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 [...]

  And now for something entirely different. When Baba Amte died in 2008 at the age of 93, the world remembered him as this century’s mightiest champion of people affected by leprosy. He was [...]

Here’s a dynamo. Shaheen Mistry is young, brilliant and very articulate. She is also fearless and a natural leader. Akanksha is her brainchild and it is a rare pleasure to watch her in action [...]

I’ve been looking forward to this since January – Shaheen Mistry, whom I admire to the point of hero-worship, invited me to come and speak at Akanksha’s annual Education [...]

There we are, in all our glory! Of course, as usual, there are a few missing – most of the Core Group for starters, with Sebastian goofing off in Holland, Savita in a training for [...]

I was so excited when Vandana called to say she was in Dehradun for a meeting and would like to drop in to visit. Vandana has been a legend in my mind for as long as I have known her. I first met [...]

Here are three of our best and our brightest, conferring over the latest acquisition: Boardmaker! Thanks again to the lovely students of Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island for their [...]

Rama Bhandari retires today, after working in the Foundation for 12 years. Rama is a special educator with a heart of gold, a teacher who is universally loved by her students and deeply respected [...]

I caught this moment at the farewell party  – Anne saying goodbye to Chhoti Manju in such a lovely, ashirwad sort of a way: it seems to me to sum up what her time here with us was like. [...]

Meeting Aruna Roy was one of the best things to happen to me in a long time. I have heard about her for years from Ravi, and from Dunu, and from reading about her work in the press – but [...]