The plight of India’s informal sector of migrant labor and daily wagers has been a harrowing tale in all the news around COVID19. They were set adrift with no source of income and turned out of their rented shanties. With… Read more

Baby Mansi was born 2 months prematurely at about 2.6 pounds and quickly developed hypothermia...almost everyone told her parents she wouldn’t survive. Thanks to the Maternal and Neonatal Survival Initiative (MANSI) workers, the baby not only survived but thrived. In… Read more

When we came to America, most of us thought we had left hunger behind. This was the land of milk and honey, of plenty, anyone willing to work hard would be successful. Well, then we found out that was not… Read more

“If you’re the sort of student who says, ‘These are the things that I must achieve to get into college,’ then you’re not differentiating yourself from the pack. And you’re burning out. And it’s probably not going to make a… Read more

For someone like us, an urban high school senior or a college student, the lockdown seemed like a dream come true. No classes, no tests, no work. We could sit at home the whole day and do whatever we wanted,… Read more

Children’s Hope India & the Power of Giving Back What’s the price of a face mask? It is priceless. In a world where supply and demand rules and the relentless powerful coronavirus is devastating the world, a mask becomes a… Read more

Like for most (if not all) of you Spring 2020 is not panning out exactly as I imagined it. I did not expect to be sitting at home during my first week of classes during my final quarter of college,… Read more

As I turned 30 years old, I realized I knew next to nothing about my Bengali parents, Shyamal and Bishakha. I did not know how old they were. I did not know their birthdays. I did not know how they… Read more

These days, it’s quite normal to start the conversation with “We live in strange times, don’t we?” Yes, indeed, we do live in very strange and challenging times.  COVID-19 has caused unprecedented global challenge and has many unique aspects. It’s… Read more

Accolades and achievements are inspiring. They motivate you to accomplish more and add to the list of successes. But if you pause, and ask yourself if all this makes your life worthwhile, meaningful and justified, the answer is both yes… Read more