ANOU’S BLOG
Two to tango
A few days back a mail dropped in my inbox. It was from a young lady who loves in the US and who has been a staunch supporter of pwhy. I have never met her in person but a couple of years ago when we were going through one of our dark moments she and her friends got...
No entry….
No entry: domestic helps, service providers, drivers, luggage, pets screamed the headline of my Sunday morning newspaper. And though I had promised myself not to harp any more, at least for a while, on the have and have not issues or social strata syndrome, I just...
yet another tale of two Indias
My 799th post seems to have been the most popular one I have ever written, if one is to go by the number of comments (a whopping 24 to the normally 1 or 2!)). I agree that the heap of rubbish lying on our tiny terrace did get the better of me for some time at least,...
unless the whole man accompanies it.
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it said Ralph Waldo EmersonContinuing the saga of the art or chore of giving let us talk today about one more avatar of the giving tale: feeding the poor on birthdays, death anniversaries etc. This is...
The fragrance alway stays
“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. ” wrote the 17 century British poet Hada BejarI do not know whether I am livid, desolate or have just become inured to whatever comes my way. I do not think so as each time I come across an incident like the...
To the manner born
But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a customMore honour'd in the breach than the observance.Shakespeare (Hamlet) I wonder what it takes to be to the manner born. I have often been stunned by the unexpected gestures of pwhy kids that...
Happy children’s day
Yesterday was children's day. One would have liked to celebrate it with all the 700 project why children but for reasons beyond our control one just could not. So it was decided to give our creche children a special treat. One of the reasons that made us take this...
stumbling upon India
I really wanted to let you know that Project Why is still very much in our thoughts. Now that a few weeks have passed since our return from India I can honestly say that what had the biggest impact on us was our time at the Project. Yes, the Taj Mahal was stunning and...
a unique PTM
Sunday was the first PTM of the foster care. We were a little apprehensive about whether all the parents would turn up. The room was set up, every child' school copy was laid out and we waited expectantly.It was truly heartwarming to see that all parents were on time,...
Finding her roots
It was almost six months ago or even more that I first heard about Nina. In one of her early emails to us she simply wrote: I am taking a year off because I am planning on going to graduate school next fall (2009) and thought this was the best time to do it, I have...
where is the hope…
Hopes are riding high in the wake of the Obama victory. Every news channel is busy trying to see whether the world will be a better place now, whether things will actually change. Even though we all know that miracles cannot happen, that the situation on the ground is...
little women
Our women centre is quite something. Barely a year old it throbs with activity at all times. And it is not only the staff who steer it to perfection. Often is the children who take the lead and nothing can stop them.So in the span of a short year the kids of the...