ANOU’S BLOG
A matter of survival
Our women centre is soon going to have solar energy to meet part of its requirements. Like everything else at pwhy is just happened. And again like everything else at pwhy it happened for a reason. Global warming is something we have been concerned about for a long...
twenty one – 21
Twenty one is an important number in a person's life as it is the age when one becomes an adult. Twenty one has another important signification that many may not know. It is the number - 21A - of a new article that was to be inserted in the constitution of India. it...
let the sun shine in
Some months back S walked into our office. S was someone I met on the net. After exchanging a few innocuous mails, S came visiting. Like is oft the case with virtual friends, one does quite know who to expect!S arrived by bus from one of India's satellite suburbs and...
yet another tale of two Indias…
Sunday October 28th 2007, saw the enfolding of a another tale of two Indias in the streets of its capital city: thousands of well shod and well clad beautiful people ran a well sponsored half marathon in one part of the city, while 25 000 landless and often barefoot...
in order to live
Read in order to live said Gustave Flaubert. That was almost two centuries ago and something almost ludicrous in our day and age.You may wonder why I chose to right a post about books.It all began when sometime back a dear friend and supporter sought our help and...
a happy place
A recent investigation aired on national TV brought to light the horrific reality that prevails in a government home for challenged children in India' capital city.One wonders why these children of a lesser God are often treated in such a way and makes us question the...
the art of giving
Xabi and Marie are two simple village folk from a small village of the Basque country in France. They are not young and have homes and families. Marie is a dancer and Xabi a farmer . Some time back I got a very touching email from them which is simply said they were...
I am in UKG
We have been busy getting admissions for the new centre and of course children are a plenty. After asking the names and age of each kid we ask whether they are in school, and the class they are in.We were astonished at the number of children who said: I am in UKG....
I know what it is…
Children never cease to amaze me as they always come up with the most unexpected statements.On the day of the opening of the women centre, the children perused the whole place and even the toilets. One of the toilet has a western toilet seat something they had never...
impromptu inauguration
Monday 15th October dawned as a crisp bright day. One that was to be very special. We were opening the Kamala Centre for women and children. It did not quite turn out the way we had planned as painters and plumbers had not finished their work and hence no guests were...
women centre – sneak preview
I do not know whether we will meet the October 15th deadline. Nevertheless there is a palpable sense of excitement in the air. Painters, plumbers, electricians and masons fight for space and are trying to finish their work.The ladies are running helter skelter...
when are you opening the school
When are you opening the school is the question I am asked by eager children every time I visit our about to open women centre.It is amazing and touching how children break all barriers and adopt you without any misgivings and with complete trust.In a week from now I...