Resear

chPaper
I
ntegr
ati
ngSoci
all
yChall
enged
communit
ywit
hPubli
cPl aza

“I
nt hedesiretobecol laborati
ve,dont
f
orgetleadership.Dontbeembar rasedto
l
ead.Therear et oomanyef fort
swher eit
s
allaboutgetti
ngever yonet othetabl
e.
Everyonegoesawayf eeli
nggood,butno
064
a18bat

one’
sdoi ngant hi
ng.”
01f

YashN Bar
wal -
FrankH Beal
yaahbar
wal
12@gmai
l.
co
 Ar
eaofConcer
n Theor
eti
calBackgr
ound
Human i s a soci
albeing belongi
ng t o groups or gender i dentit
y, t hey Facili
ti
es for social these communi t
y is these communi t
y is
andwehavebeenl i
ket
his communi t
ies. suddenlyfind themsel ves exclusionorhomel essl i
ke i
mpor t
ant because t o i
mpor t
ant because t o
tr
adi t
ionall
y,wehavebeen Whenaper sonisdif
ferent dist
ract
edf rom thegr oup/ these communi ties ar e decrease t he povertyin decrease t he povertyin
l
iving in groups f
rom pre ei
ther in t
heir communi t
yt hatiswhenhe minimalandar erestrained the count r
ya and t o the count r
ya and t o
histor
ict i
mes.So humans appearance/ politi
cal becomes a ost racize tocertainneedsonl y. provide soci
al provide soci
al
haveani nnat
esenseof vi
ews/ physical beingorsoci alexcl
usion. Theneedf ordesigningfor protecti
onand str
onger protecti
onand str
onger
appearance/ society. society.

There ar e many such Ther esearchtri

est odr
ive acent r
e. design can act as an
communi ti
es whi ch ar e i
ntot he notso looked at The r esearch was t hus catal
ystt o sol
ve societal
going thr
ough these fi
eld of psychol ogy of requir
ed f or f oll
owi ng dif
ferences.
harassment i n many human ost raci
sm whi l
e reasons: - To know how sol ving
countri
es t hroughout the ostr
acism exi
sts i
n -Just i
fi
cati
on abouthow i
ssues can empower t he
world. dif
ferent shades. hence, bringi
ng such vul nerable communi ti
es.
Some of t he few thi
sr esearchwasneeded communi ti
est oget
hercan
communi ti
esini ndiaf
acea to addr ess issues that bebeni f
ici
al.
ri
skofdi scri
mi nati
on, ari
sewhi leproposingsuch -Tounder standhow

harrasement and Thesoci etydosentascept nature of r ej

ecti
on and
vict
imizationinhealthcare, them becauset heyarenot socialexclusi
on.
discri
mi nated agai nst in aware about t
here Since these communi ti
es
terms of educat i
on, capabili
ties and abili
ti
es are diff
erentfrom others,
empl oyment and access whi chtheycoul dgiveback the society excl
udessuch
public ameni t
ies and they tosociety. groups wher e they lack
evenpr onet ostr
uggl efor There condi ti
on i n the basicnecessiti
esandbasic
socialjustice. outsi
de wor l
d are behaviouralaspects.
debatablediscussionasa

Ift
hesesoci et
alnor msand and soon these Emer
gingQuest
ions
i
ssuesar enotboughti nto communi ti
es wi l
l loose
att
ent i
on, t he soci all
y thereidenti
tyandhopefor -How doesar chi t
ectur ehelpinbr idgi
ngt hegapbet weent hei
rneedsandcr eating
challengedi ndividual
swi ll healt
hy and shel tered opportuniti
est owar dsbecomi ngcont ri
butingmember soft hesociety?
continue suf f
ering from l
ivinginthecomingfuture. -Whatmakesdi f
fer
entcommuni t
iesco-existtogether?
somet hing whi ch i s so -Whatwoul dbeani dealt ypologythatembodi esthepr incipl
eofacommunel ivi
ng?
i
ntengi ble and issues the -Wher e shoul d such t ypology convey and educat et he masses regarding these
societythinksisnotr i
ght . l
ongstandi ngsoci ali
ssues?
-Whatcoul dbet her easonf orthesocietyt onotexcept i
ngt hesecommuni t
ywi t
hin
thei
rnei ghbour hood?
-Whatchanges coul d be br oughti nthe life st
yle oft hese communi t
ies by the
proposedi nterventi
on?
-Wi l
lthe t hinking oft he peoplei nthe societycan be changed i nf avouroft hese
communi ti
es?
-Wi l
li ntegrating publ ic plaza withthe spaces f ort hese communi ti
es willbring
revol
utionar ychangei nt heindiancontext.

