India's Street Kids: Telling Their Own Story

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India’s Street Kids: Telling Their Own Story

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	kishan day 5	[00:01:06] Street kids have all the skills to be good reporters
		VO: AT THIS UNIQUE NEWSPAPER… KIDS WITH NOTHING - LEARN THE SKILLS TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND
	shambhu master - little brother sot	JYOTI [00:07:06] used to be a street working child. [00:07:13] And now you can't tell I was ever on the streets. [00:07:16] [00:00:14] What do you want to be when you grow up? A pilot! (SMILES) LINGER ON SMILE FOR A BEAT.
		VO: DATELINE FIRST MET THESE CHILD REPORTERS FIVE YEARS AGO SHAMBHU: Jyoti helped Shambhu find a new life (from 12.56 in the cut)
		SHAMBHU: (from 15.45) our reporter listens, investigates and finds out the truth
		JYOTI (from 13.32) :. Everything I write is a reflection of my own life and that's difficult. JYOTI (Translation): The world should know that no other child should live like I did.
		VO: NOW, WE’VE RETURNED TO SEE HOW THEY’VE FARED THROUGH COVID
	kishan master	[00:07:42] Getting Balaknama published was really challenging for all of us. [00:07:49]
		VO: AND HOW THEY’RE LIVES HAVE CHANGED
	shambhu master	[00:06:56] Whatever I am today, its because of Balaknama.
		TITLE GRAPHIC: INDIA’S STREET- KIDS: TELLING THEIR OWN STORY

WHAT IS BALAKNAMA - KISHAN + CHILD REPORTER INTRO & SHORT BACKSTORY
	Dehli GVs - lots of slum establishing shots, etc. Day one: Kishan walking @ 00:00:49 Day Two: Jyoti Walking @00:09:30 Day Two: Usha walking @00:37:10	VO: IT’S EARLY IN THE MORNING IN DELHI, VO: AND THESE TEENAGERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK
	Editorial Meeting Cutaways 01:22:00-End of Tape Day 2 @00:54:45 Meeting Begins Day 2 @00:56:42 - kishan CU Strap: Kishan Rathor, 19 Editor	[00:00:02] Hello friends [00:00:07] (Hello) [00:00:07] How are you all today? [00:00:08] All good. VO: THIS IS AN EDITORIAL MEETING FOR A NEWSPAPER CALLED BALAKNAMA RUN BY STREET KIDS 54: 41 KISHAN: [00:00:14] This is our first editorial meeting since COVID
	Day 2 @00:56:42 - kishan CU Day 2 @00:57:59 - Usha CU Strap: Usha, 14 “Talking reporter”	[00:00:31] And we have our new Batuni reporter, Usha. [00:00:36] Lets hear more about her. [00:00:38] [00:00:51] Hello. My name is Usha [00:00:53] And I'm a Batuni reporter. [00:00:56] [00:00:56] Very good. VO: BATUNI REPORTERS LIKE USHA ARE UNABLE TO READ OR WRITE...SO THEY NARRATE THEIR STORIES TO THE EDITOR KISHAN. 00:01:56] Our Batuni reporters [00:01:58] don't feel different for their lack of reading or writing - [00:02:05] all they need is to be able to find news, [00:02:07] and understand it. [00:02:10] They need to be able to research and investigate their news. THEY FIND THEIR STORIES CLOSE TO HOME – USING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES.
	DAY 5 KISHAN MASTER IV Ed meeting olay + Use actual newspaper olay from OG film (without talent)	[00:01:06] Street kids have all the skills to be good reporters [00:01:28] Street kids who live and sleep on the street [00:01:33] Can really investigate their own issues in a way mainstream media [00:01:39] cannot. [00:01:41] And as we're living in the slums alongside them, [00:01:42] We know[00:01:45] Whats happening around us.
