faith gonsalves is using rooms in the school for her project, music basti. she's the project's director for a group that organises music lessons for the children. ♪ only here can the children learn to express themselves through music. in the state schools, there are hardly any classes in the arts. there, the emphasis is often placed on rote learning. >> this kind of work is satisfying for me personally but it also has a lot of challenges. the education system is riddled with so many problems. sometimes it honestly seems really hopeless about how we'll be able to integrate an art or music program within the larger education framework in our country. art and music, even though we're in a very culturally rich country, they're also not considered viable things to study or a viable kind of a profession. reporter: most of the children live in dire conditions: according to unicef, 18 million children between the ages of 8 and 17 live on the streets primarily in large cities such as delhi. nandita bhan recognizes the need for change . she's a social scientist who's