Going for Gold

In February this year, 13 of our athletes participated in a sports meet in the run up to the Special Olympics at Jyoti Special School, Rishikesh. They competed in the 100-meter race, bocce, shot put, and softball throw, and what a performance they gave – one hundred percent, all of them, and we couldn’t be […]

Walking the Talk in Architecture, Access, and Acceptance

At Latika, acceptance and accessibility have formed the bedrock of our work since we got started three decades ago. So when our Executive Director, Jo Chopra, was invited to speak at the Doon Library and Resource Center on ‘Architecture, Access, Acceptance’ on 7 March, it was on a subject close to her heart, particularly now […]

Art for Latika | Take Two

During Covid, I happened to be stranded in the US. I had gone to be with my daughter for her first baby’s delivery and the day I arrived, all the airports shut down. I stayed for 15 months – until I’d gotten the second vaccine – and among the many things that happened during that […]