A Father’s Love
New family in Gubbara today. Dad carrying a baby – baby about 18 months; Mom toting a bag of his gear. A little old for such a small child? Maybe the grandparents? Dad got right down to [...]
Report Card for the Followup Team
One of the most important things organizations like ours have to do is to review our own work – critically, dispassionately and objectively. We have to analyze what we are doing, ask [...]
Far From The Tree
How do I know what I think until I see what I say? I am reading “Far From The Tree” by Andrew Solomon and it is a slow, painful process which is leaving me alternately breathless and [...]
The Delhi Rapists and A Country Playing God
“So hope for a great sea-change On the far side of revenge. Believe that further shore Is reachable from here. Believe in miracles And cures and healing wells.” ― Seamus Heaney The Delhi gang [...]
Sakshi Gets A Job
Sakshi and Moy Moy. Those two girls – young women now – are inextricably linked with the history of the Foundation. They were the first students at Karuna Vihar, the only ones who [...]
Seven Ways of Thinking About Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney, the great Irish poet, died too soon. I had always been sure I would meet him one day. He was only 74. I thought there was plenty of time. I thought he still had years and years [...]
