshaya Patra.Karnataka could have done the same.But they chose not to. And instead malign a foundation that is feeding millions of hungry kids every day. The government itself said that they don’t have the budget to include eggs in the menu.Umashankar, however, said the government has no budget in the scheme to provide eggs. “The money we get is barely enough to sustain the existing scheme. There’s no talk of eggs as of now. The State Government is providing hot milk as part of its scheme. That’ll have to do for now.”APF runs a fiscally very tight ship. Of every 100 rupees donated to them, 92 is spent on the program, and only 8 is management expense. That is 92% utilization.[1]Also, they are able to feed one kid for an entire year on just 2800 rupees a year, of which half is through donations and half through government grants.Compare this to an org like PETA that many celebrities endorse.[2]They get about $50–60 million in donations every year, but spend only a small fraction actually doing what they claim to be doing.This is their 2015 Financial Statement.Of the $45 milion in expenses, $16 mn (35.5%) was for professional services and consultants (the celebrities they rope in from time to time), another $10 mn (22.2%) was for salary and other staff costs.$7.5 mn (16.7%) was for media and promotional activities (the useless campaigns they run, the shock-value protests they carry out). $3 mn for media (6.7%). All of this amounts to 81%.The overall expense that pertains to actually rescuing and caring for the animals or to further the cause of animal rights is very low (a part of operating expenses and donations to charities - about $4mn in total) which comes to about 6–8%.The Foundation has recently partnered with the Michel and Susan Dell Foundation[3] to provide safe drinking water and regular health checkups to school kids. The recently served their 3 billionth meal.[4] That is three meals for every Indian alive right now. It took them twelve years to serve their first billion, four for the next, and three for the latest. At this rate, they might serve another three billion meals before 2025. And more power to them!Independent studies by AC Nielsen and Harvard have concluded that the foundation has had an amazing positive impact on the Indian society.[5] [6]When AC Nielsen performed an impact assessment, they found increased enrollment, better health, and improved performance among students who received school lunches, especially among the female students. For example, the report showed a 13.8 percent and 34.2 percent improvement in enrollment for boys and girls, respectively, in participating Bangalore schools.I am actually glad that these dimwits, self-proclaimed saviors of the masses have started this campaign to malign the foundation. Of course, their fragile egos are chinking away. What will they do one day when there remains no hungry kid to feed, no naked poor soul to photograph, no penurious Indian to lure to their side with the promise of food and salvation.But their actions have brought spotlight on the foundation.Do you know that the foundation could do with more donations? And that those donations are tax-exempt under 80G?Yep. You can support 3 kids per year by donating 3300.Let’s make this happen folks!Footnotes[1] How your Donated Money to Akshaya Patra is Spent?[2] Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to What do you think of PETA's tweet to stop the use of anti-animal words?[3] Water ATMs: A 15-school pilot could pave the way for sustainable solutions[4] PM Modi Serves 3 Billionth Akshaya Patra Meal to Children in Vrindavan[5] AC Nielson Case Study[6] Affordable School Lunches: Breakthrough Innovation, Measurable Impact

First of all my hearty congratulations to you. Having recently surrendered my connection, it feels like some curse has been lifted off from your life.Now the steps to surrender your connection -Step 1: Write an applicationYou need to write an application and attach a copy of self attested ID proof with it (Copy of ID of the person against whom the connection is taken). Mention clearly in the application that you want to surrender both landline and broadband. In case you want to keep the landline, then mention only broadband in the application. Also clearly mention the date after which you want your connection to be to disconnected. A sample application would look likeStep 2 : Collect all the instruments provided by themYou have to collect the respective instruments depending on whether you are surrendering your whole connection or broadband only. I surrendered my entire connection. So I had to submit -Telephone instrumentModemModem’s adapterSplitterAll the RJ 45 and RJ 11 cablesRJ45 Ethernet LAN cableIf you have any of these items missing, it’s cost will be deducted from your security deposit. I didn’t had Ethernet LAN cable so, ₹45 will be deducted from my deposit.Step 3: Gather your application & all the instruments and visit your respective Sanchar HaatFirst identify correct Sanchar Haat. Visit the Haat and enter SDO’s office. Submit your application after enquiring who’s in charge for such things. Go to the said person, submit your application along with instruments. The said person will rarely read your application (may read and enquire why you are surrendering if s/he cares a bit, most of them don’t), will check all your instruments promptly. After checking the instruments your application will be stamped and returned to you along with three receipts.Step 4: Go to their storeNext you’ll have to go to their store room and the incharge will take all your instruments, stamp and sign your three receipts. Store incharge will keep one copy for himself and the remaining two will be given back to you.Step 5: Accounts DepartmentNext you’ll have to visit the Accounts department. This process is basically to clear your due bills. I surrendered my connection on 12th Nov 2018. So, I had the bill of October and for 12 days of November pending. The person incharge advised me to come after 20 days of disconnecting the connection with an application attached with one copy of receipts received, that all my dues to be adjusted in my security deposit.After that application, all my dues will be deducted from ₹3000 I provided as security and rest will be given back to me.Step 6: Finally you need to visit the Commercial sectionAfter your dealings with the account department is done, you’ll be advised to visit the Commercial officer. S/he will collect your application (which was stamped by SDO office) along with one of the receipts. This step is important, because only after this step your connection will be disconnected.Step 7: After 20 daysAfter 20 days of your disconnection, write an application to accounts department in order to deduct the due bill amount from your security deposit and return rest back to you.Few key points to remember -Don’t go near lunch hours i.e between 1pm to 2pm.Identify the correct Sanchar Haat of your locality.Do confirm all the procedures from SDO’s office.Might take your whole day if the departments within your respective sanchar haat are not co-ordinated.Do make sure whether the respective signing authority are available for that day or not.Good Riddance !!!

