Indu’s Excellent Tuition Centre
Six-year-old Fiza grabbed her five-year-old sister Saniya by the hand as they scrambled over a couple of basketball-size chunks of...
63 Kids
Why are you punishing me? You have no education. At least I can write my name, a quivering Sachin retorted to his mother after she beat...
Soul Food
See a need and fill it….The Dirty Wall Project provides rations for those whose cupboards are empty because of no job, extra family...
Party Time (By Cindy Ryan)
What does a mirror, an elevator, and a bus ride all have in common? That’s all it took to make fifty-two kids pretty happy. Add some...
The Disposable Child
Her mother showed up at the school the day after she gave Suman away. As Suman was telling me how happy she was, I noticed her mother...
Oh Mumbai
“Do you like Mumbai?”, a teacher inquired of us while we were waiting at Nandchhaya School to watch students perform a Navratri dance....
The High Road to Hindi
Indu will never be out of a job as our translator. Our best efforts at learning Hindi might be thwarted by the short time we’ve allotted...