Thoombalan Babu Varghese , New Delhi says, MIGRANTS: THE NOWHERE PEOPLE
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New Delhi, Oct. 3. Turn your gaze to the developed and growing cities of India and become aware of the NO WHERE people of India - the people who built all these cities live in poverty and deprivation. They belong nowhere. Because they are NOWHERE PEOPLE. As Salesians, we must find the courage to create spaces and allow new forms of hospitality, fraternity and solidarity.Our cities are with ultra-modern facilities vying with any of the cities across the world. We can find office complexes, malls, shopping centres, and high rise, cozy apartments. The rich find their homes and living spaces away from the traffic and pollution of the cities of India. But the people who built all these cities and serve the comfort of the occupants just live across the road in poverty and deprivation. They live under tin sheets, cramped quarters, without drinking water, toilets and light. The sewerage flows like a canal along the streets. Garbage is strewn all over the allies. The road is anything but a road with potholes and stagnant water. They live in dark airless, stinking quarters that resemble a stable. This is what they get after labouring for years to build the ultra-modern cities. They are the NO WHERE people of India. They originate from all over India. They have been brought to the cities years back by building and manpower contractors to work in the construction sites. They were employed to build roads, metros, malls, offices, and housing complexes.
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