Forty nine years ago, Mobile Creches took its first steps at Rajghat, where the Gandhi Centenary Exhibition Pavilion was under construction. The children at the construction site were unsafe and neglected, deprived of the nurture, care and protection that their tender age demanded. Observing this, on 12th March 1969, Meera Mahadevan decided to act. Meera Mahadevan, joined soon after by Devika Singh, confronted the contractor with the plight of the children and made sure that