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back to the future

back to the future

n's article is out. it was published today in the Asian Age .It was great that it appeared on teacher's day when all roles were reversed.We sat down to read it with some of the kids and imagine Vicky's pride when he heard the opening words " Vicky Kumar, 12, is...

there is something about…India

there is something about…India

There is something about India that never ceases to amaze me and that is her ability to contradict everything negative that you may think about her.She does play games with you, wears you down, makes you angry or even sad, but then when you are just about to lose all...

let us take it from the top

let us take it from the top

last week I decided to take a class..this decision was prompted by the constant complaints of some of the primary teachers who felt the kids were getting difficult to handle...some not doing their work and disturbing others..as all the advise meted had not worked, I...

pictureSpeak

pictureSpeak

Look at the picture.. what do you see?three little girls playing, the way all children that age should, three children savouring what is know as the best part of one's life: early childhood, when others take care of your creature comforts and everyday needs, when you...

bonbonieres of the heart….

bonbonieres of the heart….

till we can get a picture of the young couple, this is what a bonboniere looks like "Barbara and me will get married next September 24th and we decided to donate to you the money we were to spend to buy bonbonnieres"I have never met Barbara or Massimo, they are...

if ever there was…

if ever there was…

Jonathan Blake Wade1950 - 2005If ever there was a man who epitomized all that project why stands for it would be Jon..A human being par excellence..A man who was first a man, before being white, or brown, british, or indian..He transcended the usual tags and...

a ‘note’ to remember…

a ‘note’ to remember…

the door bell rang and for once it was not the impatient courier man, but Ram Lakhan, our good old postman!Strange it had been a long time since one had seen him. I had almost forgotten the days when one waited for the postman at given times, .. how he had been part...

leave your shoes at the door…

leave your shoes at the door…

In many parts of our country and in many lands across our planet, shoes are left outside the homes.. a custom that makes a lot of sense which ever way you look at itif one were to take the image a little further, one could also think of it as a way to leave problems...

where children dare to dream

where children dare to dream

project why.. where children dare to dream..were the words that came instinctively to my mind when I designed the first project why brochure. they have remained there, unnoticed... but somehow quietly guiding us in our task...when our friends from Japan decided to...

insects and blows, lesser souls’ woes..

insects and blows, lesser souls’ woes..

let me tell you a tale.once upon not so long ago there lay an unused palace in south delhi district.. it had been a labour court, but then as it lost occupants and soul, it lay empty sometimes utilised for noisy and messy marriage functions that left their plastic...

he who plants a tree…

he who plants a tree…

he who plants a tree, plants a hopesaid Lucy Larcom (1824 - 1893)..never were words written as true as in the case of Preeti and our new aloe vera project...Stop a moment to look at Preeti's smile before your read on...Preeti is 19 though she looks 12.. she suffers...