On arriving home today from school these sweet kids were out the front of our apartment waiting for there bus, mind you it is now one hour and 15 mins after school has finished for them. No teacher supervision, just one of the boys organizing the other kids to have races balancing books on their heads. Yesterday when we got home they were having a blast playing in the puddles and having races floating their flip flops in the river of water out the front. Such a far cry from the organized after school activities at our kids school. Yet another contrast of our life in India. Of coarse I couldn't help myself and headed out with my camera, only to be flocked by 20 or so kids all wanting their photo taken. I had Victor and Palani (the guard helping with crowd control) Trying to get them to stand still for the photo and not move closer to me is impossible. And the boys that love to put their dancing skills to the test to impress me is hilarious.
I then sent some sweets down with Victor and Palani and the chaos continued. We stood in on the balcony of our ivory tower and took a few more photo's. Only after getting Margaret to tell them to pick up their sweet wrappers and put them in the bin. They have no idea of the impact of the rubbish on our environment. I hope one day someone in this country will wise up to all the rubbish and plastic filling the streets and start to educate these kids for their futures.
2 comments:
Gorgeous photos Megs! I love the smiles of the Indian children... divine!
SOunds like India needs a campaign like Australia did many years ago... "Keep India Beautiful". It certainly stopped a few Aussies throwing rubbish out of their car windows!
Looking forward to reading you blog every day as we wait for our day to come.
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