ANOU’S BLOG
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...
too late for nandini but not for sandhya
Sandhya landed up at hearfix hotel today.. a little 6 year old she needs heart surgery and her parents took all the initiatives and got her checked... something we are pleasantly surprised about as often parents give up, particularly when the child is a girl..They...
will M’s tomorrows be safe.. (cont)
(in the previous post we tried to imagine what a child's tomorrows may look like, if the persent situation continued; let us now imagine how things can change..)M's or s's tomorrow can be safe.. but if many ifs happen! So let us take it from the top again..Their...
will M’s tomorrows be safe..
M is busy learning.. he is lost in his own world, and as serious about his work as any other child.. wonder what is going on in his little head..If we look around us, it is difficult to predict what might happen to M, who belongs to a poor migrant labour family.. but...
moving on….
Welcome to why house - for want a better name - this where we will soon be moving, or at least part of us.. this is also a transition time for pwhy.We at pwhy have always held that children from all walks of life should attend regular school. schools run by the state...
jump for
Jump for my love.. said the pointer sisters in their famous song!Wonder what A is jumping for...A is an autistic child and lives locked in his world that no one understands.. not even his own family.. his mother loves him but does not know how to, his father does not...