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Diary of Summer Camp with Children of Wastepickers

Priyanka Sacheti* I got to learn about Hasiru Dala when I started volunteering with Buguri a couple of months after  moving to Bangalore in January this year. Having volunteered with a community library in Delhi, I was excited to hear about the birth of one in Bangalore and wished to join their journey in creating … Continue reading Diary of Summer Camp with Children of Wastepickers

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Migrant Wastepicker Managing Discards of Bangalore- Ajay’s Story

Lakshmi Karunakaran & Kabir Arora A huge loss in his pressure cooker manufacturing factory and the financial crisis that followed made Ajay a migrant, or footloose informal worker. Eight years ago, he moved from Delhi to Bangalore. Having to start life from scratch, he became a waste picker. Bangalore offered him the veil of anonymity … Continue reading Migrant Wastepicker Managing Discards of Bangalore- Ajay’s Story