While I was in Mumbai, I went with Vibha to a meeting organized by India Book House to discuss prospects for new books in the area of special needs. The original idea was for Vibha to write a [...]

My friend (and sometimes mentor) Dunu Roy often accuses me of sugarcoating the difficult aspects of disability. He says I tend to use pictures like the one on the left, and avoid those like the [...]

Don’t miss the expression on this child’s face: it’s one of rapt attention. she’s waiting for the next thing to happen and she is focused and fully present. It’s [...]

One more backstage story from the Concessions Mela! As usual, we asked a lawyer to be there to help answer any legal questions our families might have. Ravi Bhatia was helpful as well as cheerful [...]

Sometimes kids are sad. We can’t solve all their hurts and worries all the time, much as we might want to. Sometimes we just need to let them feel the way they do and be there for them in [...]

This is Rajesh, the very charming staff person at our Doon Hospital Helpdesk and that fellow on his finger is called Hagrid.  Hagrid is the Resource Centre mascot and he gets passed from one to [...]

Once upon a time, we had a genius of a speech therapist working with us. Her name was Aparna and though she finally moved back home to Pune after five years in the Foundation, her fame lives on [...]

Look at them! Anshi and Eesha, two of the old hands at Ummeed’s EIC – Then and Now. I met both these little girls over a year ago on my last visit to the centre. I was amazed by how [...]

For a taste of sheer joy, head on over to the Early Intervention Centre at Ummeed in Mumbai. I spent a morning there yesterday and it set me up for the week. I literally couldn’t stop [...]

One of the most wonderful things about traveling for work is the chance it affords to reconnect with old friends. Two of my very favorite people in Mumbai are Kabir and Karun, Vibha [...]