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The Latika Roy Foundation is a wonderful organization that works with children who have special needs. The Foundation organized a talk by Justice Ajit Prakash Shah who was wonderfully clear in his thoughts and surprisingly very modest, given his stature as a legal expert. There were some very good points that he made, in his enthralling […]

The Bindal Project that is currently running in the unused parking space of a commercial complex is in the process of moving out from the current premises, to be relocated elsewhere. The decision was made by all stakeholders involved on Friday and though it is never a happy time to end a long-term relationship with […]

A few days ago, an 11 year old boy Sanjay came to Street Smart for the first time. He was a nice boy with a perpetual grin on his face and an natural talent in acting. Sanjay was very happy to be at the program and when he said that he would return the next […]

At the end of the Street Smart program at Gandhi Park every day, we have very little time to spare since Street Smart finishes by 3:45 and the Bindal program commences at 4. So any time that the kids at Street Smart ask for a ride on my legendary scooter (a battered excuse for a […]

The education system, and the education system in India in particular has been known to be rather unimaginative and a downer to the inherent creativity of children. Even within our two projects, Street Smart and Bindal we are seeing proof of this. At The Bindal School- a two-hour evening program that we run with children […]