Anne Bruce is a remarkable woman. Who does this? A retired pediatric speech therapist, with years of experience working with children just exactly like ours, and still much in demand in her native Scotland, decides to leave it all and set out [...]

Gmail has added a new feature: After you send an email, you get this message: “Your message has been sent. Undo.” You then have ten seconds to change your mind. Hit “Undo” and you are instantly reassured: “Sending [...]

Anand turned 26 this week, marking a decisive change in our relationship. He is now older than I was when he was born. The moment of realization that this is true, that your child has become an adult, is always startling, I suppose, but in fact [...]

An important and ongoing activity of the EIC – making splints and other assistive devices – gained momentum this year through the quiet and dedicated efforts of one of our most faithful and talented volunteers – Barbara Angert, [...]

Today I bought a small assortment of expensive fruits and vegetables. Mushrooms, a green pepper, two papaya, one tangerine, half a kilo of chikoos and one sitaphul (come to India and I will treat you to some!). I was at my favorite [...]

Today was the valedictory celebration for the graduates of our second Teaching Assistants Training program. When I arrived, they were all still dancing, but as soon as they saw me they got very serious. Luckily, this didn’t last too long. [...]

My dear friend Deepa Bhushan turned 50 on November 1st . Her children organized a birthday party for her and they invited me and Ravi. Ravi and I seldom go anywhere together (That’s life. We would love to. We can’t.) – and I [...]