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Dalchand is a studious 18-year-old boy who resides in Tigri slum community, South Delhi. His father belongs to a family of farmers who belong to the Alwar District in Rajasthan. His father started working at the young age of 15 years to earn a meagre sum for his family. After his marriage, he relocated to…

Shivani is a bright and active 18-year-old girl who resides in the Trilokpuri slum community, East of Delhi. She lives in a joint family comprising of 16 members within a small house consisting of only 3 rooms. This is home to her father and his brother’s families who eat and live together. Her Father, Radhe…

19-year-old Mala dwells in Asha’s Mayapuri slum community since her birth. The hunt to earn a dignified livelihood brought Mala’s parents to this ghetto in the Western part of Delhi from a small village Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh some 25 years back. Since then, the family is settled in a rented unventilated house on a…

Ranjana, a 27-year-old woman lives in Asha’s Kusumpur Pahari slum community. She migrated to Delhi 10 years ago when she got married to her husband. Ranjana’s parents were daily wage farmers in the district of Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, working for other people’s farm. With 5 children in the family, food and shelter were scarce. Ranjana…