Becky Blab

Time to Recharge and Refresh:
The Teacher’s Meeting commenced at 8:30 am on 19 August in Spanda Hall. As everybody was assembling, a busload of teachers, still in their whites, arrived at the gate. It was inspiring to see their joyful anticipation and commitment as they quickly unloaded their luggage and sped towards the hall to reach the session on time.
After [...]

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Sponsoring a student represents a unique opportunity to dramatically touch the life of a child. Through the Isha Vidhya scholarship program, each sponsor is matched with a student / students and receives updates on the student’s progress, as well as letters and photos. Sponsors can also write back and even visit their student(s) at the [...]

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I just saw the Mira Nair film ‘Salaam Bombay!’ Though it was made twenty years ago, it is still a poignant reminder of the challenges facing India.

For the Hindi speakers, this shows three clips from the film:

Some of the film’s proceeds went towards the founding of the Salaam Baalak Trust, which has since has helped [...]

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The Washington Post had an in-depth piece on Indian women’s status. It starts off discussing ‘eve-teasing’, i.e. harrassment, but then delves into the whole range of issues from dowry to sex-selective abortion:
For India’s middle-class urban women, the past decade has brought unprecedented opportunities to advance in a social order long dominated by men. But a [...]

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She has posted this promotional video for the NGO she runs, Bal Krriti, for slum children in an area on the outskirts of Jaipur.

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