Love is Joyce’s key to change
What Joyce Jayaseelan has come to learn in her 30- odd years as a family counsellor is that tenderness will take you far, for, those who are hardest to love are the ones who need it the most.
It is
Ordinary volunteer, extraordinary work
It was a woebegone trio that trudged into a reputed mental institution in the city one morning, weary after what was a long and harrowing journey all the way from Gulbarga. She was a young woman, one
Honour and respect in those dying moments
It’s the story of Big Daddy Pollitt all over again. All the members of the big Southern Family, except Big Daddy and his wife, know that Big Daddy is dying; the seemingly invincible patriarch has been
Saving the world, one bit of scrap at a time
Sometimes, a very big change requires nothing more than a very big heart. The sincerity of one’s convictions will do the rest. When Vani Murthy decided that she would do her bit to save the planet by
Making classrooms a place for learning
In India, social causes are the easiest thing in the world to come by. Even so, Poorna Kaksha is an unusual organisation, simply because their way of doing things is unpredictable. Children go to scho