Nicola Tansley! It’s a name that has fascinated me for years. She is an Educational Psychologist and has been working with Tibetan kids with special needs for eight years. She is based in [...]

I enjoyed watching this reluctant citizen, and her even more reluctant daughter, being approached, cajoled, educated and finally won over by a determined youg activist:  

Friday the 13th is the day G D Agrawal chose to begin his historic fast-unto-death in protest of the government’s plan to build four dams on the River Ganga between the Gangotri Glacier and [...]

It’s always good to get a new perspective. We took the Core Group on the road this week when we went to visit Preeti Kirbat at the home of her new project, Astitva. Preeti has been [...]

Moy Moy has been pretty patient with us. For years now, we have been treating her like a baby, and she hasn’t objected too strongly. Her corner of the room is full of toys and storybooks [...]

I sent this photo to a bunch of people who help us with the creation of the Karuna Vihar calendar every year. These are the hard-core calendar fans, the ones who wait eagerly for its arrival each [...]

These two little waifs in the foreground have fascinated me for well over a year, which is when I took this photo. There is something ancient in their expressions (particularly the one in blue), [...]

It’s been a slow time on the blog! Sorry about that. The combined pleasures of having Cathleen at home, shorter hours in the office and a general summer relaxation have me at the desk less [...]