Jo’s Blog

Sign language! What an amazing and expressive form of communication. In our organisation, I’ve noticed that the women who love to dance are also the most fluent signers . . . At the recent RCI conference I attended in Delhi, I witnessed [...]

Is there some rule that says the Government of India MUST make its websites as impenetrable, tedious and boring as humanly possible? Here’s a screen shot from the Ministry of Social Justice. I spent an hour wading through its nightmarish [...]

One of the best parts of living in India is the way vegetables are delivered straight to our doorstep . . . either from our own garden (the green leafies at the bottom of the basket) or from our friendly neighborhood sabzi-walla who appears at [...]

Over 100 million baby girls are missing. Don’t bother searching – they’re gone forever. Victims of what The Economist magazine – in its March 6th cover story – calls gendercide, these babies were detected to be [...]

It’s a Sunday afternoon. Ravi is traveling. Moy Moy has gone for a nap and is actually asleep. Mummy and Masiji are also dozing. I sent Padma home early. I am “alone. “ This is the best I can do. In the past 26 years, I have [...]

Visiting Shaila in Bangalore was, as my father would put it: “Basic and fundamental and a little bit of heaven.” This is the view from her verandah where I sat one morning all by myself, working on the talk I was giving later that [...]

I feel so lucky every time I walk into our garden. It is nothing compared to the gardens of many of my more talented friends, but it is ours and every single flower, every tiny blossom is a joy and a reminder of the beauty of the earth and the [...]