We have lived in our own house for nearly three years now, but I still walk around it sometimes in a daze of delight, unable to believe that this beautiful place really belongs to us. I love [...]
Dad is such a funny man, such a delight to have in our home. This morning, I served the first watermelon of the season. It was bright red and very sweet and we both loved it. I always swallow the [...]
On Friday I attended a two-day conference at Muskaan, a wonderful organization in Delhi for adults with mental handicap. As I was a speaker, I was put up in the building itself. I arrived late at [...]
This morning at breakfast, Dad told me about an incident from his childhood. He grew up in the Great Depression and his family was very poor. One day, it seemed every child in the neighborhood [...]
Those pesky farewells! It seems everytime we turn around, there’s another wonderful staff member leaving (marriages, babies, husbands getting transferred). It is never easy to say goodbye. [...]
The future of the country is in the children. And their parents. Here’s Sree, giving us a sneak preview of one of our youngest new citizens, and a very lucky child indeed, with Sree and [...]
Given the current climate of distrust and fear in the country, Rizwan’s prose poem, which he adapted from an ancient Persian poem, was particularly apt. “Hindu, Muslim: what [...]
The presentations were many and varied. Skits, dances, songs and one original poem set to music – it was a wonderful compilation of talent and patriotism. Here are some of the EIC team, [...]
This was one of the most colorful and action-packed Republic Days I can remember at the Foundation. Every centre (and there are so many now!) made a presentation. Some Highlights: Here’s [...]
The previous post on Bharti Foundation’s foray into providing quality education through the shells the government school system has passed on to them obviously begs the question: why [...]