Ravi’s Tribute to Mom
Isn’t this beautiful? Mom will be remembered as a gracious, gentle, wise and kind person. She was always concerned about the happiness and well-being of others. When I first met met her, I was so struck by her qualities that I said to myself,”If Jo (her daughter) is anything like her, then I would like […]
Patricia McGowan, RIP
I want to share Mom’s obituary with all my friends. Patricia (MacGill) McGowan McGOWAN, PATRICIA (MacGILL) age 84, of Providence, RI formerly of Somerset passed away Sat. June 21, 2008 at her residence. She was the wife of Dr. Owen T.P. McGowan to whom she had been married for 54 years.Born in London, […]
Home to Mom
I am returning to America tomorrow, though I have been back here in India less than six weeks. My mother, age 85, is failing rapidly and my sister Lucy, who looks after her, thinks these may be her final days. I pray that I make it home in time to see her once more. Although […]
Concentration2
I love watching children work at the things they set their minds to. This little girl knows the cap has to go back on the pen and she is determined to get it there. She’s got green ink on her fingers and her arm, but look at the calm persistence on her face! She brings […]
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 […]
The Mysteries of Childhood
These two little waifs in the foreground have fascinated me for well over a year, which is when I took this photo. There is something ancient in their expressions (particularly the one in blue), something deep and unfathomable which is in contrast with the view we like to hold of childhood and its innocence and […]
Baba Amte
And now for something entirely different. When Baba Amte died in 2008 at the age of 93, the world remembered him as this century’s mightiest champion of people affected by leprosy. He was that indeed, but his vision was more complex and more compelling than any one issue could elicit and the more I read […]