Hi people,Been out of town for some time, away in the wilderness of jharkhand for the NGO work i do.It involves teaching the tribal children in the school inside the project.The night bus journey there itself is far removed from our sofisticated world with smelly passengers and video blaring loud hindi movies.The ordeal lasts for the whole night and the bus reaches around 4 in the morning.From the bus station one hour drive in private taxi to the project.But as soon as i reach there its bliss.Though there is no electricity or running tap water the greenery soothes the soul.I have,by now,learned not to scream when i see a snake.Yes, snakes,scorpions,wild spiders are part of the place.There everybody wakes up at 4.30 and school starts at 7.30.The sight of the black shining faces smiling in anticipation are a sight for the roughened heart.The children there,unlike our city kids have tremendous eagerness to learn and the worst punishment for them is to be sent back home from school.Volunteers from the world over come to this place and stay over their mandatory one month period gladly,so much is the magic of the place.This time two japanese volunteers and two american volunteers were there happily taking part in all the activities of the project,even cutting vegetables and cleaning dishes.The palash flower was in full bloom and the mahua tree bore the little white flowers in hordes.The sight of the flaming red palash flowers both on the trees and behind the ears of the santhali women, is  breathtaking.My days there start very busy but after school is over there is lot of time to laze around.This time i handed over the class to sebastian,jamie,manami and tatsuya so that they can handle teaching even without knowing hindi.The children though need to be taught in hindi can understand smatterings of english also.And believe me,its a surprise indeed to hear a "may i come in miss" or "u r welcome" from the tribal kids in that wild setting.This shows what good educational exposure can do even in rural india.