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…
Tag: Urban Poor
Awas Satyagraha of Mandala
Medha Patkar Around 75,000 homes of urban poor were demolished in 2004-05 in Mumbai, that situation is still infront of our eyes. Not only food and kitchen were thrown on the road but children too. Forget about older and sick, people at that time used to sleep near the dirt…
Idea of a City: Mumbai, Baltimore
The peasants of the country and the government authorities of Mumbai wait for one thing, which has eventually arrived: Monsoon. On one hand, it is the hope of production and on the other it is about destruction and demolition. There has been history of demolition with monsoon in Mumbai. The authorities…
Urban Uprising
Occupied, by the people for the people. The 55 acres of land reclaimed by 3200 households in Mankhurd by the slum dwellers, Telephone company’s headquarter occupied by spainish workers and the squatted bank of UK by love activists for the homeless citizens represents the same oppression. The oppression of Unfree…
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…
Cow Bias : This is all drama
Kasaiwada, also known as Qureshi Nagar in Kurla east is home to a large number of Khateek community, most of who work in the slaughterhouses in Mumbai. Since the 2nd of March, with the President’s assent to a 20 year old Bill preventing the slaughter of bulls and bullocks in addition to the already existing ban on cow slaughter, thousands of slaughterhouse workers have been left without any work.
A software dragon : Life of a Shenzinia
Namstey, India! I am from China and my name is Xiopeng Sun. I work in the APPLE company in the city of Shenzen, China, like many IT professionals in India. My village is Xiayong, in Weihai city in the Shandong province of China. The top level cities in China are…