Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
Twenty-eight-year-old Sudha Devi sits on her haunches, her two-month-old baby in her lap. They're in an open ground near the India Oil petrol pump opposite the Sarai Kale Khan bus stop in Delhi. A fire burns nearby to keep them warm. Her belongings, as well as those of 18 others, are piled up at some distance. These included a bed frame, three khats, a trunk, a water canister, a couple of jute sacks and bags, shovels and other equipment. Two khats were placed nearby-the dishevelled mattresses and quilts showed that they had been slept in.
