When I was a little girl (oh so many years ago!), my Mum would tell me the following story: Centuries ago a great artist was engaged to paint a mural for the cathedral in a Sicilian town. The subject was the life of Christ. For many years the artist labored…
Remember my post entitled ‘Simple People?’ in which I had shared the ‘story’ of Mangaritha Kerketta, the woman who does our ironing? Well, I’m happy to report that in response to that, I received approximately Rs.40000/- (the approximation is due to certain dollar receipts that are still to be converted)…
The road we live on is supposed to be prime property – we are now surrounded by 17 storied apartment buildings – one has a gym and a new one coming up has a swimming pool on the terrace!! But further down the same road is a slum called Pereira…