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Dodge ball = Battlefield

I can easily describe this to be the best caravan experience so far. Today wasn’t just about the energy that the children experienced; it was also about the exhilaration that I felt. Each time I go for the Caravan, I looked at myself as a facilitator and I played the part; making sure the kids played what they wanted to and helping the other volunteers. This time was a whole new experience for me. I asked for dodge-ball, seriously underestimating the abilities of the children, and they gave me a battle. But it was fun. And then there was utter chaos; true, raving, intense chaos. Balls were being thrown from all directions and this was no more dodge ball. I was just standing there, laughing and screaming, not knowing what really was happening but liking it. I liked it because I was no more a facilitator. I was one among the kids. They didn’t hesitate before throwing the balls at any one of us because they didn’t look at us as “them;” and we took it in the spirit because we didn’t look at the kids as “them.”

— Parvathy Nair

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Simple Joys

   Maybe we get very busy with our lives, or maybe we never understand the importance of being with people but simply watching kids gives one a new perspective. Watching them pass the ball to another is in itself an invitation. They want to play but certainly not alone; they understand the importance of sharing and enjoying what they like in the presence of others. Maybe if adults were to watch this simple task, they would understand that extending a hand to someone is not such a difficult task. I haven’t had much interaction with children prior to joining Tackle and one of the reasons why I like it is because children are happy with the way things are. They know how to enjoy the simple things in life. What, perhaps, made the day so much more appealing was dropping the children back home. All of them were so excited that we were coming along. And the seemingly trivial act of dropping them and seeing their happy faces, was something novel. 

— Parvathy Nair

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Emotionless? Or something else?

      …I saw girl sitting in the drawing stall and she had a constant grin; I asked her if she knew English and she enthusiastically said yes. Her name was Anu. She showed me her drawing and came stood beside me, waiting. I asked her  about her family and the grade in which she was currently studying. She animatedly told me about her mother and father and that she had no siblings; where her parents worked and that she studied in the sixth grade and she liked school more than home because she had many friends at school. Maybe she had reached her threshold because she closed herself off before I could ask anymore. There was the  grin again and she walked away…
      …I also tried making some conversation with a little boy, Ganesha, but every time I asked him a question, he would simply stare at me with a vacant expression.
Feeling slightly dejected that my attempts were not going anywhere, I went to immerse myself in a game of throwball with the girls. There was a girl standing next to me, Vijaylakshmi, who was what one would call super-active. Every time she successfully caught the ball, one could see the excitement playing in her eyes. She knew tid-bits of English and it was enough for a simple conversation. She told me that her father is unemployed and her mother works in a store and her brother passed away. What struck me was the indifferent manner in which she spoke of everything. And I then realised that this was the manner in which so many of the children spoke; there was no emotion.
There are so many conversations remaining and it is going to take time but if the children are ready to talk a little today, they will gradually open up. 











— Parvathy Nair

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