”I FILLED ALL THESE DRUMS JUST YESTERDAY, BUT WE'RE ALREADY OUT OF WATER!“
NOOR'S HOME
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?! I AM GOOD, BY GOD'S GRACE.
I HAVE TO GO FOR A COURT HEARING TODAY
”YOU LOOK SHOCKED, HAHA! “
”FEW YEARS AGO, I USED TO LIVE IN A PLACE CALLED SHASTRI PARK. “
”THERE, I HAD ONCE INTERVENED IN A GANG WAR, AND THE POLICE GOT INVOLVED“
”THE COURT CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON EVER SINCE, EVEN THOUGH ONE OF THE GANG LEADERS HAS PASSED AWAY!“
”I ALWAYS FIND MYSELF STUCK IN POLITICS...AND CONTROVERSIES“
”BACK HOME, I USED TO BE A SIMPLE WELDER, BUT I WAS ALWAYS POLITICALLY ACTIVE.“
”I HAD A FALLOUT WITH MY PARTY MEMBERS, I HAD CALLED OUT THEIR CORRUPTION“
”THE STRESS WAS TOO MUCH TO BEAR FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, SO WE DECIDED TO MOVE HERE, TO DELHI“
”I ALWAYS WANTED MY CHILDREN TO BE BOLD, AND OPINIONATED. I WANTED THEM TO BE EDUCATED.
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BUT I NEVER REALISED HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE TO MANAGE SIX CHILDREN IN A NEW CITY.
I COULD SEND THEM TO SCHOOL ONLY TILL 4-5 CLASS“
”THEY'RE ALL GROWN NOW, THEY HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN!
IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL MY GRANDCHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL!.“
”I HAD ONCE JOINED AN NGO TO HELP TEACH KIDS, BUT I LEFT WHEN IT ALL TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT GIMMICKY.“
”DESPITE THESE DISAPPOINTMENTS, LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME. LOOK HOW ALL MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN LIVE IN THIS BASTI, AND I GET TO SEE THEM EVERYDAY!!“
”MY KIDS WORK AS SHOPKEEPERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND DRIVERS.
LOOK AT HOW WE'VE ESCAPED THE WASTEPICKING JOB!“
I'M NOW OLD, AND WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK HOME, BUT MY CHILDREN WOULD NEVER AGREE
”YOU TELL ME, CAN ANYONE REALLY FORGET HOME!?“
”THEY SAY HOME IS NOT A PLACE, IT IS A FEELING.
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SO, I FIND MY PLACE TO BE HERE, RIGHT WHERE MY FAMILY LIVES.“