ANOU’S BLOG
a potato chip and a prayer
Wonder what a mundane potato chip and a prayer to God have in common..Yesterday I had a fall as the old knee gave in resulting in a badly bruised ankle.. An ice pack and bandage later I hobbled to where Utpal was playing.. he stopped and looked at me with a quizzical...
pass fail ka khel
Once again the dreaded happened: two young children of india took their lives away in the land capital city because they failed their Boards examinations.This has been happening with obsessive regularity and yet no one had don anything to put an end to this..Wonder...
a mom of substance
Ram Pyari, Nanhe's mom had told us that she was off to the village for a few days with Nanhe. We thought nothing of it, though we wondered why she had chosen the hottest month to do so..Yesterday we were taken aback when she came back and told us that actually she had...
even if the road is a long one
The children in this picture belong to our okhla primary centre.. and if one were to believe all the pro quota politicos, they are the supposed beneficiaries of the reservation policy. Most of them are dalits and OBCs.. what is noteworthy is that all their pwhy...
summer of 06
The summer of 2006 will go down as one of disturbed and angry students, greedy politicians, brutal policemen and bewildered citizens..All is not well on planet India.. the hydra headed monster of reservation has resurrected for reasons that only God or a few...
celebrating mothers
It will be mother's day this month .. and everyone will celebrate it..To me mother's day has taken a new meaning this year, though I lost my mother almost 16 years ago.. Kamala was a beautiful woman and a woman of spirit.. she chose not to marry till India was...
they simply wait
What do ritika, soni, champa and umesh have in common. They are all students of our special section; they are all slow learners and live in a world of their own where things are not quite the same as in ours. They take the same auto every morning under the benevolent...
ours is not to wonder…
remember nandini, the spunky bright village girl.. the one whose heart could not be repaired and whose dreams are in our custody, the class V student who as an infectious smile and an admirable desire to learn.. well she amazed us once again..nandini wants to be a...
and the twain shall meet… of hidden agendas
One was born in a place that has acquired a generic name in north india - madrassi - and the others were born on a polluted road side waiting for unfulfilled promises of an uncaring administration.. one traces its ancestry to one of the 12 rishis, the others to the...
are you dreaming
A friend and supporter sent a mail with these words: "Are you dreaming to hopefully build a concrete school in the area for such kids one day..".This is a question that has come our way many a times... and that is why I thought that it needed to be adressed and...
meri mummy…
You think you have seen it all and that you are immune to heart wrenching situations.. well beware that is not the way life is..Utpal has now been a resident of my home fro over 2 weeks, he adjusted like a fish in water and laughs, plays, eats, sleeps and plays.. true...
WHY..just for children
we have moved.. to a tiny rickety building, in gali no 3 of the very congested govindpuri area.. away from the larger spaces we had, but we have moved to our own .. the building will house our early education programme and our special a kids in two large rooms on 2...