Monday, April 6, 2009

Daily Bread Earners of Naib Sarai,Delhi


Naib Sarai is situated on the outskirts of Delhi, and is very near to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)Naib means Deputy and Sarai means a place for rest during journeys. In older days people used to rest here on way to Delhi, thus the name Naib Sarai is driven.This two km street from Mahroli road to IGNOU is full of hustle bustle of life.A group of trainees on the campus of IGNOU, while on stroll noticed a vast difference between the life inside and out side IGNOU .To their surprise, most of the vendors and small shopkeepers are migrants and raising their families with meager earning ,thanks to IGNO along with a couple of other up coming institutions and residential colonies.There are hundreds of Laeek, Muni, and Vijay whose forefathers migrated from different parts of the country with dreams to make their generations happy and prosperous. Yes, they are happier than what they were before. But ''they have miles to go...".

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