ANOU’S BLOG
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...
he sang with all his heart.. and waited
the little fellow in red singing his heart out is Aman a little gypsy child.last wednesday, his mom made him wear his smartest clothes, scrubbed squeaky clean in spite of the paucity of water in the camp where they live and sent him to project why.in days gone by, i...
return of the prodigal…
just got back from chennai and will write about my visit soon ...but today i want to share the joy I felt returning..home!yes this little planet as i like to call it, has become 'home' as isn't home the place you feel wanted, loved, cared for... was it the little...
chennai calling
when the tsunami - a word none of us knew post 26/12 - waves hit the shores of India on a fateful sunday morning, I did not know that it would create ripples in a little planet tucked away in a small delhi slum.we set about collecting money for a boat, and we managed...