More about the name "VRIDHAPPI"

When we composed the name, my friend told me what he had in his mind. I told him great just go ahead with it. Then I discussed with my colleague and told him, I wanted part of the word to look like Sanskrit and the other part in English. So if you see the letters, you will note that Vridha has been written as VRUDHA in Sanskrit looking font and the other half trying to be a little offbeat, the word Happy has been spelled as HAPPI... then we realized that HA of Vridha and HA of Happy kind of linked the word and so we joined and kept it simple and instead of making it 2 HAs in the middle we retained one and the name was born VRIDHAPPI   (spelt as "VRIDHA-HAPPY" or "Vridappy").

Reality time...

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http://www.who.int/ageing/projects/SEARO.pdf


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http://www.concernindia.org/

http://www.helpageindia.org/

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ESSENCE OF VRIDHAPPI

The goal being to serve old people who are in this country who live alone or maybe with family but are unable to get the right kind of assistance they need at their door step.

I am trying to see how this can be done.

For example, when I went to Mumbai and met this 81 year old ex-landlady who had given me a paying guest accommodation. She said she wanted a lawyer. I tried to serve her by connecting a parsi lawyer friend with her. She was happy because she said she could relate to a parsi lawyer better being a parsi herself.

Now that's what "VRIDHAPPI" is aiming to do.

Dreaming about VRIDHAPPI

They say dreams become reality.. I truly hope this is the case with me and my dreams do become a reality.. I dream that one day I am able to do exactly what I want without fearing if I would be able to do it!!!!

My first service - VRIDHAPPI in Mumbai

Dear all, this is interesting even to me... I visited my friend Vasundhara for a short trip to Mmbai and life had its way of showing the true reason behind my trip... I had a plan of visiting all my landladies where I had stayed in Mumbai as a paying guest.I wanted to visit them especially because they fall within the age group that would fit "VRIDHAPPI" aims to serve. However, paucity of time allowed me to visit only one of the three land ladies and she stayed by herself and she is a Parsi and who had taught me to make "undapapita" ( meaning "egg on potatoes").

She was truly surprised to see me especially because when I left Mumbai seven years back, I had not gone to say bye to her. I rang her bell worriedly hoping she was there as I had completely lost touch with her. The maid opened the door and asked me who I . She went  and informed aunty about me. Aunty came with a question mark on her face because she could not put a face to my name. This too comes with age... she saw me and instantly she was mighty happy to see me. She apologized and told me that she was now 81 years old and that her memory was fading. So we told each other what had happened in the years and then she asked me if I could do her favor but then she realized I was not living in Mumbai. But I insisted her to tell me what she wanted. She immediately had a smile on her face and told me that she wanted to make a Will. So I told her that I would definitely help her by telling my ex-colleague who was a lawyer and a Parsi too. She was extremely excited and I did exactly that before I left Mumbai. I gave the details of aunty to my friend and ex-colleague and told her to take care of her needs.

On my way back when I was sitting at the airport reminiscing about my trip, it dawned on  me that I had actually done the first service in Mumbai and there kind of started my journey to VRIDHAPPI....:)

The VRIDHAPPI logo

The logo was created by my colleague in my current company and he did a fantastic job ... However, the creation of the logo was from an idea evolved from a very dear friend. Like they say... he started the dots and they were joined by my colleague.
I loved the outcome of it.

If you notice the logo carefully .. you will see a walking stick and a smile and I truly feel they go hand and hand and that's what I want to give my elders.. a service that brings happiness to the people.

Evolution of "VRIDHAPPI"

The name VRIDHAPPI is combined by two words.  "vRddhatva" in Sanskrit means old age and "HAPPI" in English means exactly what it means happy...

I wanted to create a name with the word where the name brought out the essence behind this mission.. my friend coined this name for me and i am eternally thankful to him. I feel everyone in our lives play an important part and I feel my friend has done exactly that without even realizing it.

Having said this.. I should first thank my husband without whom I would not be able to have started this mission. He was the one who enlightened me that there were many old age homes but there were very few places or any organization which would serve the old people who want to do many things but cannot keep up with the pace with this fast and changing pace of this world. He also told me that there were many old people who wanted help but did not know how and who to reach. I have tried to create this blog to show a way.

Vridhappi

I am happy to begin my blogging by dedicating this site to the higher power who has guided me to start this blog site. I am starting this blog with the design of making it my interaction with the people who I ultimately want to reach out.