07
Mar
Varalakshmi, 13, at school in Bangalore
This is a very beautiful country. Everyone can come and settle here. Everyone can get respect here. Even poor people have a place here to stay and to live their livelihood.
Varalakshmi, 13, on India. Her mother is a maid; together they stay under a sheet-metal roof.
11
Dec
Spray the D.D.T. to drainage to avoid the mosquitos.
Slogan from a government school-submitted entry to my foundation’s annual poster contest. The theme: “Healthy environment starts at home.”
