We remember birthdays (God organises those). We remember anniversaries (Here, we think we are in charge.) And, in some very lucky families, we remember the day when the divine and the human come [...]

Last week, I went to meet my next-door neighbor. He retired from the Indian Forest Service a few years ago and one of his last posts had been as the Director of the Indira Gandhi National Forest [...]

This evening, I spoke with my husband on the phone. We had been chatting for a few minutes before he said “I’ve got good company here in the compartment.” Up until that moment, [...]

Everywhere I go, I hear the same thing: “We can’t find staff. Where are all the good people, the qualified people, the people who can write, think creatively, analyze?” [...]

A few nights ago, I met an old friend in a coffee shop in New Delhi. Stephane is a French architect, living and working in India for the past 15 years. “It’s really strange in India right now, [...]

The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK: National Child Health Program) had to begin somewhere. Someone had to come up with it; someone had to have had a dream – a vision of a national [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]