Cancer patients, confused senior citizens, hawkers these are just some of the people forcibly bundled into the squalid Beggars’ Home in Chembur, says NGO report
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When a young Quereshi moved from Dehradun to Delhi, he was deeply moved by the sight of homeless people on the streets attempting to keep warm using discarded newspapers.
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Twenty nine-year-old, Tarique Mohammad Qureshi, wears his heart on his sleeves as he leads a crusade against criminalization of destitution.
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Tarique Mohammed Quereshi, a graduate of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai heads Koshish, an organisation that fights for the rights of beggars.
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The MESH (Maximising Employment to Serve the Handicapped) programme which helps lepers and the disabled become employable, shows that beggars can go from the streets to being responsible citizens.
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Koshish’s tryst is to ensure minimum rights for beggars and push for changes in the way beggar homes are run. Till date, Koshish has provided direct and indirect support to over 5,000 beggars and homeless destitute. The work done by the programme in Mumbai is being replicated in Delhi and is also piloting in Bangalore.
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“They forced us to sit naked in a row and splashed a mug of water on each of us”. Bashirabi is a poor vegetable vendor who was waiting to get a train home to Nagpur when she was detained and sent to a Beggars Home.
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