ANOU’S BLOG
here we go again… to seal or not to seal
here we go again.. says the popular song.I have been watching the tos and fro's of the local authorities regarding the now existential question: to seal or not to seal!To take the Shakespeare reference further we could easily say; all is not well in the State of D.....
three step forward and two and half back
I am livid. Do you remember Babli? Here I was back in a comfort zone feeling smug like a proverbial Cheshire cat, thinking that with her brand new heart, Babli was sitting on a school bench making up for lost time when I was hit by another thunderbolt.R and S came...
the lure of comfort zones
I have always feared comfort zones. You fall prey to them unwittingly. When things look alright, when no untoward incident occurs, that is when comfort zones appear and you easily fall prey to their lure.This has happened time and again at pwhy though I have tried to...
chilling numbers
My limousine had not come so I decided to spend some time in the creche where the big section - all between 4 and 5 - sat in a circle for its daily activity. The past few weeks had been so hectic that I had barely found time to spend with the children as I was busy...
Come November…
Come November and it is time for me to get off the spinning earth and look at time gone by as a rank outsider...November never held much significance in the first for decades of my life. But the year 1992 changed it all. November took my father away and brought the...
hijacked by hubris
It was sad to watch Delhi come to a standstill. Whereas the big fish will remain unscathed, small shopkeepers will as usual suffer. I the days when gandhigiri is a la mode, one wonders whether bandhs are the right form of protest. Gone is the outsider, the foreign...
the three most beautiful words
I got a mail this morning from a friend of pwhy, who lives miles away, whom I have never met. I only know that he sees with his heart as he has always responded to my innumerable appeals with spontaneous generosity!This is what he writes in response to my wondering...
rite of passage
For most I should be elated and jumping with joy - age permitting - two monumental battles were actually won in the last few days. One with a huge bank vindicating the stand that no matter how big the adversary, if truth is on your side you ultimately come out on top,...
the toad in the well
Some of you may remember the little house of horrors.We have not forgotten the children and are in the process of trying to save them, but we need to tread carefully and ensure that all aspects are covered before the final kill. The adversary is formidable and has...
a tryst with hope
The past two months were the most difficult in my life as I almost saw pwhy slipping away for no fault of ours and though the battle was uneven, the adversary formidable, there was an imperceptible force that egged me not to give up as hope was waiting at the next...
a survivor par excellence
Utpal is back home for his diwali break. I went to fetch him ins school and was amazed by the survivor spirit this child has. As the road was being dug up we had a long walk before reaching the gates of the school. En route I was stopped by many big boys who asked him...
A tale of two diwalis
To the rich man's mall there is the poor man's weekly bazaar. A cornucopia of sight, sound and smells, an experience guaranteed to titillate all your senses.The dreary road comes alive one every week as people come from faraway places with their ware, tables are set,...