Bravehearts
This morning I visited the Yamuna Centre. As we drove down the mud track that reaches our centre I saw the families sitting grief stricken amidst their belongings scattered shelter skelter have last week's demolition drive. The families have put up plastic sheets on...
Learn Grow and Thrive
Empowering young minds with knowledge, confidence, and life skills.Through our collaboration with Modicare Foundation, children and adolescents participated in engaging sessions on life skills, good & bad touch awareness, growing up and adolescence, self-esteem...
Working holidays
For the past years summer holidays have been the bane of the Project Why teaching team. Children went to the village and came back having forgotten everything. This was happening constantly year after year. This. year the team decided to address the situation and find...
Our doors remain open
Keerthana is 9 year old. She lives in Narapanenipalle, a small village in Telangana. Once there were 70 children in this upper primary school. But slowly with time passing the rural education scene has changed as parents migrate towards urban centres or shift their...
A soul stirring birthday gift
I had decided to celebrate my 74th quietly, without much ado but that was not to be.With the very eclectic social circle I have, it is quasi impossible for me to have one big bash, not that I like those. But everyone needed to be satisfied. So planned a small lunch...
Wedding bells at Project Why
A few days back Xavier informed us about the visit of Serge an old friend of Project Why with his new bride Saranya. We decided to do something special for them. It was to be a surprise. Serge carries India in his heart and his bride has never visited India. It was...
when joy becomes simple life becomes extraordinary
I came across this beautiful article recently. What caught my eye was the title:"When joy becomes simple, life becomes extraordinary". I read it and was drawn to every word as it resonated with everything I have gone through. If you have time, read it. It took me a...
The Boy Who Came Back to Give
Aman was once a Project Why child with a dream of becoming an artist. Years later, after pursuing that dream, he returned—not only to teach and mentor the children, but to make a donation to the organisation that had helped him find his wings. For me, there could be no greater gift.
The haunting flute
Twice everyday a haunting melody is heard from the street below.. It is the flute and toy vendor who peddles his ware in our rather upmarket colony. Street vendors still ply across the city though much less than some decades ago. The flute vendor in our street has a...
Out of the Box
India recently hosted the India AI Impact Summit! Anchored in the principles of People, Planet, and Progress, it envisions a future where AI advances humanity, fosters inclusive growth, and safeguards our shared planet. AI is here to stay! Some go as far as saying...