Ancestral Homes
Last week, I took Mom and Dad on a tour of our old houses – we visited three of the four I had lived in as a child and a young adult. This one – in Fall River – is the one we were in longest: I was 2 when we moved in and 17 […]
The Parents
The children are the future, but in the context of eternity, so are the parents! I return to my home in America as often as I can to be with Mom and Dad because few things in life give me as much happiness, few things in life are as simple or as easy to do. […]
The Kids!
There they were – at last! Seeing the children, even when they are sleepy or busy doing their taxes, has to be the best thing in this life. I know I have said it before, but I am SUCH a lucky mother.
A Song for the Road
I stopped in Springfield to meet my sister and her family. This is Mary’s husband Tom and his amazing 90 year old mother Jeanne Synan. Tom was busy playing a little Beethoven on his ukelele and Mrs Synan was egging him on.
America
I love arriving in America – especially when I am “received” at the airport by family. Ravi’s sister and brother were there to meet me when I arrived at the ungodly hour of midnight, and it was cold and raining too! We didn’t get home until after two – Nutan promptly fixed me a huge […]
Long Time!
Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let you know why I have been so silent. I am in the US visiting with my parents (as well as with Anand and Cathleen, my six brothers and sisters, rafts of nieces and nephews and many wonderful friends!). The problem is the internet! I have finally borrowed […]
Kanwarjit Chawla: Chance Encounter on a Railway Platform
Kanwarjit Chawla is one of our family’s oldest and dearest friends. He is Moy Moy’s Godfather and has been an adviser to the Foundation since the day we started. Yesterday, I took the train from Dehradun to Delhi – I was just about to board when I saw Dr K coming down the platform, looking […]
Karuna Vihar Calendar 2009
Time to put on your thinking caps! I know it’s only April, and that 2009 is still a long way off, but this is about the time when we traditionally start thinking about next year’s calendar. It’s quite a process. First, we need a theme. Then we start searching for the perfect quotes and poems. […]
Another Birthday Girl!
Shaila worked at the Foundation for several years – even continuing for a year as Networking Coordinator after moving to Delhi because we couldn’t bear to let her go and she couldn’t bear to leave. But all good things come to an end (they say – whoever THEY are) and Shaila moved to Chennai and […]
The Little Schemer
Now does this look like a young lady so sick her mother had to postpone her trip to America? All of last week Moy Moy kept me in a state of anxiety. She had started having a new type of seizure, and was sleeping massively: up to 20 hours a day. Sebastian made frequent house […]