01
 Cr
iti
calSt
ance tosocietalbehaviourtheygothr
oughmanypsychi at
ri
c
dist
urbanceandef fectt
hei
rhealt
haswel l.
-Thechal lengewi l
lbet opr ovidet hei dent i
tyt othese -Usi ng these above anal
ysi
s eff
ecti
velyto cr
eat ea
communi tiesi nt he soci etyofi di
a bypr ovi ding t
hem buil
dingpr ogrammeandhencet ojusti
fi
abledesignto
opportunityt ol ear n,wor k and t of ull
fi
llt here basic sati
sfythecause.
necessiti
es.
-Topr ovi det hem ar i
ghtpl atformf ort heirl i
ving and
couldwi t
hst andbyt heirowni ntheout erwor ld.
-Chal l
enge t oint egratet he vulnerable communi ti
es
withthesoci et
y,sot hatsoci et
yget sf emi l
ierwi ththeir
Pr
ojectI
dent
ity
abil
it
iesandr i
ghtsi nt heexi sti
ngscenar io.
-Togetbackt hecer tai
ndegr eeofr espectandor der
towardst hesecommuni ties. Space Per
cept
ion Emot
ions
- To pr ovi de access and make awar e about t he
benefit
sandser vicespr ovidedbygover nmentt othem.
Theabove3nor
mswi l
lbethemajorar
chi
tect
uralkey
wordst
oachi
evetheproj
ecti
dent
it
y,
Met
hodol
ogy
Space isoneoftheel ementsofdesignofarchit
ecture,
-The st udy r efl
ect st he i niti
ative t o hei ghlightt he Thespacewi llgeti t
sdef i
nati
ononcet heuser sstart
pr oblemsf aced byt hese communi ti
esi nt he soci ety using i
tinthere own way,So designing a space for
and t o pr ovi de a sui tabl e desi gn appr oach t owar ds tr
ansgenders,streetchi l
dren and di
sabled begger s
bet termentoft hei rli
fest yleandi nheal thsect or . wil
lgive i
tsown i denti
tytothe space al
ong withthe
-The communi ti
eslike t ransgender s,st reetchi ldren, publi
c plaza wher e publi
c wil
lhave access tot he
disabl ed begger s l ives a chal lengi ng l ife l ike space.
discr imi nat ionf rom thesoci ety,lackofj oboppor tuniti
e,
l
ackpr operheal t
hcar e,l ackofbasi ceducat ion,t heir Perceptionissomet hi
ngt hatwillchanget heper son’
s
basi c needs and r equi rement s ar e notf ullf
il
led j ust abil
ityto see,hear,orbecome awar e ofthe certai
n
because t hey ar e di fferent i n t he appear ance, thi
ngsar ound t
hem.Thati sthemai nobj ect
iveoft hi
s
behavi ourorf i
nanci alunst abl etogett hesef aci l
iti
es. projectt
ochanget hepercept i
onoft hesocietytowards
pr oviding a ar chitectur alsol uti
on t ot hese pr obl ems these communiti
es,so thatt hese communi ti
escoul d
can be t he f ir
stat temptt o br i
ng t he change i nt he getacer tai
nposotioninthelivi
ngwor ld.
soci ety.
-St udyi ngt heconceptoff ami lyandst r
ategisinghow Emot i
ons Bot h cli
nicalliterature and bi ographi cal
to make t hese communi ties co- existt ogetherwi t
ha accounts suggestthatmany t ransgenderi ndivi
dual s
publ i
cspaceorpl azaandwoul dsui tthecont extwhi ch experi
enceshameorhaveexper iencedshameatsome
suppor tt he ai m and obj ect i
ves oft he pr ojectwhi ch pointintheirli
feforr easons r elated t
ot heirgender
coul d creat eai mpactt obr ing changei ntheexi sit
ng i
dentit
yand go t hr
ough di scriminat i
on i
nt he society,
wor l
d. Duet othi
st hei
remot ionsar ehur tand theygomany
- Casest udy of bui ldi ngs and under st
andi ng t he mentalstr
ess,
bui lding t echni ques,because t he communi ti
es l ike So the pr
ojectwi l
laim to cr eate a space f ort hese
transgender ,streetchi ldrenanddi sabl edbegger swi l
l communi t
iestoachievement alpeaceaswel l.
differi nt her e age and gender ,t her efore adopt i
ng
uni versaldesi gn t echi nqueswoul d be conveni entf or
thedesi gnpr oposaloft hebui lding.
-Li teratur est udyofbui l
di ngvi at heconceptofheal i
ng
archi tect ur e. Thi s concept coul d hel p t hese
communi tiest obr ingt hei rment alpeacebecausedue

02
 Ai
m
-Tocr eateashel t
erforvul nerablecommuni ti
es,apl acef ormetapsychosi
st olive,
l
ear n,dream,andt ocr eateasaf eheavenf orthesecommuni ti
esinneedwi thinthe
society.
-Todesi gnspacest hatshal lser
veaseducat ional,recr eat
ionalandli
veableent i
ties
to empowert he vulnerable communi t
ies wit
hl earning,knowl edge and organised
system ofdevelopment .
-To chnage t he per ception oft he soci
rtytowar ds t hese communi t
ies and t o
heighlightorshowcaset hereabili
ti
esandcapabi l
it
iest owardsthecontri
buti
ngwor ld
andt heresurroundings.

