Sivakumar V

The Summers and the rains and the winters; all are severe.

Days are harsh. Nights are tough.

I can’t stay awake. I can’t sleep.

Heat in the tar, dampness of the ground, chill in the air don’t let me sleep or be awake…

But my biggest suffering comes from the emptiness of human souls.

I’m the most visible yet the invisible resident of your cities.

In the hope of living some day, I die every day.

I’m the homeless!

Compassion is probably the most beautiful emotion humans can ever experience. In compassion lies the answer to the biggest of challenges, and strength to tide over any obstacle.

सर ये बिमारी आई है इसलिए सब बंद है, पर हमको कई बिमारियाँ है उसका क्या? खाने को वैसे रोज मिल रहां है, पर धंदा बंद हो गया है उसका क्या? हम रोज दोसो रुपए कमाते थे, अब वो भी नहीं मिलते.

The TISS audit report commissioned by Delhi Commission for Women has detailed multiple physical and sexual abuse cases at shelter homes run by Delhi government.

As per the report, 85 percent of the shelter homes has recreation rooms for various activities.

Only 47 per cent of shelter homes in Delhi are running with a valid license, according to a social audit report prepared by TISS Koshish, the Delhi Commission for Women said.

The Delhi government and the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) had partnered with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to conduct a social audit of all the shelter homes in Delhi.

The Supreme Court directed the Bihar government to take steps to unite eight girls in the shelter home case with their families.

Police in India’s commercial capital face accusations of using an old law against begging as a way to pick up anyone sleeping on the streets so they can reach their arrest quotas.

The allegation of sexual assaults first came to light in May last year when TISS had submitted a “social audit” report on the shelter home, run by a non-governmental organisation.