1/23 Disco Lights

Siddarth and Bhola left mid-morning for Dhumka to shop for student awards that will be given during the Republic Day holiday next week.  I was surprised again by another Class I student who started to translate her letter on her own.  It is so amazing to see just a little bit of initiative. The girls and I vainly tried to extract the coconut meat from its unwilling shell in the afternoon getting only small but really satisfying shavings. In the evening Dani seemed to be getting quite sick so when Siddarth and Bhola returned the excitement of showing the new classroom clocks and flash lights for the top students was dampened with concern.