ANOU’S BLOG
354495 – a personal journey
India celebrates 150th anniversary of the 1857 uprising often known as the first war of Independence. The capital is in festive mood, a holiday had been declared and the police is on tenterhook as is usual every time we celebrate an event!For the past week TV channels...
A proud moment at project why
Meet our new teachers: Azad and Pinku Kumar. At first glance they look like many of te young teachers we have but that is not quite so.Azad and Pinku Kumar are our old students who have just sat for their XI Boards. Knowing their track record they will pass with high...
I’m explaining a few things
Once again I borrow the title of one of my favourite Neruda poems. The need for this post is based on a call from a dear friend and supporter who was a bit perplexed at what what happening at project why. I guess his doubt came from the posts like this one, and could...
setback
Just when you think that you have got it all in place, that you have achieved the quasi impossible, that it is time to make grandiose plans for the future and that you can bask in your so-called glory, you are dealt with a blow that calls you to order.This picture was...
Medical tourism of another kind
This morning a neighbour of Mehajabi came by. Actually he was the man who had first brought her to us. He had come to collect the precious receipts that would ensure that the child was operated. After collecting the two pieces of paper and listening to the...
a room with a view…
This morning I went to Mehajabi's home. I had thought that seven years had inured be to most things but I was in for a surprise.I must confess that I have been haunted by Mehajabi's mom's face since the time I laid eyes on her and I decided to accompany Rani on as she...
both sides now – the sustainability factor
How to sustain project why is a question that has been haunting me for some time now, I guess time waits for no one and the writing is on the wall! It is a question many have raised, some gently others even brutally. I must confess that I spend many hours thinking...
bahar tak to ajao…
Utpal came home for a few hours on Sunday. It was the last Sunday of the month and normally one should have made the trip to his school and shared his lunch of beans and rice but the extreme heat made me change plans and have him come over instead.We spent the morning...
a dream come true
Sapna, a real dream come true..She come to us almost five years ago and f you drop by this page, this is part of what you will read:She is four, has delayed milestones, as she cannot walk or talk. She came to us about two months ago. Listening to her story left us all...
four point five and dropping…
Four point five and dropping. This is no winter temperature chart but little Anil's weight.He underwent close heart surgery for the placement of a pulmonary artery (PA) Band till more surgery could be done when he was older and stronger.Anil is 15 months old and his...
a senseless death – he was twenty one
Was it only a year ago that I wrote about my worst fears in a post I entitled plastic fantastic lover. I have been watching in helpless horror the gleaming bikes and big cars that landed in the darkest lanes of the slums around us, courtesy a pyramid sales company...
To be a girl…
Modigliani could have painted her. Were she a few inches taller she could have walked the ramp. But little Mahajabi's mom was born in a poor Muslim family in India a land where little girls are not welcome, a land where they are often done away with, a land where they...