[Reader-list] Nangla's Delhi - 10th May, 2006

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A Place to Dwell, 
by Shamsher
[ The Journey After ] 
10.05.2006

Inside all those places, which are termed illegal by the government, is a
different story. The government plants the stake of its stamp on a place -
"this is government property". And in response, we place our small bundles
of receipts and papers gathered from past time till today. But still, we
are shunned, because the world moves on the basis of documents.

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Here and Elsewhere, 
by Lakhmi
[ The Journey After ] 
10.05.2006

In the last few days, things have been made and unmade, there have been
doubts about what it is that is being made, what is being unmade, and
questions about what the new plan is, after all. A dwelling is broken, and
along with it, its time, weave, modes of living, questions about life are
ripped apart, and replaced with turbulence, tension, and a realisation that
even the eye of law has stopped casting its gaze upon the dwelling.

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Nangla Maachi: Court Proceedings.Note.9th May 2006
[ Legal Pronouncements ]
09.05.2006

On May 09, 2006, Hon'ble Justice Ruma Pal and Justice Markhande Katju of
the Supreme Court, set a time of three weeks for the demolition of the
remainder of Nangla Maanchi. The half an hour hearing was held in Court
Number 02 (as item number 16) of the Supreme Court, Barakhamba Road, Delhi,
from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM.

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Is Delhi Shrinking? 
by Azra
[ Nangla Elsewhere ] [ The Journey After ]
08.05.2006

"Instead of being constructed, Delhi is shrinking. Inside, it is becoming
as constricted as it seems open from the outside, where people think it is
their own. In the coming days, Delhi will become a city of uniformed
people. This city is what it is because of its crowds, its density. When
the number of people reduce, how will this city breathe? Will this city
become one where, rather than living in it, people merely spend their lives
in it?"

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Showpiece, 
by Neelofar
[ The Journey After ]
08.05.2006

Two kind of utensils are bought for a home – one, which are for
everyday
use, and the other which are decorated as showpieces. The utensils for
daily use are used and washed everyday, they bang against one another,
clink, jingle, clatter. They make space for themselves, and sounds like
“this glass is mine, that plate is his'” show this. The others,
that is
showpieces, are put away carefully, as decorations, as soon as they are
brought into the house. They are not paid attention to on a daily basis.
Their relationship with the world is one of exclamation, "Wow! It's so
lovely!"

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Materials from Nangla, 
Website
[ Nangla Elsewhere ]
07.05.2006 06:42

Stickers, audio files, and other media forms from the Nangla Lab can now
also be viewed at: http://www.sarai.net/nm.htm

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Parchee-tent, 
by Jaanu
[ Eviction ] 
06.05.2006

People who live in Nangla used to spend their money and set up tents and
decorate them with flowers. This decorating had a special meaning to it
–
the preparation for a wedding. Two days before the bridegroom's baraat
would come, thresholds of doors used to be decorated with glitter. A tent
was also set up on the day Nangla was broken. This lone tent, set up for
MCD officials, was outside the locality. But inside, there were far more
tents. The tent outside indicated the uprooting of thousands of homes; the
tents inside had been set up to celebrate the union of lives through
marriage.

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"Our City", 
by CM at Nangla
[ The Journey After ]
04.05.2006

We are a month into the demolition of Nangla, along with the demolition of
dwellings all over the city, the fires that have ravaged various
settlements, and the fear of both demolition and fire in many more other
settlements. What is the view to the city that we are to proceed in, for
the coming time?

>From extensive conversations in the localities (LNJP, Dakshinpuri and
Nangla Maanchi) and bus stands, with our broadsheet on the experience of
being in Nangla, a few images of the city emerged.

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It quenches the thirst of the thirsty, 
Such is Nangla,
It shelters those who come to the city of Delhi, 
Such is Nangla. 
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