ANOU’S BLOG
oh darling yeh hai dilli…
It was a sunny afternoon and some friends decided to take us to lunch at an 'upmarket' restaurant not far from pwhy HQ.. we were a motley crowd of six ladies and two lads ranging from age 54 to age 4.. some from France, some from planet why, and even our very own...
oh darling yeh also hai india
Yesterday was eid.. some celebrated it, others enjoyed a holiday...certainly if they were government employees..Normally on holidays OPD halls in government hospitals lie empty and bare.. but not quite.. two young doctors decided otherwise in the cardio thoracic...
oh darling yeh hai India
Many of you have reacted with spontaneity to some of the human problems that I write about..and some of you have suggested solutions that seem plausible and humane.. these are the very solutions that used to come up to my mind when I began my work.. but most of them...
baby it’s cold outside
Delhi woke up to its coldest day in 70 years.. it was 0.2 degree celsius.. later that day came an announcement: all primary schools would be closed for two days..Easy said, easy done... great idea, the kids can remain warm at home.. is what one would logically think...
an invisible hero
R in his lasted blog mentions a touching letter written by a father after the loss of his son in battle. In his trying to define what makes a true hero, this grieving father writes the following:But even more, being a hero comes from respecting your parents and all...
the beat gos on…
Babli and Nanhe will be operated upon next week... at project why life continues and the beat goes on..Little Manoj looks like a garden gnome.. he is almost two and cannot stand, his legs not bigger than two sticks.. his bright eyes dart around with intelligence as he...
back with a bang..
It is back... the smile that was lost for a while behind a wall of pain is back where it belongs, on nahe's beautiful face..Never mind the foot swollen to double its size because of innumerable intravenous feeds, never mind the now forgotten pain and discomfort of an...
whyBlogs… shots of hope
"I almost always start my day at work by reading the projectwhy blogspot" says a friend in the US." I was reading some earlier posts on your blog, as I do when I need inspiration".. says another one from the other side of the planet in AustraliaProject why blogs began...
pwhy and beyond…
Nanhe is in hospital and in pain . I was given a garbled and incoherent report on his condition by those who accompanied him. What I could gather was that he would be in hospital for a long time and that the surgery would take place at a later date..Government...
a smile in custody
People get addicted to many things.. I too have my addiction, one I did not realise till I missed my shot of Nanhe's smile..Yesterday for the first time I saw Nanhe in such excrutiating pain, as he clung to his mother and in spite of all his efforts was not able to...
resolution 2006
Come January 1.. and we all make resolutions that are often commonly kept.. often because they are made by habit and not conviction..I too have in the past made many such resolutions.. this year however as I sat down to review the past year and take stock of things, I...
There are only two ways to live your life..
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)It took me a long time to decide what the post on the last day of 2005 would be, and then I came across this quote that...