Shaila Brijnath: Force of Nature
Don’t be fooled by the pensive look. She’s just waiting for the right moment to pounce. When she decides she’s had enough or that you aren’t making any sense or that – God forbid – someone is messing with one of “her” kids, watch out. Shaila is a force to be reckoned with. Thank God […]
Bridget Clay
If you think Bridget looks golden, a little sparkly and shining, you’re right. It’s new love (his name is Sarfraz) and it makes her bewitching and delightful to all of us older, more experienced types whose loves are more measured but no less deep. It also makes her just a little hard to get on […]
Barack Obama Sweeps Dehradun in a Landslide Victory
I would like it on record! I sent my absentee ballot in today.
Reading Poetry and Sharing Photos with Moy Moy
I just discovered this little album of photographs while cleaning out my closet. It’s full of pictures of Moy Moy, Cathleen and Anand when they were small – and Moy enjoys going through them with us, remembering the old days and laughing (sometimes) about how cute she and her sibs were.(Sometimes she just looks stern.) […]
Dunu Does Dehradun
This was the beginning of the workshop. 29 decorous and well-behaved children from Latika Vihar, all gathered to see what this white haired fellow from New Delhi might have to say. Dunu is the Foundation’s oldest friend (his mother was Latika Roy) and a constant source of inspiration and provocation to us. We had asked […]
What A Great Idea!
I stumbled upon this wonderful site by a happy accident and was soon totally immersed in it. Julie Oakley is a designer and artist who came up with an ingenious plan to increase her artistic output while getting a bit of exercise at the same time. Every day, for one year, she committed to walking […]
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 […]
How Memory Works: Duke Duchscherer and Carin Duchscherer
Memory is a fluid, mysterious thing and often what we think we remember may be incomplete, in error or totally backwards. Sometimes a piece of important information can be left out of the story and when – by luck or design or happy discovery – it surfaces, it can be an occasion of wonder and […]
Nicola Tansley Visits Latika Vihar
Nicola Tansley! It’s a name that has fascinated me for years. She is an Educational Psychologist and has been working with Tibetan kids with special needs for eight years. She is based in Dharamsala where she serves as a consultant to the Tibetan Government in exile, but she makes regular visits to Dehradun to train […]
Core Group: Out and About!
It’s always good to get a new perspective. We took the Core Group on the road this week when we went to visit Preeti Kirbat at the home of her new project, Astitva. Preeti has been associated with us in a variety of ways (not least being that she is married to Dr Sebastian) – […]