here is the latest picture of our very own babli from bed no 6, ward no 2... quite a star she is as she puts on a million dollar smile in spite of pain and a swollen eye! so little babli has a brand new heart... it took some effort that began when mr never say die...

Little Chetna is Nanhe's roomie.. she is two months old and has a hole in her heart that requires surgery.. the family is not rich and the mother bears the stigma of having lost her first daughter and produced another defective one.. everything seems to conspire...

nanhe's operation is still uncertain.. and it is now his 20th day in the hospital.. but believe me ward no 18 is a happy place.. and almost a family ..there is puja who has a tumour in her abdomen, and vishal who has high fever, and vijay who suffers copper toxicity...

Because of your smile.. you make life more beautiful... Thich Nhat HanhThis simple quote by a vietnamese monk sums up nanhe's mission on planet earth.. many of you have fallen in love with his smile and his incredible courage..I must confess there are some who have,...

...and if at any time you feel like there is no hope, think of me sitting 10000 miles away not giving up on him! Also, if there is anything that needs to be done (absolutely anything!) and is stopped because of lack of funds, let me know immedietely.....I will raise...

Many of you have shared with us babli's tryst with life.. this little woman of substance is a true braveheart...Till now, for babli the 'surgery' had been something everyone talked about, something vague that the poor child had no way of imagining. She used to say...

"I know that I can donate to the organization through the website, but I would prefer to sponsor one child's education completely" was what was written in a mail that dropped in my box this morning. It came from an Indian living abroad.I often get request like this...

Yesterday was eid.. some celebrated it, others enjoyed a holiday...certainly if they were government employees..Normally on holidays OPD halls in government hospitals lie empty and bare.. but not quite.. two young doctors decided otherwise in the cardio thoracic...

Many of you have reacted with spontaneity to some of the human problems that I write about..and some of you have suggested solutions that seem plausible and humane.. these are the very solutions that used to come up to my mind when I began my work.. but most of them...

Delhi woke up to its coldest day in 70 years.. it was 0.2 degree celsius.. later that day came an announcement: all primary schools would be closed for two days..Easy said, easy done... great idea, the kids can remain warm at home.. is what one would logically think...

R in his lasted blog mentions a touching letter written by a father after the loss of his son in battle. In his trying to define what makes a true hero, this grieving father writes the following:But even more, being a hero comes from respecting your parents and all...

Babli and Nanhe will be operated upon next week... at project why life continues and the beat goes on..Little Manoj looks like a garden gnome.. he is almost two and cannot stand, his legs not bigger than two sticks.. his bright eyes dart around with intelligence as he...

It is back... the smile that was lost for a while behind a wall of pain is back where it belongs, on nahe's beautiful face..Never mind the foot swollen to double its size because of innumerable intravenous feeds, never mind the now forgotten pain and discomfort of an...

"I almost always start my day at work by reading the projectwhy blogspot" says a friend in the US." I was reading some earlier posts on your blog, as I do when I need inspiration".. says another one from the other side of the planet in AustraliaProject why blogs began...

Nanhe is in hospital and in pain . I was given a garbled and incoherent report on his condition by those who accompanied him. What I could gather was that he would be in hospital for a long time and that the surgery would take place at a later date..Government...

People get addicted to many things.. I too have my addiction, one I did not realise till I missed my shot of Nanhe's smile..Yesterday for the first time I saw Nanhe in such excrutiating pain, as he clung to his mother and in spite of all his efforts was not able to...

Come January 1.. and we all make resolutions that are often commonly kept.. often because they are made by habit and not conviction..I too have in the past made many such resolutions.. this year however as I sat down to review the past year and take stock of things, I...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)It took me a long time to decide what the post on the last day of 2005 would be, and then I came across this quote that...

Many of us will sit down tomorrow night to usher 2006. There will be lights, and warmth and food and music.. no matter how chilly the night.In the same city Munna's little family will sit in the dark, the only light being that of an oil lamp... Munna is 9 and suffers...

The picture shows Nanhe on his nth visit to the hospital. It is no mean task for a child who cannot walk, is incontinent, is in pain and never complains.For the past two months come monday and the trio of Nanhe, his mom and Meena our staffer, sets off in the cold or...

I was extremely saddened and somewhat angry to read this post.I could feel the palpable angst that permeated each word.. as this lovely child of India questioned her very being..No child, no one can take away from you the right to love and care for your country...

Imagine my utter surprise whenI saw my band of galahads march in this morning almost dragging a sullen looking fellow, their captive of the day. I was sson to learn that it was Ramu,bablis' famous brother!They wanted me talk to him and make him understand that he was...

The previous post was about the plight of girls and the unfair treatment they get even in as small an issue as shoes!The immediate reaction that one has is: why not buy them shoes.. but how many can you buy was my asnwer to a friend who wrote in.. the solution lies in...

This is not a summer footwear display... but the neatly lined up shoes of our primary girls at giri nagar on a chilly winter afternoon...when most of us have different shoes for different seasons, the children in delhi slums are lucky if they have any footwear at...

it was a chilly afternoon as we set out to vist nanhe's home. we needed to assess the situation and see what was needed to make his return from hospital as comfortable as possible. we locate his mother's cart and she guided us to her home. we had expected a small...

Wonder who this is...This is our little babli's family... her father and her little sister.. the ones she has to mother despite a hole in her heart..But there are no options.. babli's father who is 35 years older than her mom, is asthmatic and cannot work.. or does...

nanhe's smile has moved many friends.. and yes he is an amazing child and we are very blessed to have him with us.He has showed us the true meaning of hope and more than that his love for life does makes us all wonder about the total emptiness of our own lives...I...

In our fight for survival, we put up an adoption plan whereby we seek kind hearts to 'adopt' the nine sections which make pwhy, each with its dreams, its hopes, its aspirations...I have many times, maybe even too many for some, shared my own dreams for pwhy. I try...

"I will donate for the child if you guarantee he will live" were the harsh words that I heard in the dead of a night when we were looking for funds for Raju our first heart surgery. This followed an appeal on TV and was one of the numerous calls that were made on that...

This is Babli's world..It is rich in some things and terribly lacking in others. It is filled with smiles and love, courage and determination, dreams and hope, prayers and belief.. all things intangible yet precious. Bablis' home is tiny, maybe as small as a bathroom...

A mail dropped by this morning. It simply it said:I too want to help the slum children in our Hyderabad city, and as a first step started with a nearby slum in the outskirts. I now understand the uphill task that it is, but I won't give up. The main problem is the...

Nanhe has a smile to die for... and yet does he have a reason to smile, one wonders...The youngest of five children, he was not even given a name, simple called nanhe..the tiny one. Nanhe has multiple disabilities. When he landed on planet why he could barely hold his...