After experiencing such poverty in both Bodhgaya and Sarnath, Buddha’s Smile School was a completely enriching and perfect experience. Meeting Rajan, we spoke of love and in her I saw a heart too big to fit in her chest. Sure enough her generosity of spirit and deep love for all the children (including her desire Read More…
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Amy Symons
From Kolkata I took a train fifteen hours west to Varanasi (India’s most holy city) where Rajani Kaur and her husband, Sukhdev, met me at the train station and took me to their apartment above her Amistad International funded school for 200 children from the slums. I awoke the next morning to witness Rajan’s students, Read More…
Prof. Jim Duerlinger
It gets cold in Varanasi in winter but the kids at Buddha’s Smile School will be nice and warm thanks to a generous donation by Jim Duerlinger, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa, USA. Jim kindly donated the funds to buy winter clothes for all 200 BSS students. The kids were measured and the outfits Read More…
Sangita’s Story — More Comment
There are no words to respond to the tragic news of the death of Sangita. And John’s writing makes so clear how horrible her final days were. I can only shake my head and feel deep pain for Sangita, and for her baby who will never know his mother! Rajan this is just such very Read More…