Letter From Mhow: Waiting For Papa....

July 2008, Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh , India

I had gone to the GPO (General Post Office) in Mhow and I had just emerged after finishing my work. As I headed towards my scooter (not in picture) I saw this little girl sitting on a motorbike waiting for her father. She was wearing the uniform of St. Mary's Convent (it is a new uniform, the school has changed the dress code of navy blue skirt and white shirt it had for many decades)... She keot herself occupied for some time and then her patience ran out. She seemed bored. The cooking gas cylinder tied to the motorbike indicated that she could be from a family in a village on the outskirts of Mhow. After a brief wait her father arrived. Her face lit up and she smiled with happiness. And then they both left for home....