news of film by Ruzbeh N Bharucha "yamuna Gently weeps" 11 Oct 2006
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=204824
Another Review Outlook Express Nov 20 Issue
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You Can't Bank By This River
Gods or foreign athletes can occupy Yamuna Pushta, but the poor? They just
don't make the cut.
GAUTAM BHAN
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Some Pushta residents have been settled in Bawana, where each family of five
or more received between 12 and 18 square metres of land—that’s about 12 ft
x 12 ft per person! Going to Delhi is a four-hour, fifty-rupee, three-bus
affair, and most people who still work in the city return home only once a
week, if that.
..............
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20061120&fname=Booksa&sid=1
Tehlaka special issue : Summit of the powerless
Does No One Care that I’ve No Place Here?’
Yamuna Pushta was home, not an eyesore, says Rafiya Khanum, shunted to
wilderness, along with 40,000 evicted families. She spoke to Gautam Bhan
........................
Some Pushta residents have been settled in Bawana, where they receive
between 12-18 sq m of land for a family with an average size of five — that’
s about 12 feet by 12 feet. Going to Delhi is a four-hour, Rs 50, three-bus
affair, and most people who still work in the city return home only once a
week, if that. There is no work near Bawana — indeed, there is literally
nothing at all but the skeleton of an abandoned industrial estate.
.................
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main22.asp?filename=Ne112506Does_no_p36.asp
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=204824
Another Review Outlook Express Nov 20 Issue
.......
You Can't Bank By This River
Gods or foreign athletes can occupy Yamuna Pushta, but the poor? They just
don't make the cut.
GAUTAM BHAN
.............
Some Pushta residents have been settled in Bawana, where each family of five
or more received between 12 and 18 square metres of land—that’s about 12 ft
x 12 ft per person! Going to Delhi is a four-hour, fifty-rupee, three-bus
affair, and most people who still work in the city return home only once a
week, if that.
..............
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20061120&fname=Booksa&sid=1
Tehlaka special issue : Summit of the powerless
Does No One Care that I’ve No Place Here?’
Yamuna Pushta was home, not an eyesore, says Rafiya Khanum, shunted to
wilderness, along with 40,000 evicted families. She spoke to Gautam Bhan
........................
Some Pushta residents have been settled in Bawana, where they receive
between 12-18 sq m of land for a family with an average size of five — that’
s about 12 feet by 12 feet. Going to Delhi is a four-hour, Rs 50, three-bus
affair, and most people who still work in the city return home only once a
week, if that. There is no work near Bawana — indeed, there is literally
nothing at all but the skeleton of an abandoned industrial estate.
.................
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main22.asp?filename=Ne112506Does_no_p36.asp