Your compassionate and heart rending comments in your 'livemint' column has motivated me to post these comments based on my personal experience. Near my residence in Sector 15, Noida the town's only public library is situated and there are also slums nearby. It ocurred to me why the school-going youngsters of these poor families of the slums not be exposed to some computer education either free of cost or at a ver-very nominal price affordable to the families of mostly poor Rickshaw pullers. Therefore, I convinced the management of the Delhi's NGO called 'ANKUR' which exclusively run by a dedicated bunch of ladies. They evinced positive interest in my proposal and we went ahead with the project. Six machines were bought and a monthly grant of Rs. 10000 p.m. was approved by Ankur for this project. Let me tell you the project proved a resounding success.It's already 2 years and we observed the keen interest of the slum children who were getting one months 'on the machine' computer education (literacy level) for a nominal sum of Rs.10/- per month under the guidance of a trained teacher. About 140 students are enrolled (after adding 3 more machines) during summer holidays evey year and according to their teacher some of these children from schools seemed quite creative and brilliant in their tasks, I mean no less than a youngster of an elite or middle class family. However this year we had to curtail the project significantly since "Ankur" failed to provide funds to run the project. But myself feeling very inpired by the enthusiasm of these boys and firls, I am sure I will find some other donor.Dont you think such projects should be launched all over the country i.e.,from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. With regards and respects- O.P. Pareek