ANOU’S BLOG
celebrating… with a difference
It was a celebration... but one with a difference.. and one that celebrated 'difference'!p and j got married.. in a city where weddings have become barometers of one's success.. where people wreck their brains to find ways of outdoing others.. where flowers are flown...
DJ hona chahiye – there must be a D.J.
Two days from today my I marry my fist born...A simple marriage is anathema to this city we live on...As the marriage season dawns India's capital city is replete with weddings that would put Mira Nair's Monsson Wedding to shame.. it is almost as if Delhi's beautiful...
Rarely is love instant
"rarely is love intsant and those lovers are fortunate, in that doubt never enters their mind" writes timeri n murari in his heartwarming tale : my temporary son..I have rarely been moved by a book.. but as I read this one, all the little faces that have become part...
with malice to…
Last week, a prominent magazine published a supplement on our city. The issue was about some of the social causes spearheaded by some individuals: a plethora of causes ranging from children to women, from rag pickers to legal rights, from environment and to animal...
babli … a tiny woman of substance
"doctor bolta hai operation karna hai aur paisa ka intezam karlo.. " (the doctor says I have to be operated upon and that we should get the money organised) said little babli in her shrill and matter of fact voice as she clutched sister arzoo in a maternal hug..these...
festive overkill
Today is eid...In the past month we have had Navratas, Dusserah, Karvah Chauth, Diwali, Bhai Duj..Durga has been worshipped and sent off to her abode, Ram has slain Ravana, women have prayed for the longevity of their husbands, Ram has been welcomed back and Laskshmi...
the other kind of blast
"I go to my friends place where we play cards and have a blast" says a young citizen of delhi in today's morning paper." I have lost about 10 000 rupees in three days but will make it up" adds another.They are both between the age of 15 and 20.I sometimes tell...
all is well on planet Delhi
There is something about India...It all began as a grim day, fuelled by the ability we human have of conjuring the worst when the door bell rang and f a tiny voice said " maam kahan hai" - where is maam -. For an instant I wondered whetherI had lost it and was hearing...
morning has broken…
The morning after has broken, the sky is just lighting up and soon the sun will rise...Nature does not wait for anyone or change its course with the flavour or mood of events gone by.. does not get influenced by the gore of the media or the empty words of sympathy of...
blowin’ in the wind
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died?wrote Dylan in 1962..I guess he never could have imagined that more than four decades and innumerable deaths later we are still counting.. even the wind must have got tired of blowing...
apocalypse why….
Many a times I have wondered why funders are reluctant to fund running costs and staff honoraria.. I always felt it was because administation costs were heavy; to my mind project why did not fit the picture, as our salaries went to the slum people and above all we...
pandora’s box
with much fanfare we launched our 'project why star raffle': what better place than an upmarket girls college's diwali mela to do this!the prizes were well adapted to the page 3 crowd: a tete a tete meal with a famous bollywood star, a make over at a star beauty...