INDIA/ Kathputli Colony, New Dehli
The threats hanging over the Kathputli Colony continue to attract media interest. No news, either good or bad, but no sign either of a government retreat from the decision to clear the slum, which is so much more than a slum.
RAJEEV SETHI, chair of Delhi-based Asian Heritage Foundation, sees a bleak future for the colony without a government rethink.
"The government has a responsibility," he says. "If they can cry about whales and tigers, they should look at human skills, too."
South China Morning Post, 13th July 2014)
(source: http://puppetvisionmovie.com/)
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Disappearing acts: Delhi's 'magicians' colony' is braced for the bulldozers
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As the vibrant Kathputli Colony prepares for redevelopment, its resident puppeteers, snake charmers and street artists fear losing their homes will also destroy their livelihoods, writes Bibek Bhandari