	Day 2 @01:18:52 - meeting with actual papers olay OLAY OF KIDS LOOKING AT OLD PAPERS DAY 2 @01:19:27 - ED MTG. Strap: Shambhu Pandit, 22 Senior Editor	KISHAN: As you know our next 99^th edition is on child labour [00:02:38] USHA: Yes, I know of a child who is studying and works at his parents shop as well. SHAMBHU: [00:02:59] The whole responsibility of the family has fallen onto his shoulders. [00:03:02] CHILD: [00:03:13] A lot of kids earn their living by begging on the street, and don't even go to school. [00:03:21] Some kids beg, and then do drugs as well.
		TRANSITION
	DAY 3 @00:00:15 - USHA WALKING TO CONSTRUCTION SITE DAY 3 @00:04:00-00:06:00 - SANJANA WORKING ON THE SITE DAY 3 @00:08:19 - KIDS ON SITE DAY 3 @00:10:09 - TEENAGE BOYS ON SITE DAY 3 @00:11:17 - KIDS NEARBY	USHA WALKING TO CONSTRUCTION SITE VO: THE NEXT DAY, WITH THE THEME OF THE NEXT ISSUE DECIDED, USHA IS ON THE HUNT FOR STORIES ABOUT CHILD LABOUR… APPROACHING SITE / WAVING SANJANA OVER VO: SHE’S GOT A TIP OFF ABOUT KIDS WORKING ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE …. WHEN THEY SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL [00:04:02] Have you eaten? [00:04:04] Yes I've eaten. [00:04:06] Are you ok? Is there any problem? [00:04:09] No, there is no problem. VO: USHA WANTS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WORKING CONDITIONS FROM A YOUNG GIRL CALLED SANJANA [00:04:23] My head is aching a lot [00:04:22] Is your head hurting? [00:04:33] Are you sure you don't have any problems? [00:04:35] [00:04:35] Im sure, I will tell you if I have any problems - seriously! [00:04:40] OK. [00:04:51] If anyone yells at you then let me know, if you have the slightest problem, then tell me ok? Don’t be scared at all.
	DAY 3 @00:17:45 - KISHAN & USHA CHAT	VO: USHA THINKS SHE’S FOUND A GOOD INTERVIEWEE FOR HER STORY, AND CHECKS IN WITH HER EDITOR. ALT USHA WANTS TO DIG DEEPER ON SANJANA’S STORY – AND CHECKS IN WITH HER EDITOR. ALT USHA WANTS TO DIG DEEPER ON WHY SANJANA IS WORKING AT THE SITE – SHE CHECKS IN WITH HER EDITOR [00:05:09] What is her name? [00:05:10] Sanjana [00:05:18] Where does she live? [00:05:19] She lives in a shanty [00:05:31] KISHAN: So we will go there, and meet Sanjana, [00:05:35] and see how is her work going there [00:05:38] And we'll see what problems she's facing [00:05:41] while working. [00:05:46] and after going there we will cover this story in Balaknama [00:05:49] USHA that’s ok
	DAY 3 @00:23:00 - USHA AT HER HOUSE W/ BROTHERS DAY 3 @00:25:41 - USHA AND BRO WALK INTO HOUSE DAY 3 @00:26:28 - USHA HANGING LAUNDRY DAY 3 @00:31:49 - USHA TIDYING DAY 3 @00:34:38 - USHA’S BROTHER CHAT DAY 3 @00:37:32 - HOUSE EXT DAY 3 @ 00:38:18 - USHA SWEEPING DAY 3 @01:19:07 - USHA COOKING	VO: USHA’S ANXIOUS ABOUT HER FIRST BIG STORY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT RIDING ON HER SUCCESS [00:05:56] Did you finish your lunch? Yes [00:06:06] Ok, wash your face and hands. [00:06:07] Where are your slippers? Put them on. VO: SHE WANTS TO BE A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR HER LITTLE BROTHER [00:06:28] I also look after my brother - I tell [00:06:29] him that all he needs to do is study, and [00:06:34] I will look after the house. [00:06:34] You don't worry, just put your heart into your study [00:06:38] AND SHE WANTS TO KEEP HIM SAFE ALT MORE IMPORTANTLY – HE WANTS TO KEEP HIM SAFE [00:06:45] The scariest thing for street children is that any grown man [00:06:48] can take them in the night. [00:07:02] This fear is constantly there for small kids. [00:07:05] Anyone can come and take them anytime.
