Tagged: children

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pratyahara

Pratyahara, our baby boy. Born: 19 Aug 2009, 3:30PM Italian Time [7PM Indian Time] @ the Sant’ Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy. Photo as on 19 Aug 2009. Baby & Mom keeping good! Pratyahara (pronounced...

contrasts of times 2

contrasts of times

“There was a time when children used to fill the grounds and their laughters used to echo through the evenings. Now when I get up early morning, I see them leaving at 6 am. They...

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hiv, aids, and kids

This is an account of my visit to Freedom Foundation, an organisation in Secunderabad, where HIV patients and drug addicts are taken care of. Through talks with Jaya Singh, the project-coordinator, I could learn...

Adoption: The Answers (iv) 8

Adoption: The Answers (iv)

Back in Hyderabad, I decided to take a share of what the adoption agency here has to tell me about the procedures. Quite interstingly, Andhra Pradesh (AP) is the only state that has banned any...

Adoption: The Answers (iii) 19

Adoption: The Answers (iii)

It was time for me to be homebound. Leaving Bangalore was with mixed emotions and there was one thing I wanted to do- visit the orphanage once again, see the kids there and interact...