Party Time in Saki Naka
The kids kept adding names to the list while they sat knee-to-knee in Indu’s one-room home drawing Christmas trees, adding sparkles and...
Game On
Dealing with the new normal in India. Being in India is never easy, it’s never calm, it’s never boring and it’s never without small and...
Riya is Gone
Riya Is Gone - Born August 7, 2015 - Died August 24, 2016 In the Hindu religion there are numerous goddesses. In the slum community,...
Kids with Helping Hearts
We are forever grateful to these two groups of students from Canada and Australia, and their selfless teachers, who encourage and inspire...
Namaste Bhoomi
“Whoa, whoa” will forever be on repeat in my mind. I hope I never forget the way the corner of her little mouth moved up and to the left...
Expecting Nothing - Riya's tiny life
Riya was just three days old and weighed about two pounds when her mother, Neelam, who was barely into her twenties, died in a government...
Look What I Made!
Saturday at Indu’s Excellent Tuition Centre is reserved for making a beautiful mess using coloured paper, sparkles, crayons, glue,...
How to Purchase a Slum Home
Getting on the property ladder in Saki Naka The Marwah side of the slum is currently a hive of building activity. Porous rust-coloured...
Intensive Care
Twelve-year-old Sohel, and Dinesh, who is about ten, walked ahead of us, their wiry arms flailing and gesturing wildly. They smacked each...
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and the Humorous moments of 2015
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and the Humorous moments of 2015 in no particular order because there is no order in India and I have come to...
