Dilapidated

A lowly developed part of the semi urban town left to which is a bathroom with walls made of reused saris supported at wooden pillars. At more left there is a dilapidated lake eaten to all known kind of pollution but it is the main source of water to the community which accommodates the area the temporary soiled lane goes to. Some possess goats to help their economy. Wood is also used to cook food in the chulha i.e. earthen stove or the little bhatti. These days it is hard to obtain wood since most nearby forest areas are either dead or are occupied and fortified leaving little access. At right, a man wearing turban sits at the verandah smoking tobacco. What he might be thinking is what I think about. Some talk that these areas are illegally occupied and municipality must evacuate this. Sanitation is foreign to these people not because they don't want it, but it is not in their reach. They even wonder how will they pass the coming summer. This year rain was scarce. Sun, moon, sky & wind are equally available. They never discriminate.



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