I skipped a day:
This day happened prior to the meeting. The day we arranged for the meeting I visited Rajeep in the "plastic homes" which are made out of wood. They call them the plastic homes because the people who live there collect plastic. Being my second, visit I was welcomed with luring gestures to bring them rice...
I ate some breakfast that Rajeep's wife made me, even though they were on the brink of starvation --> not by choice, they wouldn't let me leave until I ate and was cooked just for my arrival.
Rajeep is from India; a migrant worker and he's trying to come up with enough money to start a shoe shining/fixing business. This requires a box with all of the necessary tools. He asked if I could help him aquire a box... I said no. The linkage to my story is that during a strike, the poor are hit the hardest as they live day by day, leaving them to skip meals because of not being able to purchase their daily bread. It's a little far fetched and I felt uncomfortable that they wanted me to help them start a shoe shining business. I left as quickly as possible but after being convinced by someone outside Rajeep's home, I took a walk around the homes, here are my photos:
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