Jo’s Blog

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. [...]

Tomorrow is World Autism Day. People around the world will be marking the day by wearing blue, lighting their buildings blue and hosting a wide range of activities to spread the word, create awareness, share knowledge and build a sense of [...]

The hints went up on Facebook a few nights ago and the reverberations have been constant ever since. “Manju’s Farewell” read the headline and the questions started pouring in: Manju di? Where are you going? Why? What? WHAT???? [...]

LOVE AFTER LOVE The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your [...]