ANOU’S BLOG
and his heart beats on..
By this time next week Arun's heart will be repaired ..It should have been done years ago..Today is the first time I could spend some quality time with this quiet, unassuming child... His tired smile was filled with hope and his frail body spoke volumes ..Arun speaks...
jump the band wagon
why is it that if one person thinks you have done a great job then everyone wants to say the same..then you wonder whether there is any value at all to the 'awards' and 'merit certificates' that get thrown at you.strange that some of those who call and write praising...
A bone to the dog is not….
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog..goes the proverbThe past days have seen a flurry of activity as an entire network of whyBees have been buzzing in order to ensure that young Arun's...
whose heart is it anyway!
Arun, a dalit boy of 13 who looks 9 will undergo heart surgery next week...Today we were worried as the doctor feel his condition is deteriorating...A wonderful support network has suddenly been set in place by the magic of the net and people from all walks of life,...
maybe i should get the yoga teacher back
last week a TV crew came and spent many hours filming projectwhyin spite of many disappointing experiences in the past, somehow the arrival of cameras and mikes never fails to send a rush of excitement in everyone...everyone puts its best foot forward, the right words...
7 days on a planet
It has been a eventful week, with beautiful moments :the men in white have decreed.. utpal is not in danger, no dreaded B virus but just hepatitis Aand we may even be able to find the funds for Arun' s much delayed surgery... the money collected by his family more...
back to his hole
The doctors have given their verdictUtpal does not have the dreaded B virus but just a severe bout of hepatitis AUtpal will have time to conquer more hearts and to share his laughter with manyI can only say that this happened because of all those who petitioned Gods...
as the snake waits in the wings
St Exupery's beautiful fable has never ceased to fascinate me.I got my first copy of the little prince as a young teenager in Algiers, a city so close to the sahara desert where he made his landfall. I would have never guessed that this beautiful tale would weave...
french fries and project why
look at this smile...it belongs to a lovely lady I have never met in person, but who has walked into my heart across the screen of my computer.sarmishtha is a software engineer and hold on a film maker!she came to know about project why and decided to help... and it...
ninety three
ninety threetwo simple digits, but ones that should have tranformed the lives of the children of India:I am referring to the ninety third amendment to the constitution of India..It took half a century for the children of Independant India to get the right to free...
alONE – the week after
citizen onewas the award that a daily paper decided to select me for..moment of great joy for the younger gang of project why who are still, thank god, simple hearted and honest and thus view life that away, a gang ably led by shamika..moment of bewilderment and some...
where is the soap..
we have our own little prince.. a three year old bundle of pure joy named Utpal. he suffered third degree burns when he was one and everyone gave up on him, even the men in white, but we did not... today he fights for his life again as he has been diagnosed with a...