Obj
ect
ives

-Todesignaf aci
li
tyoranei ghbourhoodt othesevelnerablecommunit
iest
oimpr
ove
t
heirl
if
est yle.
-Toprovideaheal thyandhygeni cl i
vingenvironment.
-Toprovidewi thbasicright
sandneedi nthesociety.
-Togivethem acer
-Toknow t her
epot
t
ai
ent
ni
i
dent
altot
i
tyi
hei
nt
rf
ul
hesoci
lext
et
ent.
ythroughar chi
tect
ure. educat
ion

AretheyV isi
ble expl
oit
ati
on

No
Needf
ort
hepr
oject
Theresear
chtri
est odiveintothenotsosol ookedatf i
eldofpsychol
ogyofhuman i
ndividual
s?
ost
raci
sm whil
e ostraci
sm existsin dif
fer
entshades.Hence,t hi
sr esear
ch was
neededtoaddressissuesthatari
sewhileproposingsuchacent r
e.
Theresear
chwast husrequiredforf
oll
owingr easons:

Why?
-Justi
fi
cation abouthow bri
ngi
ng such vul
nerabl
e communit
ies t
ogethercan be
beni
fi
cial
.
-Tounder standhow desi
gncanactasancat al
ystt
osolvethesociet
aldif
fer
ences
andissues.
-Toknow how solvingi
ssuescanempowert hecommuniti
es.

Het
erosext
ual suppr
essi
on
ScopeandLi
mit
ati
ons

Aspect ssuchasf unding,owner shipetcwouldnotbedeal twit

hwi t
hinthescopeof
soci
ety
thet hesis.
Althoughar chit
ecturegr eat l
yinfluencestheambi enceofthespace,t hearchit
ect ’
s
visi
obj
oni
ect
snotal
i
ve oft
spacescr eat
waysguar
he pr
ed,t
ojecti
heext
ant
st
eedi
o st
entoft
i
nthel
mul
hatbei
at
if
eti
meoft
e heali
hebui
ng and i
ngsuccessfuli
l
di
ncl
ng.Ther
usi
sver
ve t
hr
eforet
hought
ough ar
chitect
ymuchdependedoneach
he
ure voi
lence i
dent
ity
i
ndi vidualuserandt heirmi ndset.

03
A pr
ojectl
ikethi
sone,isessent
ial
lyanar
gumentati
veproj
ect,whi
chhasen’
tbeen
pr
acti
call
yattemptedbef
oreandthushast
hepossibi
li
tyofbei
ngpurel
ytheor
it
ical
.
 Pr
ojectDefini
tion

Sincet heresearchl ooksatthreedi f

ferentcommuni ti
esthatar eseparat
edbyage,
genderand soci o-economi c stat
us,i tisimpor tantto understand t
he vari
ous
resources thatwer e studied t
o under st
and theirhierarchy inthe cur
rentsocial
construct.Tounder standthei
rvulnerabil
it
y,notjustthei
rhistor
ieswereexaminedbut
alsothedi f
ferentf
icti
onalandnon-f icti
onalmedi athroughwhi chthesecommuniti
es
havebeendocument ed overtheyear sbysoci alscienti
sts,hist
ori
ans,wri
ter
sand
academi cs.

To devel
op a gener alunder
standi
ng ofhow gender ,age and race l
eads t
o
di
scri
minati
otowardsthesevul
nerabl
ecommuni t
iesHistoryoftr
ansgenderchil
dby
Jul
esGi l
lPeterson,Blackonbot hside:A RacialHistoryoftransI
denti
tybyC.
Ril
eySnor t
onwer etheprimar
ysourcesforr
eferance.

Hist
oriesofthet ransgenderchilduncover saprevi
ouslyunknownt went i
eth-centur
y
hist
ory when t ransgender children not onl
y exist
ed but pr e-
existed the term
tr
ansgenderandi t
spr edecessors,playi
ngacent r
alrolei nthemedicat i
onoft r
ans
people,andal lsexandgender .Usingawealthofar chivalr
esearchfrom hospital
s
and cli
nics,JulesGi l
lPetersonr econstr
uctst
hemedi cali
zat
ionand raciali
zat
ionof
chil
dren’sbodies.

