I went straight to Shama's place on the day i arrived at Anegundi. We had a chat about the suggestions she had for areas that i could help develop as well, what i would like to work on. I also told her about the idea i had for reviving the paper making unit. She seemed to be very excited about it. Shama was very cool about any new possibilities and explorations that i wanted to do. But she really wanted me to work on the packaging for local that they were planning to sell at their local sante on every full moon. ..and also some small souvenirs made from papier mache.

We spoke in detail about many of the questions i had in relation to the set up and the revival of the paper making. I knew there was a lot that i would have to find out for myself once i was there, as no longer was Shama actively involved with the functioning of the Kishkinda trust.

i thought a good starting point would be the making the packaging for the food, as the initial basic process for papermaking and the papier mache would be similar.

Shama mentioned that the women had begun to make a paper pulp for paper from the basic recipe i had sent her.

After shama's and my chat i made a quick mind map of the few things i could focus on while i was there. The main would have been the packaging considering i had just 8-9 days. But drying of the products would take a considerable amount of time and so i felt that i could try my hand at some other options such as using large amounts of woven banana fibre mats that were lying around in the workshop and lots of coconuts too. (This i had noticed the previous time i went there.) Shama in particular wanted a design for a small pencil case too.