Jo’s Blog

It goes without saying that kids with developmental disabilities need regular followup care after they’ve been assessed. But what if those kids are poor and live miles and miles away from services? Here in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, [...]

Who knows what they are doing when they first start out? Like any young parents, we had no idea what we were taking on when we began the Latika Roy Foundation. All we knew was that the baby was ours and that she was looking at us. No escape. Not [...]

Gubbara is an important project in the Latika Roy Foundation. No doubt. It’s not more or less important than any of our other projects but it IS more prominent. Placed as it is in a government hospital, it gets a lot of attention – [...]

When I bought my primulas this year, the old mali at the nursery gave me some advice: “Pinch back the first flowers.” he said. “They grow fuller and more beautifully that way. You’ll see.” Old malis know what they [...]

  March 3rd, 2014 Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India New Delhi Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, are writing to express our opposition to the unwarranted transfer of Shri Keshav Desiraju from his position as Health Secretary, Government [...]

Yesterday, perhaps for the first time in my adult life, I was attacked in public. Well. maybe it wasn’t an attack. Maybe I was just yelled at. Maybe criticized. Maybe sneered at. Whatever it was, it felt personal and angry. Also completely [...]