BlackonBot hSi deschal l

engest hehist
oricalaccountoftr
ansstudiesinventi
onby
excavat
ingabl ack t r
anspr esenceandper sonalongbeforemoder nart
iculat
ionsof
such.C.Ri l
eySnor tonoffersusawayt or eadt hehist
ori
calrecor
dinaf ashionthat
requi
restheunt houghtt obet hebasi softhef oundati
onforourclai
msofnewness,
demonstrati
ngt hatthereisnor evi
sionofwhati tmeanst obehumanwi thoutcomi ng
thr
oughbl ackness,pastandpr esent.

Anot
herarti
cleontheel
derl
ypopul
ati
onintr
ansgendercommuni
tyt
ri
edtoexpl
ain
t
hatt
ransgender
ism i
sal
mostaspr
eval
entamongtheelderl
yast
heyoung.

Yetolderpeople’
sexper i
enceswer eoftenpr of
undlydiff
erentfr
om thoseoft oday’s
tr
ansgenderyout h.Many oft hose pr
ofil
ed in dugan and fabbre’
s book di scuss
comingoutatat r
ansgender ism aged65oroveri denti
fi
edast r
ansgender ,compar ed
to0.
7% among13-t o24-yearol d.
Asthestudyprogr essed,thennedt ounderstandthepersonalexperi
encesofpeopl e
wholivedthr
ought heconsequencesofsoci etalt
aboosandi t’
shorrorsthatwasf elt
.

Transgenderhas been an i nt
egralpar tofIndi
an hi stor
y.Tr ansgenderhas been
mentionedinI ndianmyt hol
ogy,myt hs,Ramayana,Mahabhar ataet c.Whodoesnot
know thestoryofShakunii nMahabhar at
a?Itisalsoawel l
-knownf actaboutAr j
una
thathehadt ol osehi smasculini
tyforsomet i
meduet othecur seofawoman.The
mentionofTr ansgenderal sooccursf r
equentl
yinmedi evalhistory.
Butasf arasequalr ight
sofTr ansgenderareconcer ned,ther eisnosuchment i
onin
Moder nIndi
anhi story,t
il
lrecentpast.Evenafteratt
ainingi ndependence,t her
ewas
nosignifi
cantimpr ovementinthecondi ti
onandwor kingsi t
uationofTr ansgender.
04
 to under stand the r ole of
familyin cur rentsi tuati
on
Thephenomenonofst r
eetchil
dr enhasbeendocument edasf aras1848.I n1848, oft hechi ldrenwhoar e
LordAshleyref
eredtomor ethan30, 000“ nakedf il
thy,roamingl awlessanddeser ted homel ess.Ar ies ar gued that
chil
dreninRussiaduet othedevast ati
onf r
om Wor ld warIand Russi anCi vilWar . chil
dr enexi st
edal ongside
Abandoned chi
ldrenformed gangs,cr eated theirownar got,and engaged i npet y adul
t ts, and once t hey wer e
thef
tandprosti
tut
ion. pasti nf
ancy,t heypar ti
cipated
i
n t he l if
e of t he communi t
ies
Horati
oAlger’
sbook,” Tat
tered Tom” ,or“ TheSt oryofaSt reetAr ab (
1871)”,isan ar ound t hem, wor ki
ng ( and
earl
yexampleoft heappearanceofst r
eetchildreni nli
terat
ure.Thebookf ol
lowst he pl aying)wi thadul ts,withno
tal
eofahomel essgirlwhol i
vesbyherwi tsont hest reetsofNew Yor k,US.Ot her di sti
nctive practices ( orclothes)focused
examplesfr
om popularfi
cti
onincl udesKi mfrom kiplingsnovel ofthesamename. ont hem aschi l
dren.

