ANOU’S BLOG
a very simple secret
a mail dropped by in mailbox this morning. it was from someone i did not know..It began woth the words: "I've heard a lot about you from A. I'm skeptical, as always, about all good things. And yet, I wish I could meet you and be involved in what you are doing."Many...
hit the bottle.. hit the child
Jeetu is not yet 5.. but he has experienced in his short life more than many would imagine.. He came to us two years ago.. a frail child with huge sad eyes who clung to a man that we thought was his grandfather..We learnt that it was actually Jeetu's dad and that his...
preeti’s lunchBox
Some of you know her, some of you have read about her.. she is real and she is Preeti.. the one whose granny wants us to give her rat poison, the childwoman the family wants to wish away.. she is also the one that eats insects because she is micro-nutrient...
disinvestment à la why
it was a big day for me... as today for the very first time i saw the light at the end of the tunnel...or to to use the terminology of the hour..the first step towards project why's disinvestement was taken..yes disinvestment is what it should be called... as the...
vannakam or namaste
pNagar.. as we call it.. could be Tnagar in chennai!Sudhar Camp is waht it is known as.. a tiny slum tucked away behind the electricity department somewhere in Kalkaji, in the south of India's capital city.. 500 families living in precarious box like hutments where...
letter to a girl never born
dear child...they said you would see the light on September 3rd..September 3rd passed and so did the 4th, and the 5th.. On September 6th your mother was in pain and everyone thought the day had come for you to land in this world..your family had waited for you, your...
games adult play
Look at poor yash... now did anybody ask him what he felt before smearing his face with talcum powder...we adults seem to forget that children, even tiny ones, have egos, self -esteem, likes and dislikes and that even if we are bigger that does not mean we have the...
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 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...
i want to go to school, but who will look after my sibling
asiya and fatima, the two year old twins sleep reaching out to each other for comfort... while rabiya takes a much needed break.. like any mom would.. only rabiya is four, just two years older than the siblings she looks after with great care and maturity..rabiya is...
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
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...