12 Comments

1. Ritendra
   Posted September 21, 2009 at 8:48 pm | Permalink

   Very memorable day it was. But wasn't this in January?Just being nit-picky.

2. Kolika
   Posted September 21, 2009 at 10:17 pm | Permalink

   Where in Purulia was this?

3. Kokonad
   Posted September 22, 2009 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

   Riten: Yup, it is January. :D In fact I have dated it as December 2009 – we haven't even seen that date yet! :)Kolika: It's technically a tribal village 30kms or so outside Purulia… Riten, do you remember the name of this village?

4. Ritendra
   Posted September 22, 2009 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

   I think this was the Hura block of Purulia, which as Koke said, was about 30Km from the Purulia main city. This was in one of the 10 villages we visited. Now don't ask for the names of these villages!

5. Kolika
   Posted September 22, 2009 at 11:47 pm | Permalink

   Okay. AID Baltimore and AID Portland took up several projects in Para for mom's ngo. whats the NGO you went to audit?

6. R
   Posted September 25, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Permalink

   Kokonad,

   I often wonder how kids in the poorest of conditions, and often very street smart, still laugh like children. They are like little adults..

   I suppose you weren’t thinking so intensly when you took this picture. But its really nice.

   cheers
   R

7. Kokonad
   Posted September 25, 2009 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

   Hi R, and welcome to my blog! :) Thank you for commenting. I was not thinking very intensely while taking this picture, but in reality, it was a very nice day. This was one among 10 villages we went to, for auditing an NGO we support. These kids were different. They WANTED to go to the informal schools we fund… they WANTED to be educated. I remember having spent all my childhood pretty much hating school. It’s a very humbling experience when things are put into perspective.
   Thank you once again, for the comment, R! Hope you visit again!

8. Archana
   Posted October 14, 2009 at 7:50 am | Permalink

   First I saw the picture and loved it. And then read your comment, and now I love the picture ever more. :)

9. Kokonad
   Posted November 20, 2009 at 12:00 am | Permalink

   Arch: I am glad you did! :)

10. Annie
    Posted February 3, 2010 at 2:20 am | Permalink

    Agreeing with Archana up here, I loved it… and now I love it even more :)

    ~Annie.

11. Maria Antonieta
    Posted December 16, 2010 at 10:25 pm | Permalink

    Koke, I really like this girl. I’ll keep checking your phlog!

12. Kokonad
    Posted December 25, 2010 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    Maria – thanks! :) She is also ‘the face’ of the non-profit I work for :)