When Moy Moy was small, Shaila Faleiro – the first trained special educator we ever hired – used to come by our house on the odd Saturday morning to ask if she could “borrow [...]
I’m not a sporty person. I prefer watching the out doors from an inside window. I was a bookworm as a child and going to the library was my favorite activity. I like swimming because you [...]
So how poor is poor? And what factors go into deciding who is and who isn’t? The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative – a UK based think tank dedicated to reducing poverty [...]
Almost exactly five years ago, I wrote a post on visiting cards. We all carry them around with us, especially at conferences, and we hope they convey – in a tiny little nutshell – who [...]
Today is my 55th birthday. Many of my young friends have told me I am yet another year younger, that they cannot think of me as old. I know they mean it as a compliment. But the thing is, I like [...]
Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) are women selected by their own community to be trained and supported to function in their villages to improve the community’s general health. There is [...]
I just came across a post our old friend Samantha Zirkin wrote after volunteering with the Foundation as a fundraiser almost two years ago. I don’t know how I missed it! Please take a [...]
I will never forget the day I bought this bowl. The moment I saw it, I knew it was going to be a family heirloom. I knew this was a bowl that would live on in my children’s memories as part [...]
What a pleasure, what a joy to announce the great news that our own Sumita Nanda has been appointed Director, Human Resources at the Latika Roy Foundation. Everyone who has ever come in to the [...]
A friend’s mother-in-law was dying. She knew that death was imminent and she had made her wishes clear: no heroic measures. She was ready to go and she didn’t want her life [...]