What Corruption Means
So many of us are simply breathless with the amazement of the last few days. The clarion call against corruption sounded by Anna Hazare followed by the stirring and full-hearted response from one end of the country to the other . . . it’s been inspiring and uplifting. It feels like a New Age, a […]
Catch Them Early!
Most people are fascinated by multiple births. Twins, triplets, quads – so exciting! But to obstetricians, pediatricians and other child development specialists, multiple births spell trouble. A woman expecting twins is by definition a high-risk mom; the more babies, the higher the risk – both for the mother and for the babies. So when Shefali […]
Tis The Season . . .
School admission time rolls around faster every year. For some reason, I am besieged each March/April with requests for help from parents desperate to get their children into School X, Y or Z. I am not influential and nobody owes me any favors, so I’m not sure why people keep coming to me. The word, […]
In a Special place
Deccan Herald, March 5, 2010
Home At Last
No matter how many times I do it (this must be my 30th return to India), the shock of transition remains shocking. From the lush green of the Boston Commons to the steel and glass and gleaming floors of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to a scene like this one on the road home to Dehradun […]
Reflection
What a trip this one was. Activity is wonderful, and I loved being with my children, my sisters and brothers, my Dad, my nieces and nephews and my friends – but, as usual, I forgot to leave any white space in my days. Almost without exception, every moment was PACKED: lunches, dinners, museums, long walks, […]
Friends of the Foundation
A few weeks ago I attended my niece’s graduation at Tufts. Neha is a bright star in the firmament – one of the nicest people I know, as well as one who makes our generation feel confident about “passing the torch”. Neha volunteered at Karuna Vihar when she was only in high school. She was […]
The Descent
So here’s the back yard. By this time it was around 7 AM. A very confused and sleepy man rushed out in his barefeet to see what was happening (it sounded like a dragon settling down on the lawn) and rushed right back in to get his camera. Unluckily for him, however, the house selected […]
The Balloon Ride
Finally. We actually had begun to think this day would never come. Weather conditions for balloon rides, we now know, have to be beyond perfect. The slightest of breezes, a hint of rain, the merest suggestion of a low pressure front coming in (or was it a high pressure front?) and the ride is called […]