Lucy’s Pad
This is Lucy’s room in the guest house. She and the boys will have to share the bed, and I am hoping they wiggle less in their sleep than they do when wide awake. They are small, action-packed people, on the go from morning till night! This is a room with an illustrious history! Our […]
Floods – at home and abroad
My niece, Erin Lea, lives in new Orleans with her husband Derek. Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina forced them out of their homes and tonight, it looks as if Hurricane Gustave is going to put them through it again. She’s smiling in the picture, but though she is a cheerful, optimistic person, I doubt she’s […]
Getting Ready for Dad, Lucy and the boys
The last time Dad was in India was 1990. Moy Moy was eight months old at the time, Anand had just started school and Cathleen was only four. Dad was on a Fulbright fellowship and he was mostly touring in the South with his group. He came and stayed with us for two weeks at […]
Anand Chopra McGowan
It’s so easy to like this boy. I know I shouldn’t say it, being the Mom, but Anand is so charming and funny and smart it is impossible not to fall for him. He always makes me proud. He can handle any situation with grace and aplomb and he has a gift for making other […]
Jyotsna Brar
Yesterday, Nileshwari and I went to see Jyotsna Brar. She is the Principal of Welham Girls, a member of the Latika Roy Foundation General Body, a long-time supporter of our work and – most important, a good friend. Meeting her is always a pleasure as I find in her a kindred spirit – a woman […]
Parents’ Meeting
Here they are. These are the people who are going to change the world for young adults with mental handicap. Mothers all, these are women who know that the future of their children depends upon them. No one else. Now that Moy Moy is in the CVT, I will be attending monthly parents’ meetings along […]
Putting it out to the universe
I’ve been looking for this girl. And I’ve been looking hard. Shruti is a speech therapist who worked with us for several years before going off to London to do a Master’s Degree in Pediatric Speech Therapy. The idea was that she would return and work with us after finishing her degree and earning enough […]
Independence Day
August 15th at Karuna Vihar is always a festival of color and a celebration of ability and self-reliance. I love seeing the children perform – each year the older ones get a little more sophisticated and the little ones a bit older and more confident. It’s a benchmark ceremonial day – we measure our progress […]
Love and Loss
St John Chrysostom said “Those whom we love and lose are no longer where they were. They are now wherever we are.” I love these words. I love them especially because, living in India, I have felt so far away from my mother for many, many years. I would have loved to have lived closer […]
Research
Now that Moy Moy is in “college” (the CVT), she needs to decide on her major, as well as her research topic. Cathleen is halfway through her college career, so she’s in a good position to help her make up her mind. After some discussion with her sister, Moy has decided that her major will […]