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An occupational hazard of making surprise visits is showing up and finding out nobody is home |
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At the first school, our visit found little other than kids fresh out of a swim, enjoying the day off thanks to an state meeting |
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Kids chilled the day off home - notice the wood/straw walls, not a problem here unlike Mayurbhanj where wild animals tend to stroll in |
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This young man from the school had never managed to use a computer, though the project has been in place over a year |
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A quick stop at the temple to pray for a safe journey |
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A better view of the temple, fairly typical architecture in these parts |
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On the road from Bhubaneshwar to Puri, a barber and his client have a discussion |
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Lunch with Lord Jagannath, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra at Bengali resturant right across Chilika lake |
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The only way to the school we need to visit is by boat, taken across from the Chilika lake |
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Our driver/spy, Chitta, snooped around while we interview to find out about the school and the area in general |
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Leaving the port onto the Chilika lake, a large saltwater lake which has its nice share of dolphin population |
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APF coordinator Lopa, and EDUCOMP coordinator Abhishek exchange notes during the boat ride |
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And the chase is on from a smaller passenger boat |
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Even motorbikes make it onto the think snake boats |
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And the lake plays vase to a makeshift buoy standing alone |
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On the other side of the lake, we passed a couple of ghost villages on the way to the school |
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Right across the middle school in Nuapada, there was a lower primary school |
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Class 6 sits quietly instructed by their teacher to hold their breaths till the picture was taken |
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Side view of the school's main building |
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The computer room, apparently of less use over the next few days - electricity went off for eight days right as we got there |
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The corridor of the main building |
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Headmaster Radhashyam Sahu |
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Teacher Sushisangita Jena finds trouble teaching Geography with the current materials, a common thread through many schools |
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Suresh Jena has trouble teaching Math and Science, which are not his background - most school teachers have an Arts background |
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The Nuapada Krishna Prasad Block Nodal Upper Primary (middle education) School, Chilika |
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A classless society of people, currently 3rd grade, waiting for a roof to be available, meanwhile, from behind the desks a camera clicks |
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Now the same kids after permission to grin for the camera |
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A girl helps her friend fill water in the school compound |
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A cart rests on a tree as we leave for Behrampur |
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A pigeon relieves himself on the father of the nation |
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On the long drive from Nuapada in the quest for a National Highway, bamboo along the sides of the road |
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Excellent flat road leading up towards the highway |
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And gently the road gets a bit sketchy |
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Then outright painful for most of the two hour drive in the quest for the highway |
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And the multiple layers of people atop buses, trucks, continued |
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If there is cargo, then people can go over the cargo |
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And on that road, even at night, the perilous travel continues, notice the woman in the sari hanging out of the left side |
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