Our good friend in Ahmedabad, Ekta Hattangady and her sister Shraddha, have been featured in the Ahmedabad Mirror for their “Care for Caregivers” initiative.

Ekta is also the person to whom we are grateful for all our wonderful dining experiences in Ahmedabad. Her recommendations included Agashiye, La Feasta and Tomatos. While the former is a par-excellence restaurant for fine Gujju food, the other two are famous for their western cuisine. All three are highly recommended!

Getting back to the point, do read Ekta and her sister Shraddha’s story of coping with life’s uncertainties. One thing not to be missed is the poem written by them in the article.

Inclusive Planet, formerly called BookBole, is a platform that enables visually impaired readers from across the world to connect and share accessible content. We had covered BookBole in this article at The Better India.

I am happy to inform that my book is now available on Inclusive Planet and many of its visually and print impaired readers will get to read it.

Personally, I think Inclusive Planet is a wonderful initiative and in case you want to know more or contribute to their cause, you can visit their blog or just mail them at founders[at]inclusiveplanet[dot]com.

A good friend and a former colleague, Uma Iyer, has put together information which she has personally gathered from various sources on Alzheimer’s disease.

A couple of years ago, her father-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and what they found lacking in all the information that they got was actual accounts of first-hand experiences of dealing with people who have this disease.

The site she has put up is: http://www.alzindia.com/

She narrates various situations that she and her family have had to face and also the ways in which she has managed to deal with these sensitive but crucial incidents. Hats off to Uma and her family for showing such great courage and thoughtfulness in coming to terms with this very unfortunate event.

I wish her and her family all the very best as they continue to engage with these trying circumstances.

R. K. Laxman’s famous creation has usually been a passive observer of the state of affairs around him. 

Google, in its official blog, has announced a new project aimed at the welfare of as many people as possible: Project 10¹⁰⁰. I think this is a great initiative from Google! 

If you have any idea that you believe can change the world, or can help the millions of people of this planet, you can submit your idea on the site.