	DAY 3 @00:39:31 - TARPS / TENTS IN SLUM DAY 3 @00:41:22 - FAMILY OUTSIDE TENT DAY 3 @01:14:44 - USHA DANCING IN THE YARD WITH BRO	USHA’S JOB AT BALAKNAMA COULD BE A TICKET FOR HER FAMILY OUT OF THE SLUMS… IT’S ALSO A WAY OF MAKING SURE THE STORIES OF THOSE AROUND HER - ARE HEARD.
	DAY 3 @01:25:35 - USHA WALKING IN YELLOW DRESS INTERCUT SLUM KID SHOTS WITH USHA WALKING - LIKE SHE’S OBSERVING THEM*	[00:07:15] I feel really bad when I see their problems and their situation. I want to help them. [00:07:32] And thats why I see their problems and tell Kishan, [00:07:37] and get their stories told in the newspaper.
	OG FILM EDITORIAL MEETING / OG FILM OTHER REPORTERS OUT ON THE BEAT	VO: BALAKNAMA WAS FOUNDED IN 2003 AND COUNTLESS STREET KIDS HAVE PASSED THROUGH IT’S RANKS, LEARNING HOW TO CHASE LEADS, REPORT ON STORIES AND PUBLISH A NEWSPAPER
	OG FILM OF PAPER ON PRESS	VO: AT ITS HEIGHT, THE PAPER WAS PRINTING NEARLY 8,000 COPIES A MONTH, IN BOTH HINDI AND ENGLISH…
		...BUT EVERYTHING CHANGED WITH THE PANDEMIC

		BEAT / TRANSITION

Covid In India - News Library
	Lib 220421 india covid pkg oa_sbs_id_16393780 @00:00:00	Janice Peterson: INDIA HAS TODAY SURPASSED YET ANOTHER UNDESIRED MARKER IN IT’S STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN IT’S CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK...
		REUTERS CREDIT BUG
	REUTERS CLIP	VO: IN 2021, INDIA WAS HIT PARTICULARLY HARD, BY THE DELTA COVID VARIANT CLAIMING AN ESTIMATED 400 THOUSAND LIVES LIB 300421 RTV HEALTH CORONAVIRUS INDIA HOSPITAL 19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL, DOCTOR SUMIT RAY, SAYING: "It is very bad. It is beyond bad actually.
	Slum / kids GVS	*VO: THE STREET KIDS OF DELHI WERE VULNERABLE BEFORE* THE PANDEMIC... BUT THE HEALTH - AND ECONOMIC CRISIS - PUT THEM IN AN EVEN MORE PRECARIOUS POSITION... DESPITE THE SETBACKS - KISHAN AND THE BALAKNAMA TEAM ARE DETERMINED TO KEEP THEIR STORIES ON THE WORLD STAGE**

BALAKNAMA ORIGIN STORY AND HOW IT CHANGED THROUGH COVID & COVID’S IMPACT ON THE KIDS & HOW KISHAN MANAGED + KISHAN BACKSTORY
	DAY 4: Kishan OLAY - Working with this team, having a meeting, going over the paper, etc.	[00:07:42] Getting Balaknama published was really challenging for all of us. [00:07:49] VO: COVID FORCED BALAKNAMA TO GO DIGITAL [00:07:56] During COVID times, I spoke to the children. [00:07:57] - and [00:08:03] whatever problems the children had, we typed them on our mobiles, [00:08:18] And then we used Whatsapp and email to send it to people [00:08:22]
	DAY ONE 00:00:00-00:09:22 Various good GVs/ Cutaways Kishan’s bldg, people, etc. DAY ONE @ 00:00:49 KISHAN WALKS IN HOME LANE WITH BACKPACK AND ENTERS BUILDING	VO: KISHAN’S COMMITMENT TO ALL OF BALAKNAMA’S STORIES IS DEEPLY PERSONAL [00:08:28] I also lived in slums. [00:08:36] My dad passed away suddenly, and my uncle and grandad also died. And then all of a sudden, my responsibilities in the house increased. [00:08:48] 02:01:50: Kids like me face a lot of
	DAY 1 @00:11:00 KISHAN ENTERS HIS APARTMENT	VO: KISHAN NOW LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER, IN THIS SMALL APARTMENT [00:09:33] What’s in there? Where? This one? [00:09:36] It has samosas.
