An Indian street-dweller, in Delhi

From the archive record

A homeless man near Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on the 15th of August 2014 (India's Independence Day). A commentary on the New India...? He drinks water from a roadside puddle and sleeps on the pavement. This could just as well be a commentary on the state of our water resources and an indication of the water wars and challenges that are headed our way, in India. He must have the strongest immunity ever, though. He hasn't got 'sick' even once from drinking this mosquito-infested roadside runoff... Thousands of men and women live and sleep on the streets and in nooks and corners of public spaces in India, exposed to bad weather, insecurity and illnesses. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collecti