The photo accompanying this blog, by the way, is at a sort of orphanage in a small city in Bangladesh. I sat in a room with the kids, who greatly enjoyed the company of a foreigner. It was pitch black; there were, for some reason, no lights. Some of the children actually have families, but were not safe at home and so were sent by their parents to this place instead. There were no real activities for them; they seemed to spend a lot of time just being in this dark room. I turned my camera towards them and randomly shot photos in the dark, and landed up with a lot of photos of grinning kids. I don’t envy them; I don’t want their life; but I wish I could borrow some of that youthful optimism and joy!