ANOU’S BLOG
urban treat..
it was a chilly afternoon as we set out to vist nanhe's home. we needed to assess the situation and see what was needed to make his return from hospital as comfortable as possible. we locate his mother's cart and she guided us to her home. we had expected a small...
mom by proxy…
Wonder who this is...This is our little babli's family... her father and her little sister.. the ones she has to mother despite a hole in her heart..But there are no options.. babli's father who is 35 years older than her mom, is asthmatic and cannot work.. or does...
for the little ones of this world
nanhe's smile has moved many friends.. and yes he is an amazing child and we are very blessed to have him with us.He has showed us the true meaning of hope and more than that his love for life does makes us all wonder about the total emptiness of our own lives...I...
when words play tragic games
the following story - a true one- would have made you smile, if it did not affect a child's life.pawan is a class III student that comes to our Lohar Camp Primary programme. he is a bright boy and an eager learner. He comes from a very poor family: his father pulls a...
a matter of the heart
In our fight for survival, we put up an adoption plan whereby we seek kind hearts to 'adopt' the nine sections which make pwhy, each with its dreams, its hopes, its aspirations...I have many times, maybe even too many for some, shared my own dreams for pwhy. I try...
It is not length of life, but depth of life
"I will donate for the child if you guarantee he will live" were the harsh words that I heard in the dead of a night when we were looking for funds for Raju our first heart surgery. This followed an appeal on TV and was one of the numerous calls that were made on that...
babli’s world
This is Babli's world..It is rich in some things and terribly lacking in others. It is filled with smiles and love, courage and determination, dreams and hope, prayers and belief.. all things intangible yet precious. Bablis' home is tiny, maybe as small as a bathroom...
from’why’ to ‘how’…
A mail dropped by this morning. It simply it said:I too want to help the slum children in our Hyderabad city, and as a first step started with a nearby slum in the outskirts. I now understand the uphill task that it is, but I won't give up. The main problem is the...
to die for…
Nanhe has a smile to die for... and yet does he have a reason to smile, one wonders...The youngest of five children, he was not even given a name, simple called nanhe..the tiny one. Nanhe has multiple disabilities. When he landed on planet why he could barely hold his...
starTrek with captain Pranjal
It was a very special afternoon on planet why..At 1 pm the children of the special section were ready to receive their guests. There was a sense of palpable excitement as their classroom got ready for the show: a big screen, a LCD projector, a young indian astronomer...
the spirit of mili
Mili died last night.. as quietly as she came in to our lives ...She found us when we were hurting, and adopted us. She put up with all our tantrums and ways whereby we humans decide the way our animal friends should live. She delighted us with innumerable antics and...
the art of dreaming..
When the kids of sudhar camp aka potty nagar were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up the answer was: teachers, doctors, firemen, policemen...Now the parents of these children left their homes to eek out a better living in the city and do menial jobs:...