The Hindu·6 min read·medium
How a city’s working class is driven to the margins and made invisible
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Suruchi Kumari
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This feature article explores the invisibility of the working class in Delhi, specifically focusing on informal waste workers and bicycle commuters. It critiques urban planning that prioritizes affluent motorists over the daily needs of the labor force.
Before a story is to take shape through conversations with a part of the city’s population, which the city itself only passively interacts with, it is discussed in a Monday pitch meeting where reporters and editors sit. Once approved, a familiar question follows — “Where will we find these people?”
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