To score as high as 98% in ICSE is not that easy but remember that if you are consistent and religious towards your studies it's not that difficult for you. As it is rightly said that hard work is the key to success therefore you cannot avoid hardwork. Be determined, don't be distracted and give your best. Remember that to score high in ICSE you need to be sincere throughout the year so that you just have to revise at the end.Whenever there is a chapter completed in school in any of the subjects remember that you too finish that chapter at home within a week so that you do not forget the words of the teacher. In this way you can clear your doubts on time and understand each and every chapter perfectly.Try to be attentive in class when the chapter is being taught. Being attentive in class helps during self study and your work is completed without any difficulty.After completion of every 3 to 4 chapters keep on revising the 1st 2nd chapters because you may have forgotten them. Regular revision makes you thorough in the topics.After the completion of entire syllabus of STD 10 in school prepare your timetable on daily basis for your preparations for boards and strictly follow that. This is the most important time for the final preparations for boards. Try to make a time table which you can manage to follow.After completion of one subject try to solve the last ten years question paper of that subject to get an idea about the question pattern and type of questions asked. This will also help you to get familiar with boards.If I go subject wise following are my suggestions:English- English is the subject in which you need to focus the most. It is said to be the main subject of ICSE and the checking of this subject is also not very lenient. The key to get good marks in English language is to abide by the rules. You need to follow each and every rule of essay, letter, notice writing, email writing, comprehension as well as grammar. Breaking any rule leads to deduction of marks. Example if you exceed the word limit in essay then you will lose marks. For English literature I would say you need to be thorough with the chapters. Revise the the chapters as many times as possible and learn each and every thing so that there is no chance of losing any marks. If you get 100 in English literature it will increase your average marks of English as well as your percentage.Hindi- What I have seen in hindi is, that the council gives you enough marks in this subject. You just need to be following the rules in language part and writing to the point answers in literature portion. Missing points in literature portion leads to deduction of marks. Avoid spelling and grammatical errors to score high. Do not avoid grammar practice in hindi because most of lose marks in grammar portion because of lack of practice.Maths - Practice more and you will get more marks. You should understand each and every chapter, solve maximum number of questions from chapters you feel difficult so that you can have a hold on that chapter. Try to solve as many sample papers as possible within the time limit. Time management is also very important in mathematics examination.Science- Read each and every chapter thoroughly. Each and every concept should be clear to you. Questions based on fundamentals are mostly asked so most of the times mugging up doesn't work therefore understanding each and every topic is very important.Social studies- For History and Civics, you need to learn each and every point then only you can get 100. Try to give your answer in points. Study history in sequence with the chapters so that you do not miss any events. For geography, topography should be clear to you. Each and every location in syllabus should be learnt properly at currect location. Read only those chapters which you are going to attempt in examination. Keep one extra question in case of emergency.Extra subject- Like each and every subject you have to prepare this subject too. It is mostly a scoring subject and increases your percentage therefore it needs to be focused equally. I had taken computer as my extra subject and got 100 in it and this helped in increasing my percentage. For computer understanding concepts is the key to get 100% marks. Once you are clear with the concepts you can easily solve the programming section and the theory section is not that difficult.Talking about books that you should read.For English language there are n number of books for grammar by famous authors such as Wren and Martin, Joseph and Myall, etc. These books have clear cut concepts of each and every topic of English grammar. For practice papers you can use Total English or pearls of English grammar or any other famous publication such as Ratna Sagar.For English literature you can buy a side book or a work book recommended by your teacher. It is optional to take any additional book because if you are thorough with the chapters and understood the plot and the message there's no need of side book but I would recommend to take a work book.For Hindi literature, you can use work book of Selena publications and you can also use a side book for hindi of evergreen publications which contains both language and literature part.For science, Selena publications is the best. If you are thorough with this book, there's no need of any additional book.For maths, too Selena publications is enough. It has got good number of questions. But if you still want to practice more you can practice from any other good publications sample papers.For history Civics and geography, go with what your teacher recommends.For last 10 years question paper, you can buy any book of a reputed publication such as evergreen.Solving sample papers and previous years question papers helps a lot in ICSE examination.Take it as a normal examination, don't be nervous during exam, write your exams with full concentration, be cool during the examination and avoid doing silly mistakes. If you follow these while writing the examination and if you are well prepared, no one can stop you from getting the highest.Be focused and you will achieve your goal.Why 98, you may score more than that.All the best!!