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A photograph of children and young women seated cross-legged on a bare concrete floor, working on craft projects with newspaper, cardboard sheets, paper strips, scissors and small white pieces of material scattered around them. The woman at left wears a cream top, red-and-blue skirt and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and holds a thin stick. A girl in a red floral dress with a white pinafore sits centre-left, concentrating on her work. A young woman in an orange and pink sari reads a newspaper spread on the floor at right. Other children in orange, teal and white clothing work in the background, and a boy in white sits in the foreground.

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A photograph of children and young women seated on a concrete floor, working on craft projects amid scattered newspaper pages. Brown cardboard sheets are laid out, some decorated with rice grains and paper strips. A girl in a white top and red skirt with blue trim works at left, a young woman in an orange and pink sari sits at upper right, and a young woman in a patterned salwar kameez works at lower right. Boys in white shirts sit in the foreground, one gluing or threading strips on cardboard. No a person candidate is visible.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor covered with newspaper, making craft collages on brown cardboard squares. In the foreground a boy in a white shirt and blue trousers gestures with his hand while others work nearby: a boy in an orange shirt with a name badge arranges rice grains, a girl in a mustard top and cream trousers presses materials down, and a girl in a red top and black skirt works beside a girl in a white top with blue paisley-patterned skirt. The cardboard boards hold scattered rice, sticks, beads and cut-out pictures. A white cup sits on the newspaper. Several other children are partly visible at the edges.2008-05-15A large hall with a polished concrete floor where thirty or more children sit and kneel on newspapers, making craft pieces on cardboard backing. Many are gluing small grains, seeds or beads and arranging them into patterns. Several girls wear orange and salmon salwar kameez, and a boy in a dark shirt works in the center. A standing adult in white clothes, with a clipboard, supervises the room. Stacks of newspaper and loose craft pieces cover the floor, and white plastic chairs and a red-draped table are visible at the back.2008-05-15Indoor hall with a bare concrete floor where many children and several adults sit on the floor crafting with newspaper and cardboard. Sheets of printed newspaper and flat brown cardboard boards are spread across the ground, with small piles of white paste or rice-like material and scattered colourful cutouts. A boy in an orange shirt leans over a board in the foreground, a girl in a pink patterned top and red skirt with a name badge kneels nearby, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border works beside children. Stacked white plastic chairs line the back wall under hanging banners, and a few adults in white and saffron-coloured clothing move about the room.2008-05-15Photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor doing craft work with newspapers, cardboard sheets and scattered paper pieces. A boy in a striped polo and jeans on the left shields his eyes, a girl in a dark top reads an open newspaper, and a girl in an orange top and black skirt cuts paper. Other children in white tops and a yellow outfit work nearby among torn newspaper pages, glue, and cut-out photos.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated on the floor doing a craft activity with cardboard sheets, rice grains, small colored pieces and newspaper spread around them. A boy in white kurta and white dhoti in the foreground works on a board, while a girl in a teal top and purple pants, another in a black top, a girl in a floral dress, and a younger child in an orange skirt bend over their own boards. A boy in a blue shirt sits at the right edge. Scattered newspapers and a striped mat cover the floor, and the scene appears to be an indoor ashram-style group activity.2008-05-15Children sit on the floor of a hall working on craft projects on cardboard sheets, with newspaper and scattered white paper scraps around them. Five children are visible: a girl in a teal top and lavender pants on the left, a girl in a patterned top and black trousers behind her, a girl in a white floral dress with a beaded necklace in the center-right, a child in a peach top and orange skirt on the right, and a boy in a white t-shirt in the foreground. Small craft models are being assembled on cardboard bases. A striped woven mat covers the floor behind them.2008-05-15Children and young people sit cross-legged and kneel on a bare polished hall floor scattered with newspaper sheets, cardboard pieces, white cotton pads and small paper cups. A girl in the foreground wears a cream top with a red-and-blue skirt and a rudraksha mala, working on a cardboard piece. Beside her, a girl in a red floral skirt and cream top works on a cardboard base. Others wear an orange shawl over white, a blue floral dress, an orange and teal saree and a pink top, and a pink-headbanded girl leans forward on the floor. Shelves of folded mats stand at the upper left and a small lit altar niche sits behind them, with a dark signboard on the wall.2008-05-15A photograph of a large hall with a light-coloured floor where many children are seated on the ground working on craft activities, pasting and arranging paper cut-outs and printed pictures on cardboard sheets. Newspaper and magazine pages are scattered across the floor. Several children wear white kurtas or white t-shirts, others wear orange, yellow and blue clothing. Two adults stand in the room: one in a white shirt with a white mala-style necklace, and one woman in an orange shawl over white clothing. White plastic chairs line the walls beneath hanging decorative banners and bamboo blinds.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated on the floor of a large hall on striped woven mats in red, blue, green and yellow. Around twenty children in yellow, red, orange and pink clothing sit in rows, several holding folded newspapers and printed sheets. A woman in an orange sari sits at the left edge, and a woman in white and yellow stands near a small shrine with a deity murti at the top left. Stacks of white plastic chairs line the back wall, and scaffolding is visible at the right. Scattered papers lie on the floor.2008-05-14A photograph of children and young women seated on a tiled floor in a hall, painting on a large dark green-black sheet laid over newspaper. A young woman in a teal top and blue-grey skirt, a woman in a cream sari with a red-pink border, and several children in bright clothes lean over the sheet with brushes and paint, with a red paint circle visible on the fabric. Standing adults in white and plastic chairs are visible in the background, along with a laptop on a table and a yellow-and-red container on the floor.2010-12-05A photograph of children painting on a large black sheet spread over newspaper on a tiled floor in an indoor hall. A girl in a teal salwar kameez sits at left with a green paintbrush, while a girl in a yellow top and red trousers kneels at lower right holding a long brush. A girl in a cream and red sari kneels beside her, and a boy in black kneels at center. Several other children stand behind them, including a boy in a red and white striped shirt and red shorts. Behind them, a standing adult in white clothing is partly visible at the top. Plastic chairs, a laptop, a tripod, a bag and a red basket sit along the wall at right. A small red-and-white circular motif is painted on the black sheet.2010-12-05