Dance class

Nithu seems happy to smile for the camera while the rest of the girls are choosing a song.

Dance class usually works this way: I lug my laptop to the centre (because I still don't have an iPod :P), turn it on, and start dancing with the girls.

The girls sometimes have song requests, so I let them look through my list of traditional Rajasthani songs (all copied from Vijay's computer).

There's always a bunch of girls who are ready to go, namely Chandrakanta (in greenish yellow) and Santosh (right at the back in the colourful traditional Marwari dress). But some of the others take a while to warm up.

Rajini (in pink and blue) is always really shy and here I'm coaxing her to dance with me. Sometimes she does, other times she doesn't. By the way, usually I wear more culturally appropriate attire, such as the salwar kameezes the girls are wearing. I think my kurtas (long shirts) were being pressed that day, so I had to wear a Western t-shirt.

Another volunteer, Sarah, dancing with the girls.

Santosh

I really love it when people enjoy themselves dancing!