The past six months have been a time when the world has witnessed enormous changes. This COVID-19 pandemic has given many of us a chance to sit at home and retrospect about our lives. Some of us have been able to realize the privileges that we hold, while many others got to realize where they are placed in this divided society. As individuals who pursue Social Work, what shook us more is the plight of children who belong to families of migrant labourers. At a tender age, when their peers get the opportunity to stay home, safe and happy, spending quality time with their parents; these children had to walk under the scorching heat for miles, sometimes even barefoot. Through a collaboration of dance and music, we have made a humble attempt to depict this divide among the children in our society. We have chosen some portions of two Malayalam (regional language of Kerala) songs from the movie ‘Makalkku’ (To a daughter), the music of which is composed by Pandit Ramesh Narayan and lyrics penned by Sri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The first song ‘Chanjaadi Aadi’ has been sung by Mr Adnan Sami and Ms Gayathri Ashokan (female version) and the second song ‘Mukilin Makale’ has been sung by Ms Manjari Babu.

Both Ameen and Haritha study Social Work in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai.