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I always loved winters. I loved the cold and the lovely warm times that it brought with it, when I snuggled under enormous blankets, sipping hot Bournvita milk, reading Enid Blyton books or playing board games with my siblings. And if you asked me what the most beautiful thing in the world was, I would […]

On the request of our Supremo (I love to use this title to see her reaction!) Neelu Khanna, Samia Khan- the daughter of the legendary Akbar Khan- visited Street Smart and had an hour-long music session with our kids. Samia Khan is a computer engineer by profession but has the most incredible voice and the […]

We had been running a steady schedule for a while now, here at Street Smart. The younger lot from Parade Ground had started attending a primary school at Parade Ground in the mornings where our teachers accompanied them and helped the school’s staff in managing ad teaching all children there. From there, our kids came […]

Every once in a while, the team of Street Smart begins to notice sullen faces among our kids. There are more than usual fights and more than usual tantrums. There is answering back every time one or the other teacher asks the children to do something. That, dear friends is the time when we carry […]

In Dehradun, the areas of Gandhi Park, Clock Tower, Panchayati Mandir at Darshan Lal Chowk and Parade Ground are ones where street children are found in the largest numbers. Street Smart is now a settled program, a well-oiled machine if you will. Well, as much well-oiled as a school can be but the point is, […]