From the archive record
This footage, shot in Delhi, offers a stark and intimate look at the lives of homeless families who have created a temporary shelter beneath a busy flyover. Using discarded materials and cloth sheets, the space under the concrete structure has been transformed into a fragile living area, directly adjacent to fast-moving city traffic. In the scene, three to four women can be seen preparing food on an old-style wood-fired stove, using logs to keep the flame alive, highlighting the absence of basic cooking facilities and access to clean energy. A particularly striking moment shows a small child resting in a cradle placed on the footpath, just a few feet away from the road, emphasizing the vulnerability of life lived at the margins of an expanding metropolis. Other children move around the she