Delhi After eight days on the ground in India and two days in the air and endless discussions of the formally named THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD AND REGULATION OF STREET VENDING ACT, 2014, which has become our primary organizing tool since formal passage and enactment on May 1, 2014, it was clearly time …
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India Notes for My Father
Bengaluru Every trip is an education. Every trip to India is a contradiction. The Chennai train station had free wi-fi for one hour, but so few seats that most people sat on the floor. The Bengaluru airport is almost new, build by a French company on a 20-year concession before it will be claimed by the …
The Law of the Streets
Bengaluru In Chennai and Bengaluru, the issue we continued to hear in every market where we visited with our members was the police. Every day was a continual battle for space and the streets. We may have gotten a law passed in Delhi, but without power, literally in the streets, it wouldn’t matter to our …