UN Women is consistently one of the most vocal advocates for a broad range of women's issues worldwide.  "UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide."  I am proud to be an active member - read about them or find a local chapter here. Recently UN Women launched the Heforshe.org campaign to involve men in the campaign for gender equality.  Add your voice: go to their site, read and listen, download their logo as…

The Glimpses of Asia Photo Exhibit and Silent Auction approaches: Friday April 11, 2014.   This event is a blissful fusion of photo exhibit, competition, silent auction, and fundraiser for a local NGO.   This is the 2nd year I have organized this event; last year proceeds went to Alpha Montessori for their rooftop garden.  Glimpses is one of many fantastic initiatives under the AWA umbrella. We have 50 spectacular photos this year.  A few are below.  All have been printed and framed and will be auctioned that night. Most significantly, Apne App Women Worldwide will be the beneficiary of…

The road to Najafgarh is never smooth.  Construction is constant.  Rules of the road veer toward extreme independence.  To my amazement, tight gridlocks form before my eyes: drivers, cyclists, tuktuks – all advance willingly whenever an inch presents itself, tightening the gridlock noose in a form of traffic suicide.  Occasionally at those moments I hear the repetitive whoop whoop siren of an ambulance, equally stuck, the sound repeating itself over and over again without ever seeming to shift position. So it is always like a breath of fresh air when we hit Dichaon road out of town and approach Holy…