ANOU’S BLOG
What will you be tomorrow…
When Utpal walked into the gate of his brand new school he was making a tryst with destiny.He would one day walk out of that gate and take on the world. I have often let my imagination run wild and imagine what he would become: a conventional doctor or a hot shot...
Miracles happen everyday…
Last week nanhe was discharged from hospital. The discharge slip read: hemoglogin:3.2, BP not detecteable, chronic renal failure. A dismal prognostic to say the least.When consulted all medico friends confirmed our fears.Nanhe is special and his smile has made us...
a slap in lieu of a result
Final exams are just little over a month away and all pwhy kids are busy revising. Government schools held their usual end of term exams in December and we all waited for the results to help us structure our revision programme.When no result was forthcoming by mid...
happy republic day
All over India celebrations are on today. Flag hoisting and parades, people cheering and waving flags everything is on cue to mark the 57th anniversary of our Republic. How many of us are truly aware of the meaning of this day?Somehow the essence of the constitution...
where is the India of our dreams…
50 odd years ago a group of people huddled together to draft a constitution whereby every Indian that had been freed from its colonial master would be protected and given equal opportunities and access to resources. Its preamble resolved to secure for all its...
It is walking towards him…
"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk.It is walking toward me, without hurrying."Jean CocteauNanhe lies on a hospital bed, his body wasted, his smile lost forever, his searing pain now borne with a silence more deafening than any cry. The men in white...
proverbial carper
I have been holding to my 'pen' for the last few days for fear of being branded the proverbial carper. But doing so longer would be going against my own grain.For the past few days or more we have been subjected to a string of national news headlines about celebrities...
renal malfunction in a venal world
It is amazing how the micro and the macro level of every occurrence appear almost simultaneously.In a recent blog, I had recounted the trials and tribulations of our very own Nanhe's mom who had been told by some hassled medico to go get a kidney if she wanted to save...
The writing on the wall
A candlelight vigil was held last night for the Nithari children.It was held at the same place where just a few months back the tout delhi was present in force, led by the urban middle class and the youth fuelled by images of Rang de Basanti, to fight for justice for...
corporator for a day
Bharti Dhondge is a name that rings no bells and yet she will go down in history as the woman who became corporator for a day in the Municipal Corporation of Bombay! It took this woman five years to fight and win a legal battle whereby she challenged the validity of...
missing children- just statistics
On April 13 the 2003, little Rohan and Puja never went back home. They had gone to the nearby temple as they did every evening. That day some predator was lurking with his diabolical agenda.Two days later their bodies were found in the sluice gate of the okhla...
golu and his sweaters- a mom’s recipe to beat the winter chill
The mercury has dipped to 2 degrees and delhi is freezing. But our kids turned up as usual in the morning chill.As they filed into the room, we were a little baffled to see little Golu who seemed to have difficulties walking and waddled through arms stretched at an...