abhaya Foundation

As the saying goes "Richness is measured in sharing the wealth, not having it".   Meenamma, a humble lady aged 85, made us realize the truth behind the saying.      When the heart and soul of abhaya Foundation, Mr. Balachandra, tests positive for Covid-19 on an unfortunate day. Panicked Meenamma rushes to the manager, gives her Mangalsutra, requests it to be sold for treatment and prays selflessly for his recovery.  Not many days back, she had also donated her Gold bangles for a good cause. A few days later, to our dismay, she falls sick and tests positive for the Coronavirus. The humble lady she is, offers to sell her earrings and gleans some money for the treatment. The founder , after a few days of hospital care, recovered and headed back to abhaya Home.  The news about Meenamma leaves him awestruck. Listening to everyone sing praises about her selfless being, the founder lands somewhere deep inside the melancholy of melody.  Her 85 years of selfless being, graced by G

All the big and successful business magnates like The Ambani's, Tata's and Birla's have one common mantra for their success, yes it's a generation run business, to be precise it's a third-generation run business. If a third-generation business can reach such great heights, we can imagine what Fifth-Generation artists would have achieved.    I take the opportunity here to introduce the famous Surabi Drama Co of Hyderabad which was set up in a mere garage by    Vanarasa  Govinda Rao  in 1885 which is now the only surviving example of Company Theatre.   In the initial stages, it started with Puppet shows and now more than 240 families are a part of the play. The plays are now been directed by Padmashri Rekandar Nagesh. All Surabhi productions are large-scale mythological and musical plays, based on stories from the  Ramayana , Mahabharata and Shrimad Bhagavatam.  To know more about the great works of Surabi Group, click  here     In the Mahabharata play, we all are awa