Bhuapur Ragpickers Committee November 2, 2008             Delhi                In the afternoon we broke up our staff meeting to drive to far eastern section of Delhi.  In fact we were going a little past the boundary of the Municipal Corporation to the area of the landfill and the smaller (million plus) city of xxxxxx at Delhi …

Reality Tours             Delhi                In Dharavi and later in at the Diwali party for the ragpickers, we met two very good guys, one from the UK, Chris Way, and the other from India, Krishna Poojari, who had set up an interesting business called Reality Tours and Travel.  They had begun over the last two or …

Picking at the Landfill             Mumbai           Perhaps predictably, there is a hierarchy in rag picking, like so many other professions.  The simple rule is easy to follow:  the closer you are to the source of the garbage, the better your yield, and therefore your income.  Like so many businesses, you do better, if you have …