Mumbai I had left Delhi listening to reports of the heat wave there as we pushed forward with our meetings. Over 41 C which seems to have been around 106 degrees Fahrenheit. I knew we were hot, but I thought that was the fire lit by the passion of the meeting. Regardless, it was a …
Category: Community Organizations International
Delhi Rickshaw Coop
Delhi The ACORN India staff in Delhi, Dharmendra Kumar, Om Prakash, and Animesh Halder and me sat around the table at Tej Abode or XY Lodging for almost 6 hours wrestling with organizing plans for the coming months. We framed the demands on a potential Commonwealth Games Campaign including a list of supporters in Delhi …
Police and Wages for Rickshaw Pullers
Delhi The chai whalla was doing well because the meeting was starting slowly as drivers finished their last “school” runs and began drifting into the recruitment meeting in this section of East Delhi. It was a good spot across the thoroughfare from the licensing building where we had blocked traffic recently in protest of the …