		VO: SINCE HIS DAD’S DEATH - IT’S UP TO HIM TO KEEP A ROOF OVER HIS MUM’S HEAD
		[00:00:03] Kishan is doing a good job. [00:00:09] He works like his father never could. [00:00:12] [00:00:19] Its very nice. He helps with the housework as well [00:00:19], and pays for our expenses too. [00:00:23] [00:00:23] He's got the responsibility of everyone on him.
	~~DAY 1 @00:18:13 - KISHAN DANCE SEQUENCE BEGINS~~
	KISHAN SETTING UP KIOSK	TRANSITION / SUNRISE SHOT
	DAY 1 @00:35:31 -KISHAN WORKING AT HIS SHOP - full sequence of him completing a transaction	@00:41:28 BEGIN TEA SELLING SEQUENCE 43:41 - MONEY TRANSACTION VO: FOR EXTRA INCOME KISHAN RUNS A RICKSHAW SHOP. TWO JOBS KEEPS HIM EXTREMELY BUSY WIDE SHOT KISHAN AT THE SHOT / FADE
	DAY 1: Kishan walking through the slums - watching kids working, hustling, etc.	VO: BUT HE KNOWS OTHERS HAVE IT MUCH WORSE [00:01:13] Kids who live on the street beg, are ragpickers, [00:01:20] or sell toys, they live on the streets in shanties. [00:01:21] And sleep right there if they have nothing at all. [00:01:37] They are viewed with disgust and contempt. [00:01:40] and because they are sleeping on the streets, [00:01:47] they have to tolerate being beaten and abused from the police
	DAY 1 @00:18:13 - KISHAN DANCE SEQUENCE BEGINS	KISHAN DANCE SEQUENCE - SET UP, KISHAN TURNING ON THE MUSIC VO: AT THE END OF A LONG DAY HE HAS HIS OWN WAY OF UNWINDING KISHAN DANCE SEQUENCE KISHAN’S MOM CLAPPING

JYOTI & SHAMBHU - BALAKNAMA “ELDERS” - HOOK TO 2017 BACKSTORY
	Strap: Jyoti, 21 Senior reporter	VO: TODAY, SENIOR REPORTER JYOTI IS LOOKING FOR LEADS ON THE PAPER’S BIG CHILD LABOUR STORY
	Day 2 00:01:46 - Jyoti walking through slum	Jyoti: Namaste
	Day 2 @00:23:34 - girl making toys sequence - OLAY @00:35:49 - more girl making toys more	[00:02:00] Hello, how are you? [00:02:03] I’m good. [00:02:07] Are you alright? What are you making? Are these toy drums? Yes. VO: SHE FINDS 15 YEAR OLD ARUSHI, MAKING TOY DRUMS [00:02:10] Ok, let me have a look. [00:02:14] How do you make these toy drums? [00:02:17] We use clay [00:02:36] How much money do you sell these toys for? [00:02:38] One toy drum for five Rupees. [00:02:38] Jyothi: One for five rupees? [00:02:39] So do you make a sale every day? [00:02:44] Sometimes we do make a sale and sometimes we don’t. [00:03:03] Do you study? [00:03:06] No.
