Jo’s Blog

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 [...]

Wanting to keep children safe is perhaps the first and most fundamental fact of being an adult, especially a parent, a teacher or anyone who is around kids and cares about them. We put their welfare above our own; we instinctively leap forward [...]

Welcome to our newest website. We launched it at midnight in honor of World Autism Day . . . and that feels appropriate. There was nothing wrong with the old one, designed by our friend Siddharth Sharma – in fact, it was truly beautiful. [...]