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A 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.

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Indoor 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.2008-05-15A 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 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 large hall with a bare concrete floor and white-washed walls hosts a children's gathering. Thirty to forty children sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, many wearing white or colourful shirts, skirts and salwar, and some holding small papers. Yellow floor lines divide the space. At the back, several adults sit on white plastic chairs, including women in yellow and white saris. Two standing figures in white clothing face the children near a table draped with a red cloth. A microphone stand and white banners frame the room.2008-05-13Overhead view of a large hall where many children sit cross-legged on blue tarpaulins, working on flat white sheets and trays with small items in front of them. Many wear orange, yellow, white, pink and checked clothing, with long braids common among the girls. Standing among them near the back are adults in white clothes and a man in an orange shawl. A green bucket sits on the right edge, and a shrine with a framed picture and lit lamps is visible at the top of the hall. The children appear to number roughly one to two hundred.2006-05-05A 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.2008-05-15A photograph of a large indoor hall with a concrete floor where many children sit cross-legged in rows, most wearing school-style clothing in yellow, green, pink, white and orange. Some children hold small white cloth bags or papers on the floor. A woman in white stands among them near the centre, and a row of adults seated along the back wall in orange, saffron and white clothing watch the session. Stacked white plastic chairs line the far wall beneath a wooden door and a metal frame, and a faint logo sits in the upper left corner.2008-05-13A large indoor hall with a polished concrete floor shows thirty or more children seated on the ground, many on white plastic bags or cloths. They wear mixed everyday clothes: orange, green, yellow, pink and white shirts and school-style uniforms, some with lanyards. Most look up toward the front, attentive. On the upper left, a woman in a yellow sari stands near a raised stage with orange fabric and a pale wall. Stacked white plastic chairs line the back wall, and a folded red-and-white cloth sits on the right. The image is a dim photograph of a children's programme gathering.2008-05-13A photograph of a large bare concrete hall with a corrugated metal roof and high grey walls. Thirty or more children and young teens sit cross-legged or sprawled on a grey floor, many in white shirts, colourful printed shirts, yellow and orange tops, and a few girls in salwar kameez. Several wear white lanyard-style ID cards. A boy in a patterned shirt and dark trousers stands at left, while at right an adult in white dhoti-style clothing with an orange cloth stands bending near the group. The scene looks like a children's programme session.2007-05-04 +1 copiesA 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.2008-05-14Children 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.2008-05-15