Hari Om Anand Charitable Foundation

The foundation operates out of G-41/2 in Shastri Nagar. It’s a house, really, not a proper office building with a lobby or anything like that. You have to look for the house number on the gate or you might miss it. It’s a quiet street for the most part, except when the kids are coming home from school in the afternoon. We’ve taken over a couple of the front rooms for the work. There are a lot of shelves filled with books and old records that have been there since we started. It’s a bit cramped when more than three people are in there at once. We usually have the windows open to catch a breeze, but that also lets in all the dust from the road. Our neighbors know us well, and sometimes they drop by just to borrow something or tell us some news from the block. It’s not the most professional-looking setup you’ll ever see. We use an old table that wobbles if you lean on it too hard. Sometimes we spend the whole morning just sorting through things that should have been filed weeks ago. That’s just the way it is here. We don't have a big budget for fancy things, so we make do with what we’ve got. It’s a simple place in a regular neighborhood. We spend a lot of time just talking to people who come to the gate. It’s slow work but it feels right.