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Gandhiji lives on

Gandhi was born 150 years ago this month. As we travelled the country, we found that Gandhi lives on. An anecdote from two weeks ago: We were coming home in […]

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The boy that could sew

We share the story of a brilliant boy that had to stop his studies because his parents were poor. This is the story of the transformation of that boy’s story from a poor tailor’s son to the founder of an NGO nonprofit that pays it forward to thousands of children.

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‘Where everybody knows your name…”

There was this old TV show called Cheers, whose premise was that people loved to hang out at a place where everyone knew you by name and cared about you. […]

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An Apple a Day

From Vizag, we flew into Delhi. [More on the relaxation and the people that we met in Vizag and learnings in Cheepurupalli, in a few days]. Traveling from the airport […]

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Opulence… and re-connection

A dazzling chandelier made up of a thousand bright LED lamps hangs in the center of this huge hall, hanging from the ceiling by fine fiber optics. On the sound […]

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Drinking from under a waterfall

Imagine yourself standing under a waterfall.  Think of how much water you can really drink while standing under this waterfall – not much, right?  You are probably limited to what […]

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Happy Birthday, Ganesha!

All countries have days of  celebration, feasts and festivals.  In India, the calendar appears to be full of festivals.  Many are celebrated with varying degrees of fervor in different parts […]

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A tale of two cities

We happened to meet two teenage girls this week. This is a tale of two cities: one where the future is blindingly bright, the other… well, the other’s future could’ve […]