	Day 6 - girl selling toys 00:59:54 - girl selling noisemakers / purchase /	OLAY OF GIRL MAKING TOY DRUMS VO: LIKE SO MANY OTHER TEENAGE GIRLS - ARUSHI SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL INSTEAD OF SELLING WARES ON THE STREETS
	DAY 4 KISHAN & SHAMBU AT COMPUTER OLAY	UPSOT - SHAMBHU INSTRUCTING KISHAN [00:03:12] When we do one topic, like child labour as our cover story… VO: BACK AT THE BALAKNAMA OFFICE, KISHAN IS GETTING SOME POINTERS FROM SHAMBHU, HIS MENTOR, AND THE PAPERS FORMER EDITOR [00:03:17] Then all the stories on child labour we have inside the issue will be highlighted on the front page anyway [00:03:23] anyway.
		[00:03:50] And then we'll go the kids, and we'll talk about them in the cover story [00:03:55] and we'll get to get in some extra news as well. [00:03:55] Exactly
		FADE / TRANSITION

Flashback to 2017 - All Original Film
	OG Film @00:01:43 - Shambu & Jyoti in rickshaw OG Film @00:02:01- S&J in the press	VO: DATELINE FIRST MET SHAMBHU AND JYOTI IN 2017 WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG TEENAGERS, JYOTI WAS A STREET REPORTER AND SHAMBHU WAS THE EDITOR
	OG Film @00:04:05 - Jyoti walking through her slum OG Film @00:04:12-00:05:28	MOTHER (Translation): You’d better start chopping the vegetables. VO: BACK THEN JYOTI AND HER MUM WERE LIVING IN A SLUM NEXT TO A MAJOR BUS STOP JYOTI (Translation): Move, I will do it… In my life before I became a reporter, no one in my house showered, everyone was so dirty. When I took a bath it felt strange. Everything I write is a reflection of my own life and that's difficult. JYOTI (Translation): The world should know that no other child should live like I did.
		5 YEARS AGO JYOTI REPORTED ON THE LIVES OF THE KIDS AROUND HER
	OG Film @00:06:04	JYOTI (Translation): Turn here, turn at this spot.
	OG Film @00:06:32
		VO: LIKE THESE KIDS, WHO WERE LEFT ALONE TO GUARD THE WATER BOTTLES THEY’D COLLECTED, THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME
	OG FIlm @00:06:55	JYOTI (Translation): How many bottles did you find? How many? CHILD (Translation): Not many. My mummy found some.
		JYOTI (Translation): Tell me, how do you live in the cold weather?Where do you sleep? CHILD (Translation): There. JYOTI (Translation): Show me. CHILD (Translation): Over there. JYOTI (Translation): So you sleep here. All of you? Under one blanket? You must feel very cold.
	OG Film@00:07:58	JYOTI (Translation): I see… I don’t include my own thoughts in my reports, I don’t judge. I only write down their difficulties as they tell them to me.
	OG Film @00:16:22	VO: WHEN JOYTI WAS A YOUNG REPORTER SHE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO USE A COMPUTER
	OG Film @00:16:36	JYOTI (Translation): I stand and look and I wish that I too could type. She is a fast typist, it is hard to see how her fingers move.
		VO: WHEN WE FIRST MET SHAMBHU IN 2017 HE WAS THE EDITOR OF THE PAPER ALT AND… WHEN WE FIRST MET SHAMBHU IN 2017 HE WAS THE EDITOR OF THE PAPER
	OG Film @00:00:47 **NOTE - this grab is thoughtrack here - is it possible to go back into the rushes so we can use the whole IV grab	SHAMBHU (Translation): The best thing is that this paper is run by children, those children who live on the street. Our reporter listens, investigates and finds out the truth.
	SHAMBHU & JYOTI OLAY	SHAMBHU THOUGHTRACK: SHAMBHU (Translation): An editor needs to be patient, his attitude must be to understand the kids, not to ignore them.
	OG Film @00:12:12 - Shambu on bicycle	ALONGSIDE HIS ROLE AS EDITOR – SHAMBHU ALSO WASHED CARS FOR EXTRA INCOME
	OG Film @00:12:36 - Shambu washing cars	SHAMBHU (Translation): I wash cars and my father works in a hotel. That is what my family lives on, otherwise we could not survive
	OG Film @00:13:00 ED NOTE - Cut cutaway of Cal listening shot	.
