Another Christmas Elf
Moy Moy loves Christmas too. She’s disappointed that neither Anand nor Cathleen will be coming this year (as are we all! This will be the first time ever that both of them are missing Christmas at home), but she approves of their desire to save money and to consume less of the Earth’s resources. However, […]
Nutan Gupta, God’s Elder Sister
Ravi’s sister Nutan is one of my best friends. We like to say that we have traded places – she lives in the United States and has become an integral part of my family there while I live in India and have become the same to her family here. My family is always thanking me […]
Back at Home
I got an email from my sister Lucy today titled “Blogs”. Inside she said “We have to do better at them! Both of us!” (Hers is http://lucycuseo.blogspot.com/, by the way, and it’s wonderful.) Anyway, it was a point well taken. I am back at home and have hurtled straight through jet-lag (which I normally like […]
Fisher Island
img_9413.JPG Dad isn’t much into traveling these days. He gets tired easily and he hasn’t the desire or the interest that once took him around the world (to Africa, Portugal, Ireland, Israel and India, to name just a few). But after Mom’s death, he was determined to get to Florida to visit her twin sister […]
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 […]
Vandana Bedi Visits Dehradun!
I was so excited when Vandana called to say she was in Dehradun for a meeting and would like to drop in to visit. Vandana has been a legend in my mind for as long as I have known her. I first met her in 1995 when I took Moy Moy to be assessed at […]
Backstage with Aruna Roy (and Bunker too!)
Meeting Aruna Roy was one of the best things to happen to me in a long time. I have heard about her for years from Ravi, and from Dunu, and from reading about her work in the press – but nothing prepared me for the real thing – the woman herself, so fiery and passionate […]
Katie Renner: One of Our Illustrious Volunteers
This is Katie, one of the Dream Team who came to Dehradun last year to volunteer (the other two were Noorie and Aileen, both designers and the ones responsible for our amazing annual report and various other marvelous projects). Technically, Katie worked at PSI, but she also spent time in our projects and, since she […]
Executive Committee Meeting
I returned home on Wednesday and on Sunday we had our Foundation’s Executive Committee meeting – a big push for someone like me, who loves to luxuriate in jet lag for at least a week (I really don’t understand people who manage to leap right back into their work routines after a trip abroad – […]
Where Would We Be Without Lucy and Robert?
Lucy lives next door to Mom and Dad. She is my youngest sister and she has the most loving, generous heart of anyone I know. Lucy’s life revolves around meeting the needs of others. What does she not do? She is like one of those women from another era – she cooks fabulous meals, volunteers […]