ANOU’S BLOG
making memories..
I have been busy making memories for Utpal. You may wonder why. When I look back at the past six years, the one success story that I would like remembered is that of this little braveheart.I sometimes wonder what could have happened if pwhy had not been around for...
where angels do not fear to tread
When I was a little girl and something I could not comprehend or did not like happened, my father would always talk of the larger picture, the one only God could see and tell me that we only saw a tiny part of it and therefore could not understand its relevance. I...
Do we need to change horses..
The Okhla saga ended well.. the young lads who had broken the wall repaired it after hearing our healing touch pitch.. In the ultimate analysis everyone can be saved, or at least one can try and plant a seed and hope that some day it will germinate..The two kids in...
all is fair in love….
On my mission to find out why the brand new wall of our school had been broken, I could not have imagined in my wildest dream that the main culprit was Cupid!Apparently one of the young gang leaders of the are - and there quite a few - was romantically inclined...
I wonder why…
Our refurbished school that sits on a garbage dump in Okhla is by no means a fancy one. Plastic sheets, a tarpaulin cover and a halfway brick wall is all it is. But to us it is a place where many children learn and are able stay in school, it is also an option for...
fun funding frolic
I have been thinking for the past few days of drafting my Dear A.. letter whereby I will seek help at 'this festival time' etc...Over the years my contacts list has been growing and what was an easily done task a few months back seems daunting when you see over 800...
strange encounters of a kind
Funny how things happen in life. I had two encounters today one with a European houseguest on a bharat darshan, and the other with a friend of a friend who dropped by.The reason for this blog was that they both had similar views about the reality we live in. My...
tiny people with huge hearts
At a time when much seemed dark, a ray of sunshine was brought by little children who decided that they would be better than big people and help their friends who are not so lucky.These kids belong to countries as far from each other as France and Singapore but be it...
all about symbols
We have just finished the shradhs or days that have been allotted to our departed souls. Every faith has such days, for some it is a single day for India it is two weeks.To me these days mean much more than the sated gesture of feeding the poor. It is a time for...
a burning issue
The airing of video images of AIIMS student's burning Dr Ambedkar's books sent a chill down my spine. Images of a doom-laden future flashed by my mind.The reservation issue is going out of hand and unless it is addressed by non-political citizens our land may become...
about children but not for children
The de-recognition and thereby shutting of over 1000 schools in karnataka as they did not comply to a law passed many years back brings to fore once again the reality that education and the welfare and rights of children ranks very low on the political agenda of our...
feeding off kids..
It is appalling how adults use kids. Before little Utpal went to school a posse of family and relatives took advantage of all the goodies provided.It is but obvious that one could not help him at home without including the others, directly or indirectly. A ceiling fan...