[Reader-list] translation of first posting

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Hi everybody,

My name is Yunus, I am from Delhi and I do social work for a living. Being in this profession for last three years and during my education I have been associated with many voluntary organizations that work on various issues like child rights, women empowerment and livelihoods etc. for last one year I have been associated with a Child help line, run by a voluntary organization and where my major responsibility is to coordinate with other organizations to help children in distress. As part of my work I got few opportunities of interacting with those parts, systems and mechanisms of the city, which I wouldn’t have done otherwise. This experience showed me a different picture of Delhi, which is usually distorted or ignored. The curiosity of exploring more and sharing my findings with others motivated me to Join Sarai as a researcher. 

 During last fifteen years because of new economic policies and structural adjustment program there has been dynamic changes in the concept and process of urbanization itself .all this has resulted in the increased complexities in city and city lives. To address these complexities and problems ,initiatives were taken up by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. ‘Help line’ is one of them.
Through this research I will study  Delhi from a perspective of help line workers . As the title suggests it will throw light at Helplessness of the national capital Delhi. However as case it will raise question about the social changes in any city ,due to LPG (liberalization Privatization and Globalization) it will also highlight the contemporary meaning of Help for city dwellers and the web of HELP, NEEDS and SERVICES.
For the purpose of research ,I will be interacting, interviewing and observing help line workers to study their lives, Work, Activities and client from close quarters. I intend to make transit walks with them to get their version of the city. I will take Pictures and facilitate them to click pictures of the significant parts of their life as a helpline worker and will try pen down their comments.
Along with exploring Helpline as new work And mapping lives of help line workers this research will also enter in the domains of other areas like impact of new technology on people, their behavior and communication, the integration of seemingly differentiated problems of people living in a city. also it will lead to a better insight into the various systems and mechanisms responsible for smooth functioning of the city. 
i will try to share my future posting with reader list along with dewane sarai. Your feed back and comments are welcome.
Regards,

S M Yunus
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