Penned By Board Member Ms. Alo Pal Our joint family lived a few blocks down the road from the Ashram and School main buildings here in Pondicherry. In those days, a cycle rickshaw stand stood just opposite the Ashram’s main gate. My sister, my cousin, and I used to walk up to the stand, and… Read more »

Penned By Board Member Ms. Alo Pal A child loses her father at a tender age A woman is urged to abort her third child by her own husband’s mistress A widowed mother operates a snack cart opposite an arrack shop, gets a drinking habit, and abuses her child violently at the drop of a… Read more »

  [Image 1: children participating in fun activity] Penned by Board Member Alo Pal  “So, how do the children come to Sharana?” I asked Manuel while taking notes for the 2023 Sharana Summer Camp. “Most of the children come on their own.” And I had concluded my piece last year with a heartening thought about… Read more »