Mahi lives in your house
Mahi, age four, fell into an open borewell near Manesar on June 20th. 86 hours later, after protracted and heroic efforts by an Army rescue team, her body was pulled out and the child was [...]
A birth, a death, a picnic . . .
My dearest, oldest, bestest friend (outside of my family) was born on June 21st in 1957. We didn’t meet until ten years later and our friendship did not get off to a flying start. She was [...]
We Spell Paradise: K-A-L-H-A-N
Drs Jiten and Indu Kalhan have been friends of the Foundation for as long as we have existed. It was through them that Moy Moy came into our lives and for that alone we owe them a lifetime of [...]
Anu Aga, Kiran Datar, Ravi Chopra and Building the Nation
It turns out that countries are built by ordinary people, emboldened by, and on fire with, extraordinary ideas. Ideas like integrity, justice and dignity. People like Anu Aga, Kiran Datar and [...]
Latika Vihar Talent Show: Rising Stars and the Tried and True!
“So who won?” one of our guests asked. She had arrived late and the show was already over. “Won?” I asked, confused. “I know!” she agreed. “I was [...]
Dreaming of a Miracle
Miracle Not the one who takes up his bed and walks But the ones who have known him all along And carry him in — Their shoulders numb, the ache and stoop deeplocked In their backs, the stretcher [...]
A touch of disability . . .
Sometimes, I imagine how a famous person might handle a disability in their lives. Julia Roberts and a son with Autism. President Obama and a daughter with Cerebral Palsy. Bill Gates and a kid [...]
