ANOU’S BLOG
Down by the riverside
Normally I have no problem in writing about any and everything that comes my way. But yesterday for the very first time I was overwhelmed by a surge of emotions that I was unable to process, let alone put down in writing. It is now time to share this unique experience...
To pull another hand into the light.
Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light wrote Norman Rice. Around the ides of March 2003, I did dare do so. It was not a little hand but two beautiful eyes that defied all the burns and bandages and met mine. It was love at...
A wedding to remember
Rani got married yesterday and before I go any further this is not a picture from her wedding! So as I was saying Rani got married yesterday and needless to say I was there. But as is the hallmark of all Indian weddings, I barely got to see her though we did manage a...
Sadie Sadie Married Lady
Sadie Sadie Married Lady is the song from Funny Girl that for some God forsaken reason always comes to my mind when a girl gets wedded. The last girl I married was my first born and tomorrow someone I also consider as my child ties the proverbial knot. She is...
READ – RIGHT – RUN
A hurried call from grandson yesterday - yes he nows knows how to call; today's kids are incredible - informed us that he was running a marathon and had his 'number'. He put the phone down before we could ask anything further. I thought that it was some race for...
The only child with a thousand children
The only child celebrated her 63rd last week. You guessed right the only child is me! Being an only child is not easy. Being an only child to older parents is again not easy particularly when you come after a child who did not make it. The fear of losing you...
One child every 10 seconds
Forgive the rather disgusting picture that illustrates this mail but there is a method to my madness. This picture was taken close to the Chhattrapur Temple located not far from Utpal's school. He wanted to buy some sweets and this was the closest market. We...
Till death do us part
Utpal on his 13th birthdayMarch 12 2015This picture was taken last week on Utpal's birthday which we celebrated in his school with cake and samosas. He is 13! A teenager! How time flies. He was the perfect host and made sure all his friends got enough to eat and...
My grandfather’s hut
Ram Persad Singh Goburdhun 1880 1949Upon his return from yet another trip, this time to Mauritius, my husband handed me a book. It was surprising, as though I did not expect the customary bottle of perfume - the ubiquitous gift you expect from a man - as...
For the rich, by the rich and of the rich
Whenever I hear even the faintest murmur about primary education being reviewed, my heart beats faster but my blood also runs cold. The question is: what now! We have so many aberrations in our education system. The fear is that one more may be added. A recent article...
They deserve what you deserve if not more
one of the last pictures with ManuI was extremely saddened but hardly surprised when I saw the news coverage of the way differently abled athletes were treated in the recently so-called National Paralympic. Yet no matter how jaded I have become over the years, my...
Out of the closet
We were recently asked to put up a proposal for funding. The proposal had to be for something different and relevant to our times. After some pondering and brainstorming we decided to once again walk the extra mile and requested funding for a series of workshops on...