On a dry Sunday afternoon, a group of 36 children gathered together at the Shanti Niketan school in Assagao and, guided by artist, Devi Prasad Rao, sought to explore their inner artistic selves.

That these kids came from Homes for destitute and street children could have easily been overlooked by a casual observer.

Working on abstract themes, these children produced works that could send art school students surrying for cover.

In the words of Dev, “Creativity has no favourites. All it requires is plain child-like innocence.”