Sneha informed us that her school project was due the next day when we were just steps away from entering our apartment building. Used to, but always traumatized by the the drama her father causes most days, Sneha and her sister Nikita were coming to stay with us for a few nights, while back in the community their neighbours and relatives crowded into their small hut to comfort their wailing, distraught mother. Sneha - age 4 - 2009 “Your project is due tomorrow? What is the project?” I asked, as my stomach did a flip and my mind raced back to the days of last-minute homework assignments my children would routinely foist upon me which usually required trips to a store to get the special pen,
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