As the kids finished their routine, there was a chain reaction. Parents stood up and clapped hard enough to bring the roof down. The little misses came back on the stage for an encore and their parents went wild with delight.
As I took in this scene, the little baby girl of Hindon Vihar came back in my mind’s eye. I remembered, particularly, her tiny feet which I had held in the palm of my hand. Will she ever go on to do a ballet recital, I wondered.