My Kingdom For A Speech Therapist
Sometimes we just get lucky. Really and truly and amazingly lucky. Several years ago, I wrote this little essay and sent it around to as many people as I could think of: I told a friend in Mumbai [...]
A Birthday Girl and Her Birthday Mom
Moy Moy’s birthday is always my year’s most emotional day. Ever since we were told – 12 years ago now! – that she had only a few more months to live, her birthday has been [...]
Though much is taken, much abides
I grew up with this sweet little jug. It was part of a set my parents received on their wedding day, and all of it would appear on the dining table every Thanksgiving and Christmas, a signal to [...]
CVT Does Fundraising
While everyone else was busy organising melas and eating golgappas, bhel puri and cake, the adults at the College for Vocational Training were concentrating on the bottom line. Tirelessly, they [...]
Diwali Mela at Mama EIC
The Mama EIC team rocks! For weeks they have been planning and preparing for their Diwali mela and as with everything they do, the results were amazing. Parents, grandparents and children of all [...]
Diwali at Latika Vihar!
Our first Diwali in Latika Vihar’s new premises . . . one of the great things about this new place is that it has a long paved driveway (our old place was all gravel). Paving is the perfect [...]
Anti-Abortion; Pro-Obama
I was the first person in America to go to jail for opposing abortion. It was 1977 and abortion had been legal for four years. I was 19, a very close friend was pregnant and didn’t want to [...]
Nothing’s A Gift, It’s All On Loan
Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan. I’m drowning in debts up to my ears. I’ll have to pay for myself with my self, give up my life for my life. Here’s how it’s [...]
Read Me A Story
You would think that a librarian’s daughter would know better. I always wanted Latika Vihar to have an amazing children’s library and, in the very beginning, it was pretty good. We [...]
First Referral After ANM Training Session
This is exciting news! Two weeks ago, we set out on an ambitious schedule to train 200 Associate Nurse Midwives in five different districts of Uttarakhand. The goal for the sessions is to train [...]
