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Six girls kneel together on a blue tarpaulin, leaning in over a wooden board on which small clay figures and shapes have been modelled, with the words LITTLE ANANDA carved into the board. The girl at far left wears a white top with a black vest and grey patterned trousers; the girl beside her wears a blue top and blue skirt with a visible name badge; the girl in the centre wears a pink dupatta and pink top with glasses and a bindi; the girl in brown wears glasses and a red beaded necklace; the girl at upper right wears glasses and a white top; the girl at far right wears an orange top with white dhoti-style cloth and a beaded necklace. A pink bucket sits at the left edge. The scene reads as a children's craft activity at a residential programme.

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