Nearly a decade ago, Somebody gave Somebody (both shall remain nameless) a particularly Lurid Souvenir, acquired on a trip to Brazil. Second Somebody didn’t want the gift, but unable to [...]

What a week I’ve had. A series of amazing meetings in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai – each one a little gem of perfection and good will, each one filling me with a sense of [...]

Ok, maybe I get a little carried away. Frequent angry outbursts while driving, teaching people “lessons” on the road, turning errant children over to their parents and, occasionally, [...]

Children – OH MY GOSH – really want to be useful. Vijay and Lakshi plague me for things to do, ways they can help (they are particularly fond of tasks which involve spray bottles of [...]

Ram Chandra is a shepherd. It’s not often we run into shepherds these days, so this feels like an occasion. I’ve seen him on our streets for years, but it wasn’t till recently [...]

Moy Moy is so much a part of our lives we sometimes forget that’s not true for everyone else. So here’s her story once again: the story of Moy Moy, the reason for and the inspiration [...]

One very hot summer afternoon, my mother stood at our kitchen window looking out at the house next door. Our neighbours were Portuguese immigrants – from the “old country”. [...]

We talk about inclusion all the time. It’s a concept, it’s an issue, it’s a right, it’s an imperative. At Latika Vihar, it’s just the way it is. That means it may be [...]

Last week I shopped for toys. Maybe you remember how successful my little spree was: I returned home from Delhi on Friday afternoon. That night, I assembled. (Don’t miss the empty wine [...]

I took this photo when I was in Florida in 2008, just after my mother’s death. My sister, my father and I had gone down there to meet Mom’s twin sister, who was too ill to make it to [...]