ANOU’S BLOG
a motley winning team
remember ramu, babli's sullen brother who was handled with great efficiency by our knights in shining armur... well he did us proud as he stood first in his school in Class V... and that is not all, all our primary kids have passed.. even those we did not think would...
heart caught in red tape
I do not know Anshu Kumari.. I just hope someone had shown her the way to our heartFix Hotel..A leading TV channel aired her story. It went like this: An 11-year-old girl in Bihar is awaiting help for her heart surgery despite President APJ Kalam offering to bear the...
a smile lost
nanhe is in hospital again.. and we are worried.. he was doing much better and we were waiting for the doctors to decide upon the next surgery.. two days ago he was unwell and was taken to hospital where he had a series of fit.. he was admitted immediately..nanhe...
don’t forget she is a girl
For young Sandhya the wait continues.. after her chicken pox got over and the 61 K were deposited, sanhya went to AIIMS and we were hoping that a date for her angiography and subsequent surgery would be given fast. Well for some reason or the other it was not and the...
fiestas of another kind
great bike.. all boys want one some day.. a valid dream that can be yours if you work hard would be the normal line to pitch..well not quite as one has been witnessing with growing panic..our ersthwile quiet world has been invaded by a new army.. and eebiz is the...
incredible women
Recently many articles were written on young Rubiya from Kerala, a muslim girl who is a bharatnatyam dancer and has danced since age 3.. often to sustain her family. When shunned by the local mosque committee this 17 year old retorts with rare wisdom:“God is one. When...
Is he still smiling…
Went to what at best could be called a funding fantasy.The cause AIDS children in the north eastern states of India; the venue: an up market club; the sponsors: jewellery tycoons; the guest list: Delhi's very own page almost 3; the chief guest: a minister.. food and...
funding fantasy
These words dropped in the mailbox this morning: "I am just about to lose my patience here with ..... I don't understand what their problem is - seems like they just want to dissect each issue to pieces forsaking the larger picture at hand."They were written by a...
genderBias
Last week, it took me a lot of patience to convince a shopkeeper to give Utpal the kitchen set he wanted.. the shopkeeper tried as best he could to sell mr P a gun, or a car or anything that was for boys! but mr P knew his mind and he wanted the kitchen set to be able...
spair grace soup and lemongrace tea
teach my child english.. was the first things many parents asked me six years back when i first landed on planet why.. now many may think why every parent feels that english is necessary for their children.. come on what use would a vegetable vendor or a mechanic do...
happy birthday mr p
It is mr popples 4th birthday.. what a lovely boy he has become.. abrave heart in more ways than one.. i still remember the first time I met him, when even the men in white had given up on him.. but when I looked into his eyes filled with pain, I saw life.. and...
she deserves her dreams…
My heart went out to Nandini has she heaved herself down the lane, her precious books in her hand, I asked her to come and sit with me and then enquired upon what the doctor has said. This matter of fact young lady told me that she could not be operated upon till she...











