Jo’s Blog

I never stop being inspired by Teach for India. Their passion, their excitement, their total and utter commitment to what they do is incredible. If we could take their enthusiasm and bottle it, we would have the secret formula for success we [...]

Why do we love our jobs? It’s not always easy to do what we do. Taking care of kids with special needs can be hard. Progress is slow. Demands are enormous. Funds are limited. Parents worry. Donors are unreasonable. But those children! They [...]

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Donald Trump I Among that dismal array of Republicans, The only one connecting Is a blowhard businessman. II I was of three minds, Like a ballot On which there are three unacceptable candidates. III The Trump card [...]

Daniel Berrigan was the priest at our wedding. He wouldn’t allow us to say “Dan Berrigan married us.” The one time I did, he quickly corrected me: “No, Jo. You married each other. I was only one of the witnesses.” [...]

Who says getting an aadhaar card has to be a long, tedious, difficult process? It shouldn’t be, of course, and the government (OK, give them credit) is trying to streamline the procedure and make it as painless as possible. But long lines [...]

I caught this fleeting moment of wonder at Latika Vihar the other day. It wasn’t until I returned home and saw it on my screen that I thought about its depth and promise: a little girl, stepping out on her own, into a sepia-colored expanse [...]

“Gubbara is too expensive,” I was told today (again). “You’re providing five-star care to a small minority of children while the vast majority remain in slums.” We hear this a lot. Our “model” costs too [...]