Kathputaly (Puppets) and Kathputaly Nagar.
I visited Kathputalinagar, the poorest of all the slums in Jaipur. After a high-stress ride on the narrow rickshaw of jaipur city(which is smaller and uncomfortable as compared with the ones we have in Hisar),we (my sis and me) arrived. As i have to select the slums out of those i used to visit,it was important to understand exactly where these slums are located। Kathputalinagar sits across from Jaipur s statuesque parliament building, separated by some shops and a short field that doubles as a massive latrine।
balmiki Nagar.Slum
When my sis and I arrived the children there guessed we are looking somebody’s help to fallow the slum.we asked the name of the headman of the slum. They escorted us like crazed groupies. We fallow the kids on streets.... mostly just alleys with loose slabs of stone which act as stepping blocks over garbage and rivers of sewage water. It is devastating in a way that makes you want to run away but at the same time compels you to look.They told us they will go to Japan with some Japanese people. Later i came to know that the loose slabs over the sewage water were provided by Japanese Govt under the provision of drinking water and sewage system in the slum.
Any how, these children with a group with hands on shoulders of their companions were a wonderful reminder that innocence is a sacred and universal gift. And they ended us at the door of a Doctor (which was the Headman of the slum).
We collected basic information of the slum, but not selected as my study area.
Thus ended up my journey of Kathputaly Nagar.
But i selected the adjusent slum balmiki Nagar.
Kathputa(Puppets)
here is the link of my another post http://laamni.blogspot.in/2012/01/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html
Happy Day!!
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