ANOU’S BLOG
faith, courage, instinct and the magic of project why
Piya, Sudha, Asha, Misha,Paul, Ronnie, Greg, Sandra, Melanie, Jennifer, Ritu, Sameer, Rohit, Rahul, Ben, Eric, Dr Cohen, Dr Rawat, College of Du Page, Nazeer, Himanshu and the list goes on.... are friends we did not know we had, but the magic of project why touched...
pappu pass ho gay(i)
when i asked some kids what made them laugh most, they all refereed to the famous chocolate ad where big B leaps of joy at 'pappu' passing his XIIth..well yesterday when rani brought her class X result, my joy was not for the camera, it was genuine .. and that for...
of pigs.. garbage dumps … and new beginnings
look at the picture.. this is a project why classroom..many of you may have conjured a 'glam' picture of project why.. yet this how we began in giri nagar five years ago, and this is what our new class room in okhla phase I, next to the railway tracks looks like...we...
the long way home
funding is the one constant source of anguish to anyone engaged in work like ours.. there are many sources but we decided to take the long way home..this is primarily because our commitment to empowerment only makes sense if its has a duration in time and remains...
main hoon na!
main hoon na! or here I am is what each tiny project why tot proudly says every morning at roll call!these three little words are overflowing with meaning... they are not simply an affirmation or act of presence, they hold all their still unformulated dreams.. dreams...
women of substance
meet sophiya and pushpa.. one is a tribal from ranchi the other a dalit..sophiya and pushpa run our okhla primary extension programme..it was about a year ago that we decided to start this centre, and these two ladies were the chosen ones to go and set it up from...
i’m explaining a few things
you are going to ask what is it that makes project why different.. so to borrow one of neruda's poem titles i will say: i'm explaining a few thingslook at the picture, a simple one of a teacher and a handful of children...now listen:the teacher is a gadiya lohar, the...
the other side of WHY
one heart has been mended, one kid is back on course...a bunch of sparkling eyed kids are busy studying...another lot are busy learning the rules of living in our world..little stars shine as they learn their numbers and letters..a planet continues its charted...
The WHY Ruse
Arun's operation is over and God willing he will get better by quantum leaps: children have an uncanny way of making up for lost time!But for us at project why the task is not over. It never is.We do not believe in full stops. Everything that happens, every incident...
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
Two recent occurrences set me thinking about the new lucrative field that I will just call giveBizMess and the new meaning of words like 'giving','charity' and their XXI st century mutations 'development causes' and 'NGO sector' etc..A quick glance at history and...
it is only with the heart that one can see rightly
what is essential is invisible to the eye..was the secret the fox gave the little prince.as i watched arun sleep today on his hospital bed, his heart beating valiantly and with great effort, these words came to my mind and i wondered what aruns' heart had 'seen' till...
But I never asked to be born..
look at this lovely face.. it belongs to Durga, our very own Utpal's half sibling, and his only family!this morning I was shocked to see large welts across this beautiful, innocent face... she had been beaten by her mother..Durga's story is what movies are made...