Summertime at Latika Vihar
It’s been a slow time on the blog! Sorry about that. The combined pleasures of having Cathleen at home, shorter hours in the office and a general summer relaxation have me at the desk less (and when I am here I am more likely to be playing Scrabble online with my demon sister, Lucy – […]
Akanksha – Be the Change
I’ve been looking forward to this since January – Shaheen Mistry, whom I admire to the point of hero-worship, invited me to come and speak at Akanksha’s annual Education Convention – a colorful, creative extravaganza in which bright, lively young teachers come together to celebrate the Akanksha vision, re-dedicate themselves to its mission and pick […]
Grandpa
Here’s an interesting little series! This is my dad with Enzo (Lucy’s son) and Jared, Enzo’s friend. Dad loves it when the kids come over to visit and he encourages their antics and pranks . . But when you’re 86, after a while, you have to ask little boys to slow down a bit: And […]
Flexibility
This is Moy Moy Senior, little Moy’s namesake, demonstrating that not everyone ages in the same way in this world. Moy is 45! Is there no justice?
The Birthday Party
I love this photograph! This was at my 50th birthday party (celebrated a bit late here in the USA). My sister Moy Moy (the leaping blur in the background – she’s around five inches shorter than me in real life, so you get a sense of how high she can jump!) hosted it at her […]
Bedford Babes!
Here are some of the Bedford Babes – a wonderful group of women (and one man) who came together over a common passion for running but who soon discovered they had many other shared passions as well. The beautiful one in the centre (who looks a bit like me!) is my own sister Mary, one […]
All Stars!
These two gorgeous boys are my nephews – Owen is the one with braces on his teeth and Enzo is gearing up to pitch. You may recognize them from the August page of this year’s calendar. They are two of the funniest, most energetic boys I know. They live next door to my parents […]
A Song for the Road
I stopped in Springfield to meet my sister and her family. This is Mary’s husband Tom and his amazing 90 year old mother Jeanne Synan. Tom was busy playing a little Beethoven on his ukelele and Mrs Synan was egging him on.
Kanwarjit Chawla: Chance Encounter on a Railway Platform
Kanwarjit Chawla is one of our family’s oldest and dearest friends. He is Moy Moy’s Godfather and has been an adviser to the Foundation since the day we started. Yesterday, I took the train from Dehradun to Delhi – I was just about to board when I saw Dr K coming down the platform, looking […]
Karuna Vihar Calendar 2009
Time to put on your thinking caps! I know it’s only April, and that 2009 is still a long way off, but this is about the time when we traditionally start thinking about next year’s calendar. It’s quite a process. First, we need a theme. Then we start searching for the perfect quotes and poems. […]