Strength, Tripan Kumar
[21-09-2006]
Right where Ghevra begins is a corner, where, under the shade of a huge tree, some hawkers gather. Vegetable sellers, sellers of summer drinks, spice sellers, people who manage STD-PCO booths – they have all created a feeling of a small market here. This place, and the way in which people here talk to each other and work, gives a glimpse of the capacity of people here to make their new space and spend their time in it. I spoke with one person here, whose name is Sunil. He must be around 25 years old. He is well built and he has a thick mustache. By profession, he is a truck driver.
Right where Ghevra begins is a corner, where, under the shade of a huge tree, some hawkers gather. Vegetable sellers, sellers of summer drinks, spice sellers, people who manage STD-PCO booths – they have all created a feeling of a small market here. This place, and the way in which people here talk to each other and work, gives a glimpse of the capacity of people here to make their new space and spend their time in it. I spoke with one person here, whose name is Sunil. He must be around 25 years old. He is well built and he has a thick mustache. By profession, he is a truck driver.
For the time being, Sunilji has left his driving work. He says, “Now I have come to Ghevra village and I clean the make-shift public toilets here. I am in search of a government job here. As this place gets made, as more people settle here, as Ghevra develops, the toilets will become bigger and also concrete. My boss was saying to me that I should continue working here. When this place becomes concrete, so will my job. So, it's just a matter of two to three years now. By then, this place will be ready and, god willing, I will get a permanent post.” Sunilji has a vision of himself in this place in the time to come.
I asked, “What do you do when you have free time?” Sunilji smiled and said, “What else, I walk around in this new place. Chat and joke around with my friends and other people who live here. When its time to work, I work.”
Sunilji has lived for a while in J block in Dakshinpuri. I live in Dakshinpuri, near J block. I shook his hand and then walked on. I was thinking to myself, people have started making their plans about this place. There is a spark in people about settling in their own place. There is drinking water, there are toilets, mobile dispensaries. There is electricity in the evenings. Work remains as a question, since places in the city have become very far now.
All that is needed is for things to get constructed quickly, people to settle down well. As people begin to settle, the place will gather strength.
I asked, “What do you do when you have free time?” Sunilji smiled and said, “What else, I walk around in this new place. Chat and joke around with my friends and other people who live here. When its time to work, I work.”
Sunilji has lived for a while in J block in Dakshinpuri. I live in Dakshinpuri, near J block. I shook his hand and then walked on. I was thinking to myself, people have started making their plans about this place. There is a spark in people about settling in their own place. There is drinking water, there are toilets, mobile dispensaries. There is electricity in the evenings. Work remains as a question, since places in the city have become very far now.
All that is needed is for things to get constructed quickly, people to settle down well. As people begin to settle, the place will gather strength.
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