Society for Equitable Voluntary Actions

Mission Statement: Our’s is a social service oriented organization not tide to any political party or creed, which with a hundred – odd whole time professional workers sharing a common set of goals and values is pledged to a relent less striving against the critical issues of poverty, illiteracy, ill-health, gender discrimination, superstition and erosion of basic human values, religious fundament

alism and degradation of the eco-system with the active support of the people of West Bengal. Asok Ghosh) born almost twenty years before Independence of India. He has seen the famine of 1943 which took the human toll of millions unfortunate Bengalis. The nominee saw this man made famine in his childhood. My nominee has also seen great communal massacre of 1946. This entire incidence made deep impressions on his persona. Clearly he understood the victims are mainly women and children. The idol of Mr. Ghosh, Sri Pannalal Dasgupta (a great freedom fighter) advised to go to the village and work there for restoration of communal harmony and work for wicker sections of the community, putting emphasis on women and children. Then my nominee was serving tourism department in an elite position. He obeyed his mentor and went to Minority dominated village of North 24 Parganas and started simple living. He started village reconstruction in year 1985 and founded Society for Equitable Voluntary Actions with farmers and village youth. The society registered on year 1986 and started activities on Mother and Child Health Care, Children Education, Farm and non Farm Based Livelihood Development and social forestry. He is became a legend of communal harmony. SEVA still organizing a fair in the name of first métier of India Titumir Nisher Ali. He gave his life in 1831 for the cultivators irrespective of communal identity. A hero of communal amity and poor Indigo Cultivators. There is only one instance when a Hindu worker has been allowed to address a Muslim congregation. My nominee has addressed a Muslim population of 10000 people assembled after the Id was over. This shows his acceptance. He was active in creating communical understanding after the demolition of Babri mosque by Hindu Radicals in 1992. He organised a peace rally of 2000 cyclists, lead by 500 girl students. The juvenile procession covered forty villages of Baduria Block for six hours. This rally created a secular understanding the communal anger among two communities. The North 24 Parganas District is a very crucial position. It is very near from Indo-Bangladesh Border and Capital of State Kolkata one of the populist Metro City in India.