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Here is a rule (maybe Murphy’s) that will always hold true in our work: Everything pertaining to a celebration or a big occasion will be planned at the very last minute.Holi was on Sunday, March 20 and on Thursday we wonder what we are to do to celebrate the fun festival that all our kids […]

2 months ago a mother brought her child to us. Baby Naina was 10 months old and had 3rd degree burns over a third her body. 3 months previously some children had been playing near the chula inside their small one room tenement on the banks of the Bindal. One of the children had knocked into the pan […]

A few days back, we were invited by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to attend a meeting and make a presentation about our work and how we intended to work with the State Administration towards the special training program for out of school children under the Right to Education Act.OK I think I should give a […]

At the start of our program, we do some basic stretching exercises with the children and of late, we noticed that it was becoming rather monotonous. Plus, with the Groton group around, all eyes follow them wherever they go and whatever they do! So we had the Groton students leading the exercises on Tuesday, i.e. […]

If you ever consider protesting against absolutely anything under the sun, in the city of Dehradun, Gandhi Park is the place you will be found at, with your placards and posters and banners. One would think a nice public space like our Gandhi Park would be put to better use by the fine people of […]