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https://csim.in/conversations/Conversations_August%202011.pdf Ten-year-old Raji clutches Sheetal’s hand and asks, “Will you stay longer?” “Yes, for some more time. You still remember me?” replies Sheetal. “Yes, of course I remember you. You took me to watch the IPL match, and how can…
https://csim.in/conversations/CSIM_Conversations_May_2011.pdf A group of children were playing in one of the bylanes at Bawana, a resettlement colony 20 kilometers away from main city of Delhi. Although the lanes were bordered with open drains, the stench did not seem to deter…
https://csim.in/conversations/ConversationsToday-October2014.pdf Call it a bias of sorts, but the fact remains that poverty in an urban tapestry receives a great deal of attention. The rural poor are many a time, forgotten and ignored. That could simply be because of the…
https://csim.in/conversations/ConversationsToday-February2014.pdf Rani was waiting to meet the duty doctor at Thirumalai Mission Hospital. She was cheerfully chatting with her daughter Priya while she awaited her turn. Noticing me with my camera, she spontaneously engaged in a conversation. “I was suffering…
https://csim.in/conversations/ConversationsToday-September2013.pdf There are lots of experiences and special days in one’s life. I would like to share with you one such experience that I shall never forget—my visit to Anandam, a home for the destitute elderly in Ambattur, Chennai.The few…
https://csim.in/conversations/Conversations-May2013.pdf Gemini fly over, an iconic landmark in Chennai City, has been the bridge for several abandoned mentally ill persons to reach Rafi’s home. When Rafi was returning after work one day, he noticed a man in soiled clothes taking…
https://csim.in/conversations/Conversations-April2013.pdf Ashwita, 4, was playing with her toys that was scattered all over the room. While her mother was busy preparing the Sunday lunch, her father Ramu gave her company. “Appa, why is school closed on Sunday?” she asked. Bemused…
https://csim.in/conversations/Conversations-January2013.pdf Chellammal, 37, was sitting outside her dilapidated hut at Kasimedu Kuppam in Ennore, Chennai. Her home was amidst the ten huts that were set up in a haphazard manner in the one-ground open plot. There were three similar habitations…
https://csim.in/conversations/Conversations-June2012.pdf The sun was blazing and summer was its peak at 42 degrees when we drove along Poonamalee high road to document the lives of the brick klin workers at Aranavoyal, a village located 32 kilometers from Chennai. Our…
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