ANOU’S BLOG

Sometimes you do not have to look far to find things to celebrate. You simply have to look with your heart. I sometimes kick myself for not taking time to simply stop and savour things around me, more so because I'm blessed to have Project Why which is a constant...

Child labour is cheap. A child is submissive, and can be made to work under poorly lit and poorly ventilated spaces.A child can be used for stitching, embroidering, weaving rugs and carpets, making matchsticks and firecrackers, and rolling beedis in backbreaking...

There is so much to celebrate at Project Why each and every day, but this week was a very special celebration: Utpal's 14th! To the uninitiated it would have looked like any birthday with cakes and candles and singing and cheering. However, Utpal is a very special...

The project Why WomenProject Why is primarily a children's organization yet right from the beginning, we instinctively reached out to women, the true game changers. No wonder then that it was a woman who helped me seed Project Why.Mataji, the formidable local healer...

I am thankful to Damyanti for having  introduced me to Lexa's blog Celebrate the Small Things. For the past sixteen years I have been 'celebrating' the small and big joys of life. I run Project Why, an organization based in New Delhi, India, that reaches out...

I came across this bunch of happy kids right in front of our Okhla centre at Project Why. They were shy at first, but then it took no time for them to smile and perform for the camera. They made faces and giggled, just being kids!Street children break my heart: the...

Is it possible for a child from the slums to shine at an exclusive boarding school?It sounds like a rude question, but wait till you’ve heard about the Project Why Power Girls.Meet Meher, Manisha and Babli.MeherMeher, who topped her class is a third degree burn...

We all want to be happy; the question is whether or not we achieve this goal. In a recent post Damyanti Biswas, an Indian writer based in Singapore and friend of Project Why, shares how a bunch of very special souls gave her an insight into how to find happiness. She...

Anna Ma'am and her boarding school stars: from left to rightManisha, Aditya, Vicky, Utpal and Yashstanding: Babli and Nikhil The quota debate is back. A statutory government panel has advised enacting legislation that would make it mandatory for private companies...

Recently, Project Why received a donation from a school in broken cartons and torn plastic bags.We received books with pages missing, copybooks with not a single blank page, and unwearable clothes. The clothes were not washed let alone ironed and some were...

The past days have seen many Indian dreams smothered before time.Three young girls ended their lives by jumping in a well. A young Dalit scholar ended his life in the hope of rekindling his battle. These lives were sacrificed at the altar of our...

In the biting cold of the city is is funeral pyres that have come to the rescue of the homeless in the city. A heart wrenching news item aired today showed how many homeless persons huddled around the funeral pyres burning at different cremation sites. I wonder at the...