A dilapidated building. Probably a hundred years old. A colonial style wooden staircase leading up to a dark corridor. I had to be very careful while climbing up as the steps made a creaking sound upon walking and it felt that would break any minute. The stairwell led into a small house. In the lobby, there were found three men sitting shirtless. Some four women around them. One of the men was playing with a child who must’ve been about 8 months old. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon, and it seemed like a cocktail party in this brothel of Kamathipura.
RAJEEV AWAAS YOJANA Survey started in Annabhav Sathe Nagar
In 2004, fourty five working colonies in Mumbai were demolished, leading to the formation of GHAR BACHAO GHAR BANAO ANDOLAN under Medha Patkar leadership. I was a homeguard then, and I did not bother to protest until the very next day when my house was demolished.
Tuberculosis in M Ward, Mumbai: Between access and advocacy
Tuberculosis (TB) is a worldwide pandemic and the leading cause of death among HIV-infected people, says World Health Organization (WHO). Currently India’s DOTS (directly observed treatment-short course) programme is the largest and fastest expanding initiative in the world, in terms of patients initiated on treatment; and the second largest, in terms of population coverage.
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