ANOU’S BLOG
a unique hour
How many of us do actually switch off lights when we leave a room, never leave our computers or TVs on stand by, segregate our house waste shut the tap off while we brush our teeth, carry a cloth bag during all our shopping sprees, or travel in a car pool. Not many I...
Why is God laughing…
Why is God laughing is the title of Deepak Chopra's latest book. I have not read it. Yet, just the title filled me with a deep sense of joy.A review of the book states: it shows us without a doubt that there is always a reason to be grateful, that every possibility...
farewell class of 2008
This is project why's class of 2008. They have all passed their Boards examinations and are ready to taken their first steps in the outside world with confidence and aplomb.But yesterday was party time and this picture was taken just a few minutes before they set out...
The world is full of wonders..
The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing. The words of Israel Baal Shem came to my mind when I saw this picture after a long time. Actually I was putting together a presentation for the launch of dear...
they wait for a miracle
In a tiny room where barely a bed and a small cupboard fit sit Basant and Rekha. They have been living in this 'free' dharamshala (hospice) for almost a month now, but this has not been their first stay here. They are now old hands at living in hospitals across the...
They can brighten up this world
When i first thought of planet why as a sustainability option for project why I had never heard of social enterprise and social business. It was simply a gut feeling that propelled me in this direction and with every step I walked, it just felt right.From day one, it...
they came calling
We had two special visitors last week. Little Deepak and Shubhum. For those who may not remember or know them they were both residents of our heartFix Hotel.Deepak is now a big boy, over two years old and a far cry from the cerulean baby we all feared for. Today he is...
just like the salt
To many pwhy is just an education support programme with some forays into community work, a clone of many such organisations that dot the land. I guess it is in some ways quite that, in spite of the many small and big moments we have lived in the past nine years. Yet...
Two worlds just across the street
When I read your blogs most often the word that used to strike me was "angry"; how angry you were about the system, situation and people. for the first time i think i experienced that were the words that dropped into my inbox yesterday. It was from M, a dear friend...
are times really changing
The spiralling and sky rocketing price of petrol in the past few weeks has finally, or so one hopes, brought to fore the need to pause and think about the necessity to change our ways. Till now the pleas of environmentalists fell on deaf years. At best we nodded...
the times they are changing
Once upon a time, not so long ago, an afternoon at the cinema was a treat almost anyone could afford. For less than a hundred rupees two persons could see an afternoon flick and even eat a greasy burger or share a fizzy drink. Cinema was for the masses. Halls were...
no big deal
The picture you see may, at first glance, seem innocuous and anodyne. A bunch of smiling young ones chaperoned by an also smiling older one. True that they seem to come from different lands but in today's shrinking world this is no big deal!This is what it looks like...