Last week, during Nipun's visit to the Philippines, we were all overwhelmed by the love and joy that the Theater Arts students of the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) showed us. Many of them have been in prison for at least a decade. Last year, Nimo had taught them a song, and this year, they (women with black t-shirts) were keen to perform it. "We have been looking forward to this day for a long time now," they said as they opened with a performance ...

I spent a long time runnin' / I never knew then, what I know I now / That the fruits they always comin' / But you can't go around just knockin' them down / It takes a long time to showin' / We plant the seeds then, and we look at them now / But the roots are always growin' / No matter if I'm there or never around //

Whatever grows will grow / Whatever dies will die / Whatever works will work / Whatever flies will fly / Whatever fails will fail / What's meant to soar will soar / I am planting seeds nothing more //