ANOU’S BLOG
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...
two simple words…
watch these little bravehearts as they petition the God of of the lesser ones...and you wonder what they are seeking when everything in this world conjures to harm them!some cannot hear..simple minds cannot fight the daily abuse they are subjected to..and an...
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
a child will get a new heart, two little girls may be able to live a normal life, a bunch of kids people had given up on cleared their Xth boards with marks as high as 75%, a little girl who could barely hold her head two years ago at age 5, dances and laughs..and we...
the blade broke…
everyday, when I leave for project why, I always wonder what will happen, as every day I learn something new that often makes me change my ways...It can be something a child says or does, some wondrous achievement that fills you with delight and joy, it can be a...