Streetchildrenar eatermf orchi

ldrenexper ienci ng homel essnesswhol iveont he Gradual lymi ddl ecl assboyswer esi ngledoutf or
st
reet s ofa city.Homel ess yout
h are often cal led st r
etki ds and st retyout h,t he specialt reatmenti nt hef orm ofeducat ion,andt hi
swasevent ual ly,overt hecour seof
definati
onofst reetchi l
dreniscontested,butmanypr acti
tioner sand pol icymaker s twoort hreecent ur i
es,ext endedt omi ddlecl assgi rl
s,t hent owor kingcl asschi ldren.
useUNI CEF’sconceptofboysandgi r
ls,agedunderei ghteenyear s,forwhom “ the Forexampl e,dur ingcer tainper iodsofhi story,chil
dr enwer eexpect edt owor k,firstl
y
st
reet ”hasbecomehomeand/ ort
heirsourceofl ivel ihood,andwhoar einadequat ely wit
ht hei rfami li
es,and t henaswagel abour ers,inor dert hatt heyand t heirfami l
ies
protected orsuper vi
sed.St r
eetchildren ar e mi nor s who l i
ve and sur vive on t he couldsur vi
ve.Thi si sst i
ll
,ofcour se,thecasei nmanydevel opi ngnat i
ons.
st
reet s.Theyof tengrow upi npubli
cl andfil
ls,trainst ations,undert hebr i
dgeoft he
wor l
d’smaj orciti
es.Therearevariousfactorst hatr esi stthem t or eturni nthef ami les. Thecl
i asicwor kofvi vianaZel izer( 1985)expl oredtheshi ft
ingmeani ngofchi l
dhoodi n
Ast reetchildini ndi
aissomeone“ f
orwhom t hest r eet( inthewi destsenseoft he theUSA,showi ng how chi ldrengr adual lybecame‘ economi cal l
yusel ess’ast heyno
wor l
d,i ncl uding unoccupi ed dwel l
ings, l
ongerunder took wage l abour ,instead t hey became ‘ emot ional ly priceless’gi ving
wast eland,et c.
)hasbecome hi sorher meani ng t ot heirpar ent sl i
ves.Nowdays,howeveri ndust r
ialized West ern societies
habitual abode and/ or sour ce of demandschool wor kfrom chi ldreni nor dert opr eparet hem asf ut uremember soft he
l
ivelihood, and who i s i nadequat ely l
abourf orce,andt hisisi ncr easingl ythecasegl obally.
protect ed, super vised, or di rected by
responsi bleadul ts”. Childrens as act ive i ndividual s,ar et hus const rained by t he var i
ous i nstit
it
ions,
str
uctur esand cul turesi nwhi cht heyf ind themsel ves-whet herschool s,fami l
iesor
TheUNI CEFhasdef i
nedandsegr egated physi calgeogr aphi es.Thesei nt urnshapet heirexper iencesofchi l
dhood.
‘
streetchi l
dren’i ntot hreecat egories:
1.Str eetLi vi
ngchi l
dr en:t hechi l
dr enwho Thepr ojectthusf ocusesi npr oviding asaf e,hygieni cand l ear ning spacef orthese
haver unawayf rom t hei rfami l
iesandl ive young communi t
iessot hatt heycoul d beapar tthebet termentoft hesoci et yint he
aloneont hest r
eet s. fut
ureaspect s.

2.Str
eetworki
ngChi l
dr en:chi
ldr
en,who
spend mostofthei
rtimeont hest r
eets,
feedi
ng for t
hemselves, but returni
ng
homeonar egularbasis.

3.Chil
drenfrom st
reetf
amil
ies:chi
ldren
who lives on the str
eet
s wi t
h t hei
r
fami
li
es.

