22nd Jan - BELIEF !

The Imaginary Ball Again
SHAPUR JAT

Participants - Shruti, Saif, Gaurav, Neel, Rajesh, Shena, Suparna
Observer - Pali

All the kids on the roof moving backwards in unison to catch the ‘ball’ – Shy people dying to join in, and eventually joining in – Amiable chai walla throwing back the ‘ball’ – Little boy who dashed back into his house rather than have to catch the ‘ball’ – Neel holding up the ‘ball’ for kids to grab, and how perfectly they imagined it – Suparna joining in out of nowhere – Rajesh landing up thinking he’s coming for a meeting – Performance mode of participants; magic ball, eating the ball, spitting out the ball, cleaning the ball… – “catch tho karo theek se”, “mujhe ball de do”, “kahan gai?” … “vahan hai, gaadi ke peeche” – Peer pressure to be cool, but clear desire to join in – The entire space activated by belief.