Jul 14 2009
Give me a chance at Life!!
I am 18 months old now but don’t have a voice of my own. Yesterday was the first day I cried and the first day I turned in bed on my own. My mother wasn’t ready to have me as she was only 14 when I was born. She was […]
Jul 14 2009
ASKING FOR HELP
A few days ago, a 16-month old girl, Komal, was brought to our hospital. I was not there the day she arrived, but heard about her while I was still in Delhi, having just arrived the night before from the U.S. She was described as being “in a very bad state”- lethargic and […]
Jun 25 2009
RECCE VISIT TO KHATI (9, 10 April, 2009)
Preamble
Khati is a small village, nestled at an altitude of 2200m in the upper reaches of the Kumaon Himalayas, to the Southeast of Nanda Devi. It is the last village on the trekking route to the […]