It’s a complicated life when you use wheelchairs to get around. Just ask Moy. She uses the one in the front for her in-house mobility. It matches the living room furniture and has padded [...]

We knew he was special right from the start. Deepak left a lucrative job with IBM to come and work with the Foundation – the drop he took in salary was so staggering it might be called a [...]

With 73 children, two pools and very few staff or kids who know how to swim,  we have to be very careful on our annual Latika Vihar picnic. We are constantly vigilant when the kids are in [...]

Today our own Dr Sebastian described for us his new approach to assessing children at Karuna Vihar. In addition to all the usual things he has always looked at, he’s added one special [...]

I spotted these two girls sitting off by themselves yesterday at Latika Vihar. All the other kids were deeply involved in the dance lesson. These two seemed deeply involved in watching – [...]

  What are these two little boys thinking about? Seven-thirty on a hot and dusty Monday morning and there they are perched on a cycle-cart, gazing at someone – their father? their [...]

Like everybody else in this world, I love my own music. There is nothing quite like the little bubble one can create with headphones plugged in and sneakers on, striding through an airport or a [...]

This was one of my favorite parts of the whole trip. Anand has always loved the Eggplant Parmesan I make at home, so when he got his own kitchen AND a friend he wants to impress, he asked me to [...]

(This article appeared in the June 4th issue of Commonweal Magazine) Hiatus While I took Lent and Easter more seriously than ever this year—in terms of prayer, Scriptural reading, reflection, and [...]

It’s hard to believe that all three of the MacGill sisters have died. They went out in the exact opposite of the order in which they came in: Aunt Sheila, the youngest, left us first. Then [...]