We Are The World Blogfest is here with its 26th edition, and my 16th post on #WATWB to spread peace, kindness, and humanity on social media, a few of us have worked together to create the We Are The World Blogfest. In a world where news and social media are awash with negativity, we aim to turn the focus to small but significant stories that renew our faith in humanity.
The co-hosts for the July 2019 #WATWB are Shilpa Garg, Simon Falk , Damyanti Biswas, Lizbeth Hartz, and Eric Lahti.
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Giving Wings To The Villagers’ Dreams
We all have a dream of flying high in an aircraft. And that may be frequent flies for many of us. But what about the dream of flying high by age-old village senior citizens? Might be a dream always!
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them”
All that villagers’ dreams came true on last February two businessmen. The senior citizens boarded their first flight, to Chennai from Coimbatore, thanks to M Ravikumar and his friend, who made their dream come true.
M Ravikumar, a successful textile businessman hailing from Devarayampalauam, a small village near Avinashi. He and his friend pooled in Rs 4 lakh each and booked flight tickets from Coimbatore to Chennai for 120 senior citizens of Devarayanapalayam village in Tamil Nadu.
Ravikumar actually wanted to take his mother in a flight to Chennai. Then he thought why not the other senior citizens also? Without a second thought, he made that a reality for those 120 villagers. Among the 120 members, most were women who had worked in the textile industry. On the way back to the village by bus, the senior citizens were also taken to many temples and a mosque at Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, and Vellore. The oldest in the group is 103-year-old N Kuppathal.
It wasn’t easy though for the 44-year-old Ravi to take such a large group for sightseeing. It took him five years of planning and money-saving. He also took help from one of his uncles, working at the airport, to apply for senior citizen concession for at least 20 people. The entire trip cost him Rs four lakh but every penny of it was worth it.
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Linking this post for We Are The World Blogfest hosted by Damyanti.
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M Ravikumar and his friends are an inspiration!
You are right, D!
This is a most extraordinary story, in a good way! A very worthy one to share on WATWB. Thanks so much. What a beautiful gesture to take all those people on such a trip. To think he persevered with all those years of preparation as well.
Glad you liked the post!
What a lovely and inspiring story!
True!
That’s inspiring to think about turning their dreams true.
Thanks!
M Ravikumar is a man among millions – what a kind gesture bringing dreams to life. Thank you Vasantha for this lovely #WATWB post 🙂
Thanks Susan!
Hi Vasantha – what a wonderful story – just amazing … and incredible he fulfilled his dream of taking 120 dreams on their first flight and then driving them back via various temples on their way home. Just perfect for WATWB … loved it – thankyou so much … Hilary
http://positiveletters.blogspot.com/2019/07/we-are-world-blogfest-27-three-littlie.html
Thanks much Hilary!
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