Mums from two different worlds yet united
Tuesday 20 September 2011 by Pragya Vats
Every mum wants to safeguard her children, whether you live in Beverly hills or the slums of Delhi.
Every mum wants to safeguard her children, whether you live in Beverly hills or the slums of Delhi.
I don’t have any technical knowhow but I know I want to make a difference. I am not here with my head, I am here with my heart willing to do my bit,” said Kunal at the Delhi launch of EVERY ONE.
While Kunal may have his heart in the right place, he had many hearts skip beats from the moment he landed in Delhi.
It’s been a month of launches – in Bomaby and Delhi and Calcutta joined in last week. Action packed and thrill filled. From celeb soirees to community voices, they made for the best launch experience.
Bombay here we come with EVERY ONE.
This Saturday I got my first taste of spruiking. I always have books to sign and sell after giving a talk, but this was different; the real hard-core ‘roll up, roll up ladies pll-llease… I have cabbages, I have cherries, I have a new biography as featured on Women’s Hour…’ in the front of a Waterstones shop in Bury St Edmunds.
In the week that the World Bank chief economist for Africa Shanta Devarajan predicted that up to 700,000 children a year will die before their first birthday as a result of the financial crisis, it seemed a fitting moment for us to kick off a series of activities to remind Gordon Brown and his fellow G20 leaders ahead of their summit in early April.