	OG Film @00:21:10 - paper on the press OG Film @00:21:16 - J&S watching OG Film @ 00:21:26	SHAMBHU (Translation): Let’s see. Let’s see… You tell me if any news has been left out. JYOTI (Translation): Yes, it’s there.
	OG Film @ 00:21:44	SHAMBHU (Translation): I feel we are finally reaping the fruits of our labour. You know when people get paid after working for a month they get a salary and this is our prize.
	OG Film @ around 00:23:00 - Jyoti distributing the paper, kids reading the paper

BALAKNAMA PRAISE AND IMPACT AT THAT TIME
	OG FILM - VISION ONLY - @00:20:28 - 00:21:00	VO: THE BIGGEST REWARD FOR JYOTI AND SHAMBHU WAS MAKING AN IMPACT VO: A STORY ABOUT STREET KIDS BEING FORCED BY POLICE TO PICK UP SUICIDE VICTIMS FROM TRAIN TRACKS - SPARKED A NATIONAL INVESTIGATION
	TED TALK BUG	VO: SHAMBHU WAS EVEN INVITED TO SHARE HIS STORY FOR A TED TALK [00:04:09] I dreaded waking up at 6AM - I never wanted to get out of bed. [00:04:14] But I had to get out, and the car would be blanketed in mist, my hands[00:04:21] would hurt from it. [00:04:28] It took time. [00:04:32] It was painful. [00:04:35]
	GVS	VO: WORKING FOR THE PAPER HAS CHANGED THE FORTUNES OF SHAMBHU AND JYOTI’S LIVES IN MANY WAYS
		FADE / TRANSITION

JYOTI AND SHAMBHU PRESENT DAY
	DAY ONE JYOTI 00:54:00: JYOTI AND MUM ENTER ROOM 00:54:45: JYOTI-MUM ENTER ROOM SEQUENCE 00:54:55: JYOTI-MUM ENTER	DAY ONE @00:54:58 - JYOTI LOCKS DOOR VO: TODAY, JYOTI AND HER MOTHER ARE MUCH SAFER BEHIND THE LOCKED DOOR OF THEIR ONE ROOM APARTMENT [00:04:47] I knew it, you’ll cook late [00:04:50] The food will be made [00:04:53] I'm very hungry VO: A REFUGE WHICH JYOTI HAS EARNED FOR THEM
	DAY ONE: 00:55:51: JYOTI - MUM SIT ON BED AND CHOP VEGGIES DAY 4 MASTER IV JYOTI	[00:04:59] The first time I closed the door to my house, I felt safe [00:05:06] Because anyone could* come into the shelter, anyone would start asking anything., it felt really good. [00:05:11] because people now need to knock to get permission to talk to me
	DAY ONE	[00:05:54] What are you doing? Which studies? [00:05:57] I’m doing studies on my phone. [00:05:57] You can study later too. [00:05:59] Study first, or eat first? [00:06:03] No, I'm just saying knead the flour, [00:06:02] make a roti... [00:06:05] I can't make it!
		DAY ONE @01:09:52 JYOTI’S MUM MAKING DOUGH ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE BED VO: IT’S A SMALL SPACE, AND JYOTI’S MUM COOKS ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE BED THE TWO OF THEM SHARE JYOTI’S MUM TEASES HER
	DAY ONE: 01:11:43 - Jyoti studies while mom cooks	[00:06:14] I'll be alright. [00:06:14] They'll ask, is this what your parents taught you? [00:06:18] I'd say that my parents taught me how to earn a living. [00:06:21] Will you be eating the cash notes you earn? [00:06:23] Oh Mummy, go and knead the flour.
