Naryana

This is a video clip showing Naryana, a little 9 year old boy whom Hollie and I adore. Naryana lives and works in one of the shops in town. His parents live in an impoverished area of Northern India. They, like many poor families here, send their children away to work for part of the year. If I could, I'd adopt this little boy. However, to actually adopt, or even to ensure that a child can go to school, is a complicated process. Recently, because of child abuse rings and other criminal/fraudulant incidences, the Indian government toughened the laws governing foreign adoptions. If a person just gave money to the shopkeeper, Naryana's parents, etc, there would still be no guarantee that he would be able to attend school. Naryana taught himself to speak English by observing the tourists and has the coolest personality and perspective on life. Everytime Hollie and I go into town we see him and invite him to share a meal with us. Usually, he also orders food for his "auntie" (shopkeeper - she isn't related to him), and a few other people. lol :) I like Naryana. When I think about it, when gifts or freebees are being given out, every child I know tries to get as much as he/she can. Still, I wish I could do something more meaningful for him. The clip is pretty short; the battery on my video camera died after about 20 seconds. Naryana is teaching us a song in Hindi. The English translation is "Sleep boy, sleep. Dreams will come." He was so cute when he was telling me the meaning of the song. He said that in translated to "Sleep boy sleep, there will be a movie in your head." Really, its the same. The syllables just don't properly fit in the longer translation. :)