When livelihood puts you six feet under
By Shreya Haridas Chennai, Dec 22: Twisting his hand inside a pale, headless, wobbling goat carcass, D Segharan gets hold of something inside the goat. […]
Urban Poor
Indira Nagar Slum: Undelivered Promises
Students of Group C covered a cluster of slums named SN Nagar, Indira Nagar and Gandhi Nagar as part of their coursework. Students of Group C include Keerthi Krishna, Krati Purwar, Mahera Dutta, Meghna M, Neil Cornelius, Manthra K, Krithi Kannan, Mariah Dins, Megha and Nima
Kannagi Nagar: On the Periphery
In just a few kilometers, tall glittering towers that reflects India’s new vision of itself, gives way to low rise neighbourhood with small, identical buildings with faded paint and moss growing in patches on the walls. The smell of food, where some kids were cooking a meal in front of their school, mingles with the raw smell of overflowing garbage and sewage running on the streets.
The Women of Kannagi Nagar
Three women recall their move to and life in Kannagi Nagar,
The Price of Adolescence
As the murmurs in the class increase in volume, one girl asks the teacher whether English is spelt with an ‘E’ or an ‘I’. The students of class 10 at Hope Foundation school are preparing for their Matriculation exam.
Primary schools in Kannagi Nagar
The iron grill door of the school, thus, mostly remains closed, some little heads peep through the grill when the street cricketers yell “six” or when crackers burst in the nearby street.
Indira Nagar slum: Education affected by alcoholism
By Meghna M and Krati Purwar It was Children’s Day and the students of C.P Saivam corporation school are running about in their two storey […]
Indira Nagar slum: 2,000 to be evicted in the next two months
Indira Nagar Slum: Undelivered Promises Mahera Dutta and Krithi Kannan Devi, a resident of the Indira Nagar slum near Park Town, fears eviction to Perumbakkam, […]
A police account of SN Nagar slum
Neil Abishai Cornelius and Megha Mallick The Police station is empty but for the four policemen inside and the two detainees sitting on the floor. A […]
Indira Nagar slum: Struggles continue but life goes on
Keerthi Krishna and Nima At Indira Nagar slum near Chennai Central, 38-year-old Kodishwari was busy with her daily work of selling tea to commuters driving […]