Food is more important for the family of ragpickers than an identity. Discuss the plight of residents of seemapuri, keeping this statement in view.
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Anees Jung encounters a rag-picker boy named
Saheb daily in her neighbourhood. He is engaged in
rag-picking and tells that he is scrounging for gold
in the garbage dumps. He points out that they can
find a silver coin, a rupee, a ten rupee note or more.
More than 10,000 barefoot rag-pickers roam in the
villages and the city roads.
In her visit to the settlement colony of Seemapuri,
the writer finds them living in the structures of mud
with roofs of tin and tarpaulin. They are devoid of
sewage, drainage or running water. More than
10,000 rag- pickers have occupied illegal places to
live and they have been living for the last thirty years
or so. They have been living there without permits.
Only they have ration cards for grain purchase and
to cast the votes. They have no identity, so food is
more important for their survival. Through
discussion, the writer comes to know that they
consider food as the chief ingredient of their
survival. At the end of the day they go to bed
without an aching stomach. They pitch their tents
wherever they find food. Thus, they become their
transit homes. Children grow up in them and
become partners in survival and survival in
Seemapuri means rag-picking. For them garbage is
their gold, food and everything for children it is
wrapped in wonder but for the elders it is a means
of survival.
Saheb daily in her neighbourhood. He is engaged in
rag-picking and tells that he is scrounging for gold
in the garbage dumps. He points out that they can
find a silver coin, a rupee, a ten rupee note or more.
More than 10,000 barefoot rag-pickers roam in the
villages and the city roads.
In her visit to the settlement colony of Seemapuri,
the writer finds them living in the structures of mud
with roofs of tin and tarpaulin. They are devoid of
sewage, drainage or running water. More than
10,000 rag- pickers have occupied illegal places to
live and they have been living for the last thirty years
or so. They have been living there without permits.
Only they have ration cards for grain purchase and
to cast the votes. They have no identity, so food is
more important for their survival. Through
discussion, the writer comes to know that they
consider food as the chief ingredient of their
survival. At the end of the day they go to bed
without an aching stomach. They pitch their tents
wherever they find food. Thus, they become their
transit homes. Children grow up in them and
become partners in survival and survival in
Seemapuri means rag-picking. For them garbage is
their gold, food and everything for children it is
wrapped in wonder but for the elders it is a means
of survival.
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The author found that thousands of ragpicker in Seemapuri were all refuges of there home land they had lost there home land whether due to some accident or some disaster . But they are living in Delhi to earn money to satisfy the need of there family to fulfill the needs of there family's stomach need. They all were not having there identity or permition to live in India as they were bangolian but they were having a 'ration card' which enabled them to buy grain to feed there family.they do not feel unsecure while they are not having identity as long as they are having food to eat
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