We didn’t have a lot of people at the center today. It was Varamahalakshmi festival today and a lot of children assumed there was no center since they did not have school. Since it was quieter than usual at the center, the children were not so keen on doing the usual academic work and wanted to dance to some songs. I had taken my laptop to the center today and we played some songs for the children to dance to. Many children had a lot of fun dancing and I too was able to work with one or two learners who wanted to learn some Maths meanwhile. Towards the end of the day some of the boys wanted to listen to some songs on my laptop. They would tell me the song and I played it on my laptop. The songs were mostly unfamiliar to me so it was difficult to know what it was before getting into it.  As the songs started to play I realised that most of the songs were “item numbers” and tended to objectify women. I’m not sure if the children necessarily saw it that way but it was definitely something that made me uncomfortable. As we were watching these songs, one of the girls walked by to see what we were watching. She was clearly not a fan and left immediately. I didn’t want to be someone endorsing what we were watching but it was something I could not figure out how to express. On one hand I wanted to respect the children’s wishes and play the songs they wanted to listen to but at the same time I didn’t want to endorse or appreciate videos that objectified women.  At some point I would love to have a conversation with the children regarding this but I’m still not sure how to go about it and when it would be appropriate. The other facilitators who had handled the laptop during dancing too explained to me how they had experienced a similar discomfort. We’ll have to figure out how to go about this situation in the future.