I On the 7th day of  #lockdown a generous neighbour posted a sign: “Jigsaw Puzzles. Help Yourself”. II I was of three minds: Would they be infected? Would all the pieces be there? Why [...]

Moy Moy’s gravestone was a very long time coming. Funerals happen instantly in India. In most of the country, most of the year, it’s too hot to wait more than a few hours. But [...]

Sproutflix is a film company that shares short movies and feature length films exclusively about people with developmental disabilities. What a find! We are used to the way disabled people are [...]

Deaf people have it hard in India. Although Sign is a recognized language and an effective way for the deaf to communicate, the accepted wisdom here is that they should just learn how to speak. [...]

Shree wants to walk but he can’t support his own weight. There’s a magic piece of equipment that might be about to change his life. It’s called a Body Weight Support Treadmill. Here’s how it [...]

We have no visions because we live in an age in which they are not permitted.                                                                          Deirdre Madden   […]

A little girl and her mother came to see me last night. “She’s got these white patches on her legs,” the Mom said, trying to sound casual. “It started with just one, but [...]

Forty years ago, Ravi and I got married on Mother’s Day. It was a magical celebration, literally uniting East with West (I enacted it by changing from my white gown to a red sari and back [...]

Going to college in America means you are definitely going to have a roommate. And your room will be small. The room Melanie and I shared was about 9′ x 12′. We opted for bunkbeds to [...]

Sign language is such a beautiful way to communicate. Abstract thoughts and words transform themselves into something visual and concrete and meanings we hadn’t appreciated suddenly emerge. [...]