Tag: Swami

  • Living is Giving at the Purkal school

    The Purkal school is nestled in the Shivaliks, at the foothills of the Himalayas. It has roomy classrooms with a view of the mountains, away from the cacophony of traffic. I could spot birds and monkeys from the windows. Every year 25 students are enrolled. First the kids go through an entrance exam in which…

  • How it all began at Purkal Youth Development Society

    G.S Swami is 80 years old, standing tall as the mountains and as invigorating as the winds around Dehradun, the city he and his wife call home. Their two sons and daughter have settled abroad very successfully. An economist by profession, Swami moved from the south of India to Mumbai at the tender age of…