OH, HELLO MADAM! HOW ARE YOU?
SEEN YOU HERE AFTER SO LONG.
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JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE, I WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
NOOR'S HOME
I KEEP FILLING THESE DRUMS, BUT WE STILL KEEP RUNNING OUT OF WATER.
I SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN MUCH THOUGH, GOD HAS KEPT ME WELL.
I NEED TO GO TO COURT FOR A CASE HEARING TODAY.
HAHA, YOU LOOK SHOCKED!
A FEW YEARS AGO, I USED TO LIVE IN A PLACE CALLED SHASTRI PARK.
I GOT EMBROILED IN A GANG WAR THERE,
AND THE POLICE WERE INVOLVED.
EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN MAKING ROUNDS OF THE COURT TO GET MYSELF OUT OF THIS MESS.
ONE OF THE GANG LEADERS HAS EVEN PASSED AWAY, BUT THIS ISN’T GETTING OVER ANYTIME SOON. SO MUCH TROUBLE AND FOR WHAT?
I WONDER WHY I ALWAYS FIND MYSELF STUCK IN POLITICS... AND CONTROVERSIES
BACK HOME, I USED TO BE A SIMPLE WELDER AND MASON, BUT I WAS ALWAYS POLITICALLY ACTIVE.
I WAS A PARTY MEMBER UNTIL I HAD A MASSIVE FALLOUT WITH THE OTHERS OVER SOME CAMPAIGN AGENDAS. I DID NOT AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT, SO YOU KNOW...
THE STRESS WAS TOO MUCH TO BEAR FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, SO WE DECIDED TO MOVE HERE, TO DILLI.
I ALWAYS WANTED MY CHILDREN TO BE BOLD AND OPINIONATED. I WANTED THEM TO BE EDUCATED. BUT ONLY ONCE I CAME HERE DID I REALISE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MANAGE SIX KIDS IN A NEW CITY.
I HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO SEND THEM TO SCHOOL TILL CLASS 4/5.
THEY'RE ALL GROWN UP NOW, WITH CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.
IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL MY GRANDCHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL.
I ONCE JOINED AN NGO TO HELP TEACH THE CHILDREN HERE, BUT SOON LEFT IT.
THEY PLAYED SO MANY GIMMICKS IN THE NAME OF EDUCATION. BAAH!
DESPITE THESE DISAPPOINTMENTS, LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME.
ALL MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO ME, IN THIS BASTI. I GET TO SEE THEM EVERYDAY.
MY KIDS WORK AS SHOPKEEPERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND DRIVERS.
WE'VE ESCAPED THE WASTE PICKING JOB.
I AM NOW OLD AND WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK HOME, BUT MY CHILDREN WOULD NEVER AGREE.
YOU TELL ME, CAN ANYONE REALLY FORGET HOME?
THEY SAY THAT HOME IS NOT A PLACE, IT IS A FEELING.
IN THAT SENSE, I GUESS MY PLACE IS HERE, RIGHT....?