Jo’s Blog

I was standing near the office at Latika Vihar a few days ago when a young couple walked through the gate with their little boy. Even from a distance, I could see that he had some issues. The parents looked nervous and worried. I greeted them [...]

Anyone who knows the history of the Latika Roy Foundation knows about Paula. In those early, early days, when all we knew was that we wanted to start a school for Moy Moy, we went in search of someone who could make it happen for us. I had toyed [...]

If you can walk, you can dance. Or even if you can’t.  Kids with special needs are as likely to love dancing as any other children. Kids are kids. Whether they have disabilities or not, they are still unself-conscious, flexible and [...]

Last week, a new staff member told me that a friend of his was interested in applying for a job at the Foundation. “I’d love to work there,” he told him. “As long as they can pay me 40 lakhs a year.”  Our new staff [...]

When Dr Ajay Sharma dropped into our lives, we had no idea how far-reaching his influence would be for our parents. A Neuro-Developmental Pediatrician from the UK, he wanted to do something useful here in his own country and we were the lucky [...]

Seventeen years ago, my sister Moy Moy bought our daughter Moy Moy a stroller. It was expensive and out-of-the-question for us at the time and Moy Senior’s generous gesture was a Godsend. For 17 years, that stroller has been our ticket to [...]

When it became clear that my mother-in-law was going to die last month, family gathered from around the world to say their last goodbyes. Mummy died just weeks short of her 100th birthday. It was a peaceful, happy death, surrounded as she was by [...]