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For some, it's life as normal. For others, worry is on the horizon. An electrician climbs a pole to repair supply to a house in the locality, oblivious of the huge police deployment around him. Jehangirpuri tense, locals worry about demolition, communal tensions high, government orders action. Protests and riots in India, over the Citizenship issue. A temple and an Islamic masjid have co-existed in Jehangirpuri, New Delhi for ages, and then along come the slum demolitions, and things change! Structures and slums can be seen after demolition without due process, on the streets. Jehangirpuri in Delhi on alert mode, with security personnel on standby, awaiting riots and slum opposition to the demolition action by the government. Media OB vans and cub reporters are crawling all over the place,
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