Lights! Camera! Action!

On the 25th of March, twenty four kids from 'Kilkari' Bihar Bal Bhawan [Bihar's House of Children : a government initiative to promote creativity among kids] got together to experience their first 'video film making workshop'.

These childen, between the ages of nine and sixteen will spend ten days handlig cameras, writing scripts, learning composition, and finally, coming up with short projects of their own.

It's a joy working with these kids from working class families. 

It's my first experience working with a government organistaion, and it's amazing how well run Kilkari is. The staff went especially out of their way to ensure that the 'red tape' was kept at a minimum.

There are two very helpful ladies at the workshop site who ensure that even the minor details and requirements are taken care of, and that my team is supplied with lots of tea!

The kids are wonderfully refreshing. The reason why I do these workshops is that they leave me greatly enriched, and absolutely, excruciatingly, exhausted at the end of the day!