Way back in the 1970s, Rippan Kapur, a young airline purser, was driven by the extraordinary dream to see a day when no Indian child would be deprived of rights as basic as survival, participation, protection and development. Like many of us, Rippan too was upset when he saw disparities between privileged and underprivileged children. He hated to see children begging and working as servants. Unlike most of us though, he did something about it. He joined his school’s social service club and read to the blind, visited children in hospitals, held reading and writing classes for street children, and started a free dispensary at a slum the club adopted.
“Anything Can Be” a delightful book, is an initiative of CRY - the renowned 40-year-old NGO that has impacted the lives of over 3 million children already. Authored by Sathya Saran and published by Penguin India, the book compiles words of wisdom and love for our children from some of I... (more)
