Delhi

Rohingya's resettlement colony_water tanker
September 5, 2024
The missing water tanker and the absent Rohingya women

Until mid-2024, I was associated with The Azadi Project, a nonprofit that provides leadership skills and psychosocial support to women belonging to marginalised communities. We work with women from the…

A child walking past a demolished house-demolition
May 7, 2024
The aftermath of a demolition: “Will the government give us houses?”

On April 29, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) demolished 50–60 jhuggis along the footpath in West Delhi’s Raghubir Nagar. These jhuggis—with tarpaulin sheets or tin for roofs—were predominantly inhabited…

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March 26, 2024
Sleepless in the capital: Delhi’s homeless battle extreme heat

Babul,* aged 46, has been residing near the Yamuna Pushta (or embankment) for more than a decade. These floodplains have been his only home since he arrived in Delhi from…

Shayra Bano_e-waste
September 1, 2023
Who benefits from the e-waste in Bhalswa landfill?

I have been working at Bhalswa landfill in North West Delhi for as long as I can remember. Before getting married and moving to a house near the landfill, I…

two women walking amidst piles of waste--waste workers
August 1, 2023
Can’t sell, can’t burn: Waste workers struggle with plastic wrappers

Shayra Bano lives next to the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi, which is the second-largest dumping site in the city. Like everyone else in her neighbourhood, she is an informal waste…

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July 13, 2023
A crossing conundrum: How a rail gate is disrupting lives in Delhi

Sawda Ghevra is a resettlement colony in North West Delhi district. The colony was established in 2006 after multiple evictions in Delhi’s slums around the same time. Sawda Ghevra is…

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June 29, 2023
The upper limit of compensation: Survivors of child sexual abuse

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, provides compensation to survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA), which helps pay for their rehabilitative needs. However, getting the compensation…

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May 25, 2023
The long road to recycling: Pheriwalis struggle for time

Rama, a resident of the Bakkarwala area in West Delhi, has been a pheriwali (hawker) since she was 15 years old. She is among the many pheriwalis in Delhi who…

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