ANOU’S BLOG
the silence is killing
A few minutes back an email from a dear friend entitled: the silence is killing dropped by my mailbox.It is true that it has been over 20 days since I last wrote a post. The reason: a nasty viral flu that got the better of me.The last three weeks were spent between...
all grown up
It is always with a tinge of sadness that a parent sees his child walk out of the parental home with confidence and determination. And yet it is something every wishes for its child and strives for.Seven years ago, when we seeded project why, our dream was to one day...
midway mysteries
I am now convinced that all activities of project why seem to be ordained in some way. At every step that led us from barely 50 kids to over 500 in 7 short years via open heart surgeries and more, we felt guided by some invisible spirit. To the unordained and oft...
one year later..
It was just a year ago that a little red bag sat packed in a room in my home and that I wrote one of the most difficult letter of my life as little mr p set out for his first day in a boarding school, after bidding a poignant farewell to his mom in her first rehab...
picture perfect
This is not a painting or a touched up photograph. It is s snapshot of our 'class in a box' - a.k.a as our manav kalyan creche - and was taken by a visiting friend.What makes this class so special is that it is the initiative of two barely literate slum housewives who...
whose family is it anyway
I have been watching the recent on-goings of the Presidential elections. I have nothing against any candidate but could not but wince when I heard our prime Minister defending the lady candidate's past with the words "she cannot be held responsible for the...
changing egosystems..
“Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.” said Don RittnerLast week a visitor from Europe shared his dilemma about choosing a new car. His main concern was carbon emissions and thus his choice a small car though he was a person who could...
bake a cake
When Kiran got admitted in an upmarket pubic school.. it was a dream come true for her family and for all those who love her. Admission woes were soon forgotten as she set of in her sparkling uniform to conquer a new world.It would be a big challenge to see her...
depend on them…
Don't believe in miracles - depend on them said Laurence J Peter and that is what we have been doing for seven years now. If you need to know whether miracles exist or not,just read on.Manu who you see in the picture used to roam the streets dishevelled, uncared for...
a different QOTD
The recent plight of HIV+ve children has been making headlines. Denied school, then readmitted, then targeted. As usual once again it is good copy for the media and we have picture of the little souls with their faces blurred but ever so recognisable flashed on the...
just another day at project why
Friends often gently remind me to talk about project why particularly when tend to digress on larger issues or as was the case lately, wander into deep introspection.Maybe the mere fact that I can indulge in the above proves that all is well at project why. But still...
and there is always tomorrow.
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that...