ANOU’S BLOG
chottey lal.. the larger than life toy man
When you think nothing can touch or move you, that your heart is safe and well guarded, beware: someone may have other plans for you. It happened to me this morning. This is how:What made me decide to go fetch K and mr P, I do not know.. what made me say 'yes' to...
heartfix hotel
When Sitaram walked into our little office almost three years go, he had hobbled for six years on his good leg from the proverbial pillar to post seeking the funds required for his son Raju's operation. His determination and courage compelled us to act... Arun had to...
another smile in custody…
There is another smile that lit planet why for the past 6 months, a smile that conveyed warmth, compassion and befitted the spirit of pwhy!Sophie came to us last summer and immediately became one of us.. so much so that we almost took her for granted.. not only did...
the spunk of a smile
For 28 days nanhe has kept his smile going.. through pain, humiliating investigations and now invasive surgery which has wreaked his exhausted body.. with tubes and drains hanging and the discomfort of bedsores, nanhe still smiles on..True his smile is a little slower...
parttime couples
Was flipping through a upmarket magazine and came across an article entitled: weekend couples, highlighting what was defined as 'a new dynamisn in the intsitution of marriage with couples living in different cities'...Once again we were faced with the now jaded...
branded… in free India
Yesterday on the eve of R day, segregation in schools on the basis of performance was banned in Maharashtra.. strange that in a country where all children are deemed equal, such a practice existed for over half a century..A child was branded A or B or C... at an early...
happy R day…
All year long we celebrate innumerable festivals.. many are religious... some social... we wish each other diwali and xmas, eid and pongal amd freindship day and mother's day... often not quite knowing what each of them signifies..Today is R Day.. often viewed as a...
babli aur….
here is the latest picture of our very own babli from bed no 6, ward no 2... quite a star she is as she puts on a million dollar smile in spite of pain and a swollen eye! so little babli has a brand new heart... it took some effort that began when mr never say die...
when words fail
This picture was taken minutes before scared little braveBabli's angiography.Take a moment to look at it:You have Babli being tended to by Sophie with love and tenderness, while her father looks on probably wondering why all this fuss about a girl!Watching is Sitaram...
investing in a tiny heart
Little Chetna is Nanhe's roomie.. she is two months old and has a hole in her heart that requires surgery.. the family is not rich and the mother bears the stigma of having lost her first daughter and produced another defective one.. everything seems to conspire...
heart in place
Babli has a new heart.. one that does not have holes.. one that will allow her to breathe easily, to run, to play, to eat all the thing she wants , to do all a kid her age should do, one that will enable her to sleep through the night without feeling breathless.. in...
nanhe’s world
nanhe's operation is still uncertain.. and it is now his 20th day in the hospital.. but believe me ward no 18 is a happy place.. and almost a family ..there is puja who has a tumour in her abdomen, and vishal who has high fever, and vijay who suffers copper toxicity...