	DAY ONE: SUNITA IV	[00:06:42] My husband passed away, my son passed away. [00:06:45] Jyothi has saved me from living a life from hell. [00:07:07] She worked hard, and found me a roof above my head - a place to live [00:07:13] [00:07:27] We didn’t used to have clothes to wear. [00:07:27] We would ask people to give us clothes to wear 20:02 She did the hard work and found me a shelter 20:05 A nice place she found for me to live at 20:56 We didn’t used to have clothes to wear 20:59 We would ask people to give us clothes to wear
	JYOTI MASTER IV DAY 4	[00:05:35] There was a time in life I lived in a shelter. Or slept under flyovers. Or lived in a slum. [00:05:39] And then all of a sudden, having a roof…this is a real point of happiness for me. [00:08:18] And when I leave the house, I have a purpose now. [00:08:18]
		TRANSITION
	DAY 5 @00:07:44 - ESTABLISHING SCENES SHAMBU HOME @00:10:00 - SHAMBHU & MUM WALKIN @00:11:16 - SHAMBHU FAMILY TEA SEQUENCE FROM 00:14:00- CUTAWAYS Day 5 Shambhu Master IV	VO: NEARBY, SHAMBU HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO IMPROVE HIS LIFE AND THE LIVES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS [00:08:29] In five years, a lot has changed. VO: SHAMBHU LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND TWO BROTHERS...IT’S SMALL, BUT IT’S THEIRS - AND IT’S OFF THE STREETS. [00:08:44] Because on the street, one day you're living at one place, and the next day you're living somewhere else - and people are kicking you out.[00:08:47] [00:08:58] And I'm safe in that house, at least I can get a peaceful night's sleep [00:09:01]
		VO: AND SHAMBHU HAS HAD QUITE AN IMPACT ON HIS LITTLE BROTHER, SEVEN YEAR OLD SANJAY [00:00:04] When my brother works on his laptop, I take a look at what he’s writing and read it. [00:00:14] What do you want to be when you grow up? A pilot! (SMILES) LINGER ON SMILE FOR A BEAT.
	DAY 5 @ 00:01:22 - BEGIN SHAMBHU’S MOTORBIKE SEQUENCE	VO: HELPING TO PROVIDE A SAFE HOME FOR HIS FAMILY IS IMPORTANT TO SHAMBHU...BUT HE ALSO HAS A NEW LOVE… [00:00:25] When I saw the bike, for me! It was such a surprise. I had goosebumps - a bike for me?[00:00:32] Where would I keep it? [00:00:54]my life is a lot better now than it was before. [00:01:00] [00:01:05] I used to have a lot of problems[00:01:06] I don't have any of those problems anymore, [00:01:09] now I feel powerful
	DAY 4 @00:59:07 - ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF SLUM DAY FOUR: 00:00:00 - MOBILE SCHOOL BUS ARRIVAL DAY 4 @00:03:43-00:06:53 - MOBILE SCHOOL SET-UP	VO: BALAKNAMA NEWSPAPER HELPED SHAMBHU, AND JYOTI, TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND... NOW THEY’RE USING THE SKILLS THEY LEARNT AS REPORTER AND EDITOR TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATION (BREATH AND SOT) WORKING FOR THE SAME NGO THAT LAUNCHED THE NEWSPAPER –THEY’RE BRINGING SCHOOL TO THE SLUMS
	DAY 4 SIMON: THIS KID WITH THE RED SHIRT & YELLOW BACKPACK RECURS IN CU’S AT THE CLASSROOM - LET’S MAKE HIM A LITTLE MOTIF - KEEP EYE OUT FOR HIM IN ANY SHOTS DAY FOUR @00:17:58 - JYOTI LEADING THE KIDS TO THE CLASSROOM	[00:01:21] Hello Auntie, how are you auntie? [00:01:22] Good. [00:01:24] Where are the kids? [00:01:37] Comb your hair [00:01:50] OK. Get your study bag. [00:01:52] Get your notebooks and books. Put your slippers on. [00:02:23] Hello, hello. Where have you been? [00:02:26] Put a mask on, and wash your face and hands... come on. [00:02:27] We don't have masks. [00:02:28] [00:02:28] Why don't you have a mask? [00:02:44] Wash your face and hands and come, okay?[00:02:46]
