‘Kyari’ in Hindi means a small piece of farm-land where saplings (small plants) are grown before they are planted elsewhere, growing into complete plants, trees or cash-crops.

The Team: Kyari was conceived by the NRRs (Non Resident Resource) with an objective to participate into the development of the place where they were born or brought-up. This way, the NRRs create a platform to do social work utilizing their diverse skills and experiences. Hence Kyari is a group of individuals who are educated and motivated to plan, manage, lead and execute work.

Non Resident Resources: Compassion, camaraderie and ethical living, among other things, make a society of happy people. Humans are natural resource of a place, as are flora & fauna (animals, birds, trees, etc.) and other non-living things (water, minerals, rocks, etc.). Natural resources play a key part in maintaining the harmony and life-death cycle of a place, hence creating a society. Under or over exploitation natural resources can create imbalances in the system. These imbalances are result of subtle changes happening in the environment/society over a period of time (decades or centuries) and finally resulting into an imbalance, significant enough to destabilize the basic threads of society.

Due to increase in modern educational and professional horizons there is a large movement of human capital across the world. The able, educated individuals work hard and achieve their deserved heights in professional career and serve the society and nation. In this process, they drift away from their roots where they were born as a natural resource.

Contribution: The NRRs can contribute to their native place in various ways, at different times. Contributions can be tan* (physically doing work), mun** (ideas, managing things, mentoring), dhan***(financial support). Many religious/mythological texts suggest that everybody should set aside 5-10% of their resources (money, time and mind) for good social cause. Now it is our responsibility and oblgation to decide how and where we want to put our resources which can help society.

Tan* (physically doing work): The saying goes that “We should walk the talk”. Many times it is important to do things ourselves before we can expect others to shed their inhibitions and get inspired to join us. The same analogy applies in college laboratories where an instructor performs tasks and students are asked to observe, follow and practice to gain expertise.

Mun** (ideas): It is the brain which makes us what we are in a modern society and professional world. The NRRs can invest their ideas and share their knowledge to help their roots. This includes talking to people (about their achievements, issues, solutions, etc.), having question-answer sessions with students/teachers to give them a glimpse of the world and the challenges beyond school. This will generate a rapport and make the NRRs part of the society where they were born/brought-up.

Dhan*** (money): The NRRs can chose to invest money into building infrastructures (library, school, other facilities, support events, etc.), pay people for their services, finance educational support (school-uniforms, books, scholarships, events, etc.), etc.

We can do it: Kyari was formed to work on Karauli district in Rajasthan (India), but it is open to learn from experiences of people or organizations from anywhere in the world. Kyari would also cooperate with other individuals, NGO, GO, etc. to help the society. Kyari would appreciate NRRs from other places who want to implement Kyari in there areas.

*: Tan means body in Hindi
**: Mun means mind in Hindi.
***: Dhun means money in Hindi.

--Kyari Team.

Mark Twain, American author: "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."