Children First
“Children First” is a truism – one of those phrases we all believe in and think we actually practice. Coupled with women (as in “Women and Children First”) it was famously not practiced as the Titanic sank and [...]
Living Inside The Mistake, Part 2
“When you’re blind, you just can’t assume anything,” he said. “But the problem is you get a picture in your mind, and if you get it wrong, you just live inside the mistake.” I wrote a post a few weeks ago about how sometimes we make assumptions [...]
Mahi lives in your house
Mahi, age four, fell into an open borewell near Manesar on June 20th. 86 hours later, after protracted and heroic efforts by an Army rescue team, her body was pulled out and the child was declared dead. I thought about Mahi yesterday watching [...]
A birth, a death, a picnic . . .
My dearest, oldest, bestest friend (outside of my family) was born on June 21st in 1957. We didn’t meet until ten years later and our friendship did not get off to a flying start. She was the acknowledged “smartest girl” in my [...]
We Spell Paradise: K-A-L-H-A-N
Drs Jiten and Indu Kalhan have been friends of the Foundation for as long as we have existed. It was through them that Moy Moy came into our lives and for that alone we owe them a lifetime of gratitude. But they are so generous in so many ways [...]
Anu Aga, Kiran Datar, Ravi Chopra and Building the Nation
It turns out that countries are built by ordinary people, emboldened by, and on fire with, extraordinary ideas. Ideas like integrity, justice and dignity. People like Anu Aga, Kiran Datar and Ravi Chopra. I had all three of them together in one [...]
Dreaming of a Miracle
Miracle Not the one who takes up his bed and walks But the ones who have known him all along And carry him in — Their shoulders numb, the ache and stoop deeplocked In their backs, the stretcher handles Slippery with sweat. And no let-up Until [...]
