Doing a workshop at Mewat Baalika Avasiya Vidyalaya (Mewat residential school for girls) was the biggest challenge for the artists. Not only they had to interact with a group which consisted of only girls, but the girls are from their own community. It took a lot of conversations, arguments and breaking of pre conceived notions in the head to reach this stage where they were all set to go and meet these girls.

 

After the first workshop at this school I could see a huge difference in the confidence that the artists had. For the first time two of them said

mam ab hum kar sakte hain akele. Ab batao kya kaam karna hai.

 

One, of course they could do the workshop with these children and second just the fact that they could fight their own fear and hesitation has been a big boost to their energy levels and self confidence.