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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…