	LOTS OF GREAT KIDS @ SCHOOL CUTAWAYS FROM 00:25:17 00:28:56 - SHAMBHU ARRIVES	VO: BEFORE THIS MORNING’S LESSON SHAMBHU LEADS THE CLASS IN PRAYER [00:03:03] Give us enough strength that we don't lose faith in our heart. [00:03:13]
	INSTRUCTION SCENES DAY 4 @00:43:01 @00:53:39	[00:03:25] OK, so all kids, look at me [00:03:26] -Hello [00:03:26] -Hi [00:03:31] So, as you know today, its maths day, counting day. [00:03:34] So today we will count. [00:03:47] One [00:03:47] One [00:03:48] Two [00:03:48] Two [00:03:49] Three [00:03:49] Three [00:03:50] Four [00:03:50] Four [00:03:52] Five [00:03:52] Five
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BEGIN WRAP-UP - ALL TALENT - KISHAN & CHILD REPORTER ARE FINISHING UP THE LATEST ISSUE - KISHAN MUST THINK ABOUT HIS SUCCESSOR
	DAY 6 01:10:50 - Jyoti returning to her old slum	VO: SOMETIMES, JYOTI PASSES BY THE SLUM WHERE SHE AND HER MOTHER USED TO LIVE
	day 6 @	[00:04:40] This is where I used to live before [00:05:01] I'm feeling like I've never lived here! [00:05:06] I feel like I've never lived here before, and it feels nice.
	DAY 6 01:41:47 - Kishan & Usha story meeting	VO: BACK AT THE BALAKNAMA OFFICE - KISHAN AND USHA AND PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THE NEXT ISSUE [00:05:25] OK, and did you manage to find a picture of Sanjana, [00:05:30] the girl who is a child labourer? [00:05:35] Not yet, I'm still trying. VO: KISHAN STARTED OUT AS A BATUNI - AN ILLITERATE REPORTER – WHO SPOKE HIS STORIES NOW AT 19, KISHAN HAS LED A NEWSPAPER THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND MUST START TO THINK ABOUT WHO HIS SUCCESSOR AS EDITOR MIGHT BE ALT NOW AT 19, KISHAN HAS LED A NEWSPAPER THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND MUST START TO THINK ABOUT WHO HIS SUCCESSOR MIGHT BE
	KISHAN MASTER IV	[00:06:04] I used to be a Batuni reporter too.and I was really proud of that. [00:06:18] And now I feel happy that kids [00:06:21] who used to tell me their news stories [00:06:26] that same kid is typing out stories for other kids in Balaknama [00:06:31] It makes me really happy [00:06:33]
	FINAL THOUGHT SHAMBHU DAY 5 SHAMBHU MASTER IV	VO: THIS PAPER ISN’T ONLY GETTING MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION ON THE LIVES OF STREET CHILDREN, IT’S CHANGING THE LIVES OF THE KIDS WHO WORK FOR IT [00:06:38] If I am to describe it briefly - without Balaknama, I would be nothing [00:06:43] [00:06:56] Whatever I am today, its because of Balaknama.
	FINAL THOUGHT JYOTI	[00:07:06] Before Balaknama, I used to be a street working child. [00:07:13] And now you can't tell I was ever on the streets. [00:07:16]
	FINAL THOUGHT USHA	[00:07:26] Balaknama is very important because [00:07:29] the kids they serve are not able to study, [00:07:31] they have a lot of problems at home [00:07:35] Thats why they have to keep begging to keep their households running. [00:07:36] [00:07:36] So Balaknama's newspaper is really important to them. [00:07:40] Their problems should be published in the newspaper [00:07:44] And it makes me really happy to see it.
		VO: WHEN IT COMES TO THE PAPER’S FUTURE, KISHAN HAS BIG GOALS...
	KISHAN MASTER IV	[00:07:49] Balaknama is published once a month [00:07:53] My dream is that Balaknama, which is a monthly, becomes a daily. [00:08:04] [00:08:02] That it comes out every day and covers children's issues as it does now [00:08:10] [00:08:11] That is my dream.

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Film: India's Street Kids: Telling Their Own Story

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