Not everybody can read. And certainly not everybody can read English. I was standing outside Gubbara one morning when a woman came by holding a baby (with Down Syndrome) in her arm and a scrap of [...]
Launching a website is like delivering a baby. Let me introduce you to my newest addition: Every organisation has a website. No big deal. You hire a guy. You assign the task of assembling [...]
On Saturday, Vijay and Lakshi got their “results.” “What are results?” Lakshi asked. “How you did on your papers,” her Mom explained. “I didn’t do [...]
This summer we had a lovely young woman as an intern in the Foundation. Swati is from Dehradun and her parents are both physicians who often refer children to us. She is hoping to become a doctor [...]
I hate to admit it, but I’m desperate. Again. It happens with depressing regularity. Every three or four years, I take my eye off the ball. I go to sleep at the wheel. I stop firing on all [...]
Every centre for poor children has at least one girl like this one – a child completely absorbed in the task at hand (a task most likely self-assigned), oblivious to the chaos around her. I [...]
My sister Lucy is one of the best cooks I know. She cooks lavishly and with love and she usually has a funny story about each thing she makes. Here’s her recipe for and her story about the [...]
Several people have asked me recently for the recipe for the chocolate cake I always make (birthdays, special guests, Core Group meetings, just because) . . . lately, since Lakshi and Vijay have [...]
Moy Moy used to talk. Most people who know her now have no memory of how she once was, but a devoted little group still does. We tell the stories often to keep the memory green. Moy Moy used to [...]
When beautiful Meera came to visit, all I could think about was that she was a Speech Therapist. There aren’t many people in the world who can appreciate the way some of us think about [...]