Projects on “Simple Living, High Thinking”

Simple Living High Thinking means one needs to lead a simpler life (no ostentation, no show-off, fulfill basic needs) but needs to have high thinking, which is beyond the nitty-gritty’s of day to day life.

Projects on Simple Living, High Thinking

“Indians who have made a mark in their life, their ideals and values.”

• Research about men and women who follow this principle in life; who lead by example.
• Please choose people born after 1950
• Trace their life and journey, their achievements and contributions to the society/country that led them to become what they are today.
• You can choose people from any walks of life. Try to choose personalities who may not have hit popularity charts or been flashed in the print media; rather look for people who have worked silently!

To develop the content:

• Latest picture of the personalities you have chosen
• You may choose 4(2 men and 2 women) but please make sure that they are from different walks of life. (to avoid repetition of achievements and ideology)
• Since you have been given a limited choice, your research needs to be exhaustive.
• You may conclude your project by answering the following questions- do not copy the questions. Each question to be answered on a fresh page.
• Who among the 4 that you chose has inspired you the most? Justify.
• Given a choice would you be interested to follow his/her ideology? Why?
• Will you eventually be competent enough in shaping and molding the lives of the next generation? Justify.
• Do you feel someone, someday will write about you in the same lines? Why?

Example: Man, behind the project- No Food Waste. Forest Man of India.

Guide Lines: Adequate research on the topics must be done. Ensure that each topic begins from a fresh page.

Project consists of: Cover page: Depict the topic. Acknowledgment: Thank all the people who helped with the Project, Index, Introduction, Content (Questions), Bibliography & Time Chart.

People who inspire through “Simple Living, High Thinking”

Here are inspiring Indian (with Simple Living, High Thinking) who are doing great work for the society, without hogging any limelight.

Padmanaban Gopalan – Started the No Food Waste (NFW) initiative. Padmanaban is a a social entrepreneur who works in the areas of Waste Management, Technology and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Forest Man of India – Jadav “Molai” Payeng – environmental activist and forestry worker from Majuli and is popularly known as the Forest Man of India.

Dr. Ravindra Koelhe – Worked as a community doctor for the tribal areas of Maharashtra. Charges Rs. 2 for the first consultation and Rs. 1 for the second. He did MD in preventive and social medicine to better serve the village of Melghat.

Bunker Roy – Founder of the Barefoot College movement. The college (located in Tilonia) trains poor people simple technologies that are environment friendly, such as use of solar power.

Rajesh Kumar Sharma – Grocery shop owner runs a free school for slum children under a metro bridge.

Sonam Wangchuk: An engineer who teaches innovation at the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) Alternative School.

Dadarao Bilhore – Known as the ‘Pothole Dada of Mumbai’. Dadarao is a vegetable vendor and an activist who works towards fixing potholes on Mumbai roads.

Arunachalam Muruganantham – Known as Padman, he invented a machine to produce low-cost sanitary pads for poor women.

Dashrath Manjhi: Also known as Mountain Man, he manually carved a mountain in order to connect Gehlaur and Gaya in Bihar. The poor labourer spent 22 years of his life to finish the 360-foot road in 1982.

Manik Sarkar – Chief Minister of Tripura since 1998. Often called the “cleanest and the poorest Chief Minister in the country”.