Whati sChil
dhoodandhow di ditcome
tostreet?
This sect
ion examins t
he process of
chil
dhood, hist
ory of chil
dhood and
tr
ansit
ionofthi
sprocessin21stcent
ury
05
 detailint hisr eview,a combi nati
on off actors
appear stobei nvol ved.
Histor
ical
ly,asearl
yast hewritt
enwordappear s,ref
erencestobeggingar ef
ound, Culturalatti
tudest owar dsbeggi ngmayal sobe
withsomeoft heserefer
encesbeingspecif
ical
lytodisabledbeggars. af actori nt he deci sion to beg ort o avoid
Beggingisanact i
vit
ywhi chal
lowsanindi
vidualtocalluponpeoplewithwhom heor beggi ng.Forexampl e,wher e aut onomy and
shehasnocl oseti
esf orsmalldonat
ionstomeetbasi cneeds.Itisamechani sm self
-suffi
ciency i s st ressed,beggi ng may be
thr
oughwhi chthecommuni tyensur
esthatit
sver ypoorestmemberswillnotst
arve. considered a par ticularl
y demeani ng opt i
on.
Wher er eligious t eachi ngs praise peopl ef or
AnUr
banPhenomenon givi
ngt ot hosel essf ortunat
e,beggi ngmaybe
l
essf rowneduponandbeggar smaybeseenas
Ther ear eanumberofr easonswhybeggar sar emorecommoni nur banar east han contri
buting t ot he wel fare ofsociet y.As one
i
nt hecount ryside.Peopl einur banar eastendt obemor eisolat
ed,know l essabout frai
loldermansi tt
ingont hestepsofahi ndu
theirimmedi ateneighbour sandl it
tl
eornot hingaboutpeopl ewhol iveinot herpar ts templei nIndi acar efullyexplained,“ Ihelppeopl egeti
ntoheaven.Theygi
vemeal
ms;
oft heirci t
y.Beggar scan be mor e anonymousand aut onomous,aski ng forhel p theygetf avourf rom t hegods. ”( Groce:unpubl ishedi
nter
view,2010)
.
withouthavi ngpeopl eknow muchaboutt hem orpassj udgementont hebeggaror
thebeggar ’sfami l
y,whomaybeunabl eorunwi l
li
ngtosuppor tt
hem. Educat
ionandski
ll
slevel
s
Beggar si n urban ar eas ar e also li
kelyt o make mor e money,as t hey ar e not
cont i
nuallyr equestingalmsf rom t hesamel i
mitedpopulation,asist hecasei nr ural
Anotherkeyquest i
oni swhybeggi ngmightbeseenast hebestoronl yoptionavailable,
areas,smal ltownsandvi l
lages. eit
herbyt heindividual sort hesocietyi
nwhi cht heylive.Theliteratureonpover t
yand
Thisl i
nkbet weenbeggi ngandt hegr owthofur bancent resisnotonl yofhi storical
disabili
tyindicatest hatbeggi ngmaybet her esultofaser i
esof“ knockon”event si n
i
nter est.The unpr ecedent ed gr owth and increasingl
yrapi d pace ofruralt o urban
thelivesofpeopl ewi thdisabil
it
iesandnotj ustasasi ngledecisionbasedonper ceived
migr ati
ongl obal l
y(UNHabi tat,2003)meanst hatbeggingmaywel lgrowr apidl
yover
l
imited choicesofl ivelihoods.Peopl ewhoar ebor nwi thadi sabili
tyorwhobecome
thecomi ngdecadesasmi ll
ionscont inuetopouri ntourbanar easf r
om the disabledi nchildhoodoradol escencear eof t
enexcl udedf rom mai nstr
eam educat i
on
surroundi ngcount r
yside orjob traini
ng,f acesoci alexclusionfr
om t hegener alcommuni t
y,and exper iencea
l
ackoff ami l
ysuppor tand low self-
est
eem. Furthermor e,i
ndividualswhoar eal ready
ToleranceOfBegger s poorbef ore becomi ng disabled have f
ewerr esources orl i
ttl
e“ start
-up”capi talt o
enabl ethem totakeupanot herlineofwork.Thesef actors,combi nedwi thsocialsti
gma
Suppor tisnotgivent oallbeggarsequal l
y.Inever ysociety,therearepriori
ti
esabout andexcl usionf r
om f ami lyandcommuni tynet works,of t
enmakei tdiff
icultorimpossible
groupswhi chdeser vesuppor tfrom thegener alpubl
icandchar i
tabl
eor ganizat
ions forpeopl ewithdi sabi l
it
iestolocateandmai ntainempl oymentinei therthef or
malort he
and gr oups which,f orwhat everr easons,do not .Thi s has been labell
ed as a informaleconomy.
dist
inction between the “deserving” and t he “undeserving” poor( St
one,1984) .
Beggi ng by indi
viduals whom t he public considers deserving because they are
otherwise unablet o meetthe mostbasi c ofneeds–such ast he need forfood,
housing,and cl othi
ng – ist ol
erated;beggi ng by t
hose t he publi
c perceives as
undeser vi
ngbecauset heyare“ l
azy”or“ choosenott owor k”

What makes people wi

th
di
sabi
li
ti
esdeci
det
obeg?

Lostint hi
sl argerl iterat
urei sa
discussion ofwhy some peopl e
with disabil
it
ies choose t o beg.
Presumabl y,thedeci sionisbased
onaser i
esofvar iables,including
personalci r
cumst ances,t hel ack
orper ceived lackofal t
ernati
ves,
the need t o provide f oronesel f
,
one’sfami l
yorot her s,aswel las
factor
ssuchast hepsychol ogi cal
makeupoft
As wi l
hei
lbe expl
ndivi
or
duali
ed i
nvol
n gr
ved.
eat er 06
 Theprovisi
onoft heseservi
cestothegeneralpubli
cwi l
lhel
ptocreateawelcomi
ng
atmospherefortheusers,whichwil
lbethemai nfocusofthespace'sdesi
gn.Int
his
Evol
uti
onofRet
aili
nIndi
a way,theint
erventionwi
llatt
empttoful
lyreal
isethethesi
s'obj
ecti
ves.

Int
he80’s I
nthe90’s Af
ter1995’
s Successf
ulpublicplaces,accordi
ngt otheCenterforPublicSpace,shoul
dbeeasil
y
Fai
r/Bazar St
reetMar
ket Mal
ls accessi
ble,wellconnected,comfort
able,at
tract
ivevisual
ly,l
ivel
y,andconvi
vial
.
Focussi
ngont hesekeypoi ntst
heintervent
ionwillbeproposed.

Theci t
ycentreisthear eaofaci tywher eCommer ce,Entert
ainment,Shoppi ngand
Poli
ti
calpowerar e concent r
at ed.Ur ban city cent r
es have combi ned shopping, Thr
oughmyr
esear
ch,f
eat
urest
hati
snecessar
yfordesi
gni
ngaci
tycent
rear
e:
l
earning and recreati
onalact ivit
ies wit
h entertainmentto pr ovide useran overal
l
experience. -I
tispedest r
ian-fri
endly.
Citycentresare placeswher e peopl elive,wor k,learn and play.Theyper forma -I
thasmi xed-use( shops,r est
aur
ants,publ
icbuil
dings,publ
icspaces,apar
tment
s
numberofdi ff
erentfuncti
onsatt heheartsofur banar eas.Thesenumer ousrolesare andcul t
uralinsti
tuti
ons) .
fr
equent l
yoverlooked,withcitycent resboi l
eddownt obeingpl acesofretai
lbyt he -I
toff
ersasour ceofi dentit
y.
ongoingdebat eonhi ghstreets. -I
thasgr eenandbl uespace.
-I
thascaf esandr estaurantswhereyoucansittowatchli
fegoby.
-I
tiscolorful
.
Aim ofthePr oj
ect -I
tisaccessiblet oever yoneandhasaf ri
endlyvi
be.
To create a space whi
ch can f
orm the nodes f
or hol
ding and experi
encing -I
tisclean.
commer ci
al,cul
tur
alandsoci
alact
ivi
ti
es;aci
tycent
reat
amuchr educedscale. -I
toff
ersar tandcul ture.
-I
thassi destreetsthatyoucanexpl ore.
Obj
ect
ives
-Enhancingconsumerchoi cebymaki ngprovisionforar angeofshoppi ng,l
eisure
andlocalservices.
-Suppor t
ing eff
icient,compet i
ti
ve and i
nnovative r
etail
,leisure,t
ouri
sm and other
sect
ors,withimpr ovingpr oduct i
vit
y.
- Creati
ng addi ti
onal empl oyment oppor tunit
ies and an i mproved physical
envi
ronmentt o del i
vermor e sust ai
nabl
e pat t
erns ofdevel opment,ensuri
ng that
l
ocati
onsar efull
yexpl oi
tedt hroughhigh-densit
yandmi xedusedevel opment.
-Ensuring thatt own cent res should provi
de an at t
racti
ve,accessible and safe
envi
ronmentf orbusi nesses,shopper sanduser s.

Ci
tyCent
reEncompasses:
1.Publi
cLibrary
2.Publi
cGar dens
3.Cafe/Restaurants
4. Socio Cultural acti
vit
y
centr
e
5.ConventionalMar ketor
Bazar.
6. Communi ty Gat ther
ing
space

07
 Thisplanetisdominat
edbyt hehumanspeci esbutt her
ear eotherspeci
eswhichare
alsoincl
usiveinourworldbutwit
hami norrol
e.Butevenwi t
hinthedominanthuman
worldthere ar
e di
ffer
entsmall
erwor l
di n whi
ch there’
sa heirar
chylivi
ng ofhuman
beingsandt heseheir
archi
espreventwhonat ural
lydon’tbelongtobeexcludedfrom
thesociet
y.

“Asharedpurposeiswhatbr
ings Whatmakest
hem notbeapar
tofourhumanwor
ld?

peopl
et oget
herandmakesthem Thi
schapt
communit
erexpl
y.
orest
hedi
ff
erentwaysbtwhi
cht
hehumansf
rom t
hei
rowncul
tsand

st
rong” Ifwe lose si
ghtofourpeopl e and iftheyar e notpartofourdai l
yl i
fe,we wi
lllose
something very val
uable,the abil
it
yt o constantl
yredefi
ne ourselves i
nrelat
ion to
other
s.We need t o star
tcreating spaces di f
fer
entl
y,thatcr eat
es and faci
lit
ates
encountersbetweendi f
fer
entpeoplet osharer i
tual
sandact i
vit
ies.

Weneedt ounderstandthefactthathumansworkwithdi
ffer
entpeople.I
t’
simport
ant
because i
t’
sthe connect
ion bet
ween an i
ndi
vidualand someone el
se di
ff
erentt
hat
makesthepersontheyare.

Whati
sIncl
usi
on?
SocialInclusioni sthepr ocessbywhi chef fort
saremadet oensur eequaloppor t
unit
ies
thatever yone,r egardlessoft heirbackgr ound,canachi evet heirfullpotentialinli
fe.
Suchef fortsincludepol ici
esandact ionst hatpromoteequalt opubl icservicesaswel l
asenabl e cit
izen’spar ti
cipat i
on int he decesi on maki
ng pr ocessest hataf fectthei r
l
ives.
Fami l
y
"Famil
y:whati si t?Theywer et heoneswhomadeyout heirown.Theywer et heones
whocameandst ayed,regar dlessoft hegoodorbad,t hepar t
sort het otal
.Itwasabout
somethinggr eater,mor eexpansi vet hanj ustsharedDNAorf ami l
yties.Overt heyear s,
wehad var iousf amili
es.Thef amil
ieswecamef r
om,thef ami l
ieswemade,and t he
communi ti
esyoumoved t hroughwhi leal lofthiswasgoi ng on—f riends,lover s,and
occasional l
yevenst ranger s—ar eourf ami l
ies.Wecouldn' texpectanyoft hem t obe
fl
awless,sononeoft hem ar e.Oneper soncannotbecomeyourent i
reuni verse.The
tri
ckwast odesi gnyourenvi ronmentoutofwhateachcoul doffer.
"  
How ar ecommuni ti
esf ormed?
Communi ti
esdi ff
erf r
om gr oupsi nt hattheyhaveasenseofcohesi onbr oughtaboutby
a shar ed backgr ound,i nterest,orgoal .Although ever ygr oup ofi ndivi
dualscan be
ref
erredt oasagr oup,notal lgroupscanber ef er
redt obecommuni t
ies.
Throughouthi story,gr oups ofpeopl e have f ormed communi ti
es t oincrease their
chances ofser vival.They may have shar ed an i nt
eresti n pr oviding food f
ort heir
famili
es.
Bringingthesecommuni ti
est ogetherwi llhelpt hem realisethatal t
houghhavi ngvar i
ed
needs,t heyal lexper i
encedi scri
mi nati
onandl ackt her espectt heyar eduei nsociety.
Alt
hough t he desi gn maybe based on f ut
ure per spect i
ves,t he endeavourt o bri
ng
aboutachangewi llbet hemai nfocusoft hi
sr esearch.I nclusionoft hesecommuni ti
es
wi
t
t
hi
honeanot
nkingofsoci
herandwi
ety.
tht hesoci etywi l
lbet hemai nfocust ochanget he
08
C
aseSt
udy
Cl
i
Ar
ent-Kol
chit
kataMunci
ect-Charl
palCor
esCorea
por
ati
on

Si
teAr ea-10700M Sq
Cl
imate-HotandHumi

NameofAr chit
ect:Wal kerArchi
tectGroup
Cli
ent:Cit
yReal i
t yandDevelopmentPr i
vateLi
mat
ed
LandscapeArchitect:ShobhaBhopalkar
YearofCompletion:201 1
 SelectCi t
yWal kisa1. 3mi ll
ion. sqf
t.aircondi ti
oned,
vi
br antand upscal edest inationshoppi ng centre.Thi s Ent
ry/Exi
t
i
s a par t of an over allcompl ex of 54 acr es t hat
compr isesoft hreefl
oor sofof i
cespace,i ndia’
sf ir
stSi x RoadConf
li
ctAr
ea
screen,t wo gol d class and f ourPr emierCl ass PVR
Cinemas, and appr ox 1 l akh sq. f
t of ser viced
Apar t
ment s.Itiscent repieceof54acr e,welpl anned Tr
aff
icMovement
business di stri
ct.Iti s an i nter
esti
ng hybr id of a
european hi gh streetand an encl osed shopi ng mal , Sel
ectCi
tyMal
l
witha240m f acadeover lookinga100, 00squar efootof
outdoorpl azaand4acr el andscapepar k. MGFMal
l

DLFMal
l

Gr
eenAr
ea
-Tounder standthesrvi
cesusedinacitycentr
e.
-Tounder standtheplanni
ngandzoningofthe Sout
her
nPar
kMal
l
shoppingmal l.
-Topunder standhow aCitycent
reatt
ract
smor e
people.
-Tounder standtheminimum f
aci
li
ti
esrequir
ementofa
cit
ycent r
e
-Tounder standhow aspaceworkswithmulti
ple -Itiseasil
yaccessi
blet
hroughPUBLI C TRANSPORTi
.e.DTC buses,Met
ror
ail
,
acti
vit
ies. r
ickshaws,andthr
oughpri
vatevehi
cles.

-Therei
sprobl
em i
ncrossi
ngofroadasnoPedestri
anfaci
li
tyli
keFOB,Subwayi
s
provi
dednear
bytoit
.So,numberofmodelconf
li
ctsaremore.

The sur
roundings t
o saket
Dist
ri
ct Centre is most l
y
resi
dent
ial, some of
commercial,green spaces
andpublicareas.

Resi
dent
ial

Publ
ic/
SemiPubl
ic

Commer
cial

Recr
eat
ional

1
0
 Fountain plays a very Half dome shapedAtt heupperl evelonthe
i
mpor tant r ole i n structure catched t hef r
ontf acad,space has
catchi
ng t he eyes of attracti
on of vi si
tors,been pr ovided f or
the shopper st op whi
o st chisvisi
blefrom theadver t
isements whi ch
byi tand spend some r oad. are vi si
ble f rom a
ti
mear oundi t. distance governing t
he
externalelevati
on.

El
ementsremi
niscentofver
nacul
