And a new bride-to-be!
Some people are simply destined to break your heart. I knew when I hired Neha Joshi that she would be one of them. She was adorable, appealing, bright, funny, and full of passion and energy. Much as I love Dehradun, I know that most people like that don’t stay here for long. The world calls out […]
A New Bride
Naina Kashyap is one of our very talented, very beautiful young staff. Her mother used to work for Manju and Manju had her eye on her since she was just a wee young thing. When Moy Moy needed a new babysitter in 2008, she suggested Naina. We often refer to Moy Moy as the Karuna […]
The Foundation and The Great Indian Republic
Here at the Foundation, we’ve always celebrated the two big national holidays – Independence Day and Republic Day – with a bang. Independence Day we do with the children and their parents, but Republic Day is just for us. Every project comes up with a music or dance item and though we pride ourselves on […]
A New Volunteer From France!
Claire Dupre is our most recent volunteer and she comes via Anna Tanvir – an old friend whom I wrote about here. Claire is a Business Management student and is specializing in what is called “Solidarity and Social Economy,” an interesting discipline which will equip her to help companies, institutions or even governments looking to develop […]
Unprecedented Calendar Sales!
It is only January 5th (Cathleen’s birthday, by the way!) and we are already sold out of the 2012 calendar. Other years we have continued flogging it well into February (and sometimes even March!) but this year, in spite of getting to the press very late, sales have been phenomenal. Orders have poured in from all over […]