Little Nilah

LITTLE NILAH

A POEM

Little Nilah please don't cry

Please smile and play

Look at everyone and laugh

Make me happy

I love you

My favourite dress

My favourite dress is a salwar kameez.I like salwar kameez because it looks very beautiful and we can play with the shawl.

I have a lot of colours of salwar kameez .

They have a lot of desighns on it.

She wants to be

this...

... and then sometimes, something else.

**At school

Essay Time

How do you entertain a child away from school for four months? Make her write essays.

These were written in Madras. Dates marked.

First of 2009

Coconuts

Shot ton Amma's Nokia 6500, in Chennai, in April.