Dear Mandela was screened at Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli on 25th Oct in Mumbai, in solidarity with Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan, a housing right movement in the metropolitan. The screening was to bring together struggle of slum dwellers, urban poor from different geography. Around two hundred people were present during…
Tag: Housing rights
India
‘Housing for All’ one one hand and Evicting Slum Dwellers on other
सरकार का 2022 तक घर देने का वादा |When government promised ‘Housing or all by 2022 फिर क्यों है गरीबों के घर तोड़ने का इरादा?| Then why intended to demolish houses of poor? Bilal Khan (writer is volunteer of Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan in Mumbai, who fights for housing…
India
Mumbai (Mandala) Establishment blues : 55 acres of Land on the way for reclaimation by slum dwellers
[accordion_slider id=”3″] Today at 6 a.m thousands of slum dwellers of Mandala started Avaas Satygraha to reclaim their land. The land where once they lived, where they had home. In 2004, their homes were demolished by the government. Some homes were also burnt by the ‘accidental’ fire. Since then…