Vijayalakshmi talking about Independence day and thanking freedom fighters.

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I am Vimala from Mogappair. Independence day wishes to all. Many have asked questions about Gram sabha and the answers were given. We learnt so many things about gram sabha. Everyone living in village area, do participate in gram sabha meeting and put forth your requests. Please record in UK about what you discussed in gram sabha. There is no gram sabha in our area. So if you record it will know what all you have asked. thank you

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I am Vijayalakshmi from eri scheme. This few people who has applied for pension. Lets ask whether they got it or not. Vijayalakshmi: Whats your name? Mahalingam: I am Mahalingam from AKR nagar. V: You applied for pension. What happened to it? Did you go somewhere else regarding this? M: yes I have applied it through PTS. I didnt go anywhere else. They asked me to give the application in Tiruvallur office. Because i am a house keeping staff i got it late. After 1-2month i got it. V: Are you happy that you got money? M: Yes i am very happy. Vijayalakshmi: Please say your name? Kausalya: I am Kausalya. V: What work are you doing? K: I am not doing any work. Earlier i was doing domestic help. V: How old are you? K: I am 61. V: Are you happy that you got pension? K: I am very happy. It will be helpful in some or the other way. Its been 2 years that i applied for pension. Only now i got it. So i am very happy. Thanks alot. Mahalingam: EVen i ahve the same thing to say. I am very happy. Often they visited Tiruvallur and helped me in getting pension. V: Santhanamari mam helped them in getting pension. SO they re sharing about it.

Savitha: We have a person along with us. Come lets talk to her. Hello sis. Sheela: Hello I am sheela. Savitha: From which area? Sheela: I am calling from Mugalivakkam. Savitha: Do you listen to UK? Sheela: yes i do. Savitha: How longare you listening to UK? Sheela: From last 4 months. Savita: DO you like UK? Sheela: yes very much. Savitha: Why do you like UK? Sheela: I like all the programs. And they create awareness among women. You also create awareness through songs. You also help in solving problems of unorganized workers. Thats why i like UK most. Savitha: What do you think, how UK should be taken in future? Sheela: If you do something creative it will be good. Savitha: Thank you Sheela: Thank you

I am Savitha. At present we are at Mettukuppam. We have a person along with s. Come lets interview her. Savitha: Hello sis. Whats your name? Nirmala: I am Nirmala Devi from Mettukuppam. S: How long have you been listening to UK? N: From 6-7 months. S: What do you like in UK? N: I like Pudhu Vidiyal drama, Naal Sollum seithi, Vandu Murugan. S: What do you think, how should UK be taken in future? N: Bring new things. Publish Songs for kids, useful things for women. S: Thank you. Savitha: We have another person with us. Come lets talk to her. Hi Sis Whats your name? Ganga: I am Ganga from Guloor area. S: How long have you been listening to UK? G: From 5 months. S: What do you like in UK? G: I like all the programs especially Naal sollum seithi i like the most. S: Why do you like NSS most? G: They say stories which gives awareness. So i like it most. S: What do you think, how should UK be taken in future? G: Introduce new programs. It will be a great support to women.

I am Vijayalakshmi from eri scheme. I am here in Kadalur. Many are doing domestic helper work here. They have given requests in gram sabha. we can talk about that too. Lets ask their experience while doing domestic help. Vijayalakshmi : Whats your name? Kanniga: I am Kanniga. V: Where do you live? K: Thenampattinam. V: What work do you do? K:Domestic help. V: How much salary do you get for 1 hour work? K: There is nothing like salary for 1 hour job. V: We get Rs.80 for 1 hour job. Our union has given a book in which you can write how many hours do you work. We should fill i when we go inside and comeback. How many hours did we work and how actively did we work, we can know all these. We are member in PTS. We are given a domestic worker card. We can write down the work timings. What time do you go for work? K: I go at 9am and come back at 4pm. V: What salary do you get? K: I get Rs.5000. But dont know how much i get per hour. V: It seems like a low pay for the work you do. May be because its a village, they give that salary. You do so many work, how your health feels? K: I feel very tired. They give so much of work, i wash vessels and cloths, the soap is not suiting my hand. V: We have to take care of our health. You can ask them to change the soap. Have asked them? K: I have not. But i will ask. V: Our safety is first. SO if the soap is not suting you ask for another brand soap. (To another person) Have you asked? Person 2: yea. I ask. V: I dialed UK. Did you like it? P2: yes i liked it. V: We listened Naal Sollum Seithi. What do you have to say about it? P2: They dont know how to take care of things. They used to do like this during their time. SO they are continuing it. They are not educated enough. Otherwise they shouldnt have done like that. V: Again i will dial UK, you can listen it and register in it. Do you want to say anything? P2: We want to join union. Since we are in village almost 50 will join union and we would like to know so many things. Since it is a village, we dont know many things. So we want to join union. V: Sure. Many people are saying that they will join union. K: Thanks to UK.

I am Vijayalakshmi from eri scheme. Yesterday we joined few people and made them to call urimai kural. We all should listen to it daily. Many kids are talking in it and awareness is given. You should know to how to call UK. asking again and again how to call wont seem to be working. So it will be great if you lern to dial by yourself. Please register your views by pressing 3.

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