ANOU’S BLOG
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…
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…
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…
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
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..
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, 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...
when r met n
it was a special day at project why...we had a special guest, one that has been a friend even before he saw our world or met any one of us.rabin came all the way from chennai and spent the whole day with us.his smile won eveyone over and the magic of project why...
soft murmurs
As Nutan's story unfolds, India comes to light, with its hard realities and softer truths. Nutan is 30 and is suffering from a severe heart malfunction.Years of ignorance laced with neglect, years of living the life of a woman in a society where women are lesser...
victim of ignorance
Nutan a mother of four was diagnosed having a severe cardiac malfunction in a district hospital in Bihar and advised immediate corrective surgery. Doctors were optimist.That was two years ago...For two years, Nutan suffered, her condition deteriorating day by day. You...
of dreams.. and broken zips
as children we have all dreamt of what we would want to be when we grow up... i remember wanting to be an air hostess, a nuclear scientist, an astronaut and god knows what else..even slum kids have dreams: they often want to be teachers, doctors.. even actors.. and...
a country without women…
I did not get to see matrubhoomi, young Manish Jha's much acclaimed film...I left for chennai the week of its release and thought I would see it on my return.matrubhhomi did not run for a second week in India's capital city. it got good reviews and was awarded in...