Volleyball in Wayil

Since I enjoy volleyball practice more than playing hte game itslef, I bought my own volleyball. Now I have practie sessions with the young boys ans whoever else wishes to join in. At the first session by the volleyball court, there was a young boy wearing an old pheran and shoes way too large for him. He was standing off to the side. I motioned for him to join us in our circle. He stepped forward, so I let him know I would be tossing he ball to him next, and he needed to get his arms out of his pheran. But after he hit the ball, he kept pulling his arms back inside his pheran, as so many adult males do. If you didn't know better, you might think Kashmiri men are all amputees. I had to keep telling him to get his arms out before I could toss the boll to him. Eventually he took his pheran off. Under it he was wearing pants and a belt which were far too large for him. It took him a while to organize his clothes so he could play. And then we were away. He was still intimidated bny the other noys, though, and several more times I had to bring him back into our circle. He must have been from a very poor family. By the end of our practice session, though, he was hitting the ball well and had a smile on his face. Very rewarding for both of us.
The other group of boys I play with are by the Sindh River which runs close to the Hope Centre - where the bridge and guards are. It never takes long for a group to gather at this spot. I can start with one boy, and in in 10 minutes there are 5 of us, and soon 10 of us! And every time the people who come to play are different from the last time. People see us hitting the ball, come to watch, and get invited to join. I could never get a woman to join in, but I did get a couple of Indian army guys in uniform to join us once.
We were having a good practice one Saturday evening, when we were interrupted by , of all things, a TV crew. They were passing through an saw us, and stopped to investigate. What was this foreign woman doing??? When I told them why I was there, they asked to interview me. So I was interviewed by TV India about my volunteer work for the Hope Centre. They also inverviewed a couple of the boys. I heard it was on TV, but I have been unable to locate the clip on their website. After that, several times I was spotted in the Hope Centre van/ambulance by children in other towns who would point at me and say "Volleyball". I would smile and wave, of course, and they were very happy.