The Latika Roy Foundation – Larger Than Life!
There we are, in all our glory! Of course, as usual, there are a few missing – most of the Core Group for starters, with Sebastian goofing off in Holland, Savita in a training for counselors in Delhi and me behind the camera; as well as most of the Latika Vihar staff – but it’s […]
Edmund Cluett, Guruji
Happy Birthday, Edmund! Edmund and his wife Angie were volunteers at the Foundation in 2006 – 2007. They are two of the most wonderful and talented people we have ever had with us and it would be impossible to list all the ways they helped us to grow. But today, on Edmund’s birthday, I want […]
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 […]
Beauties at the Beach
I spent one of my last days in the US with Anand and Cathleen in Newport, Rhode Island where we walked several miles along the ocean side and then had a wonderful lunch at a restaurant in the city. And here they are, the loves, against the wide ocean skyscape, beautiful, young and poised for […]
Ancestral Homes
Last week, I took Mom and Dad on a tour of our old houses – we visited three of the four I had lived in as a child and a young adult. This one – in Fall River – is the one we were in longest: I was 2 when we moved in and 17 […]
The Kids!
There they were – at last! Seeing the children, even when they are sleepy or busy doing their taxes, has to be the best thing in this life. I know I have said it before, but I am SUCH a lucky mother.
Half a Century, or Happy Birthday Mom
Moy Moy isn’t so into smiling these days, so I was very pleased to get this half grin from her in honor of my birthday. What a darling she is and what a lucky mom! And yes, she is trying to tell you all to send a donation to Karuna Vihar in honor of […]
Kids Grow Up (Another Story from Ummeed)
Look at them! Anshi and Eesha, two of the old hands at Ummeed’s EIC – Then and Now. I met both these little girls over a year ago on my last visit to the centre. I was amazed by how much they have grown and how far they have come. But this picture is the […]
The Teacher as Artist
I mentioned Shivani’s beautifully decorated classroom, but my blogging abilities didn’t allow me to post the photo I took to showcase it! Here’s a picture of just one of the displays Shivani has created for her lucky kids.
Young Adults
I finally got to visit the Centre for Vocational Training this week. It’s in a beautiful new building now (rented from our friends Kusum and Baba Kanwar) and it looks wonderful. I spent some time in what we call the Transition Class – those students poised for adulthood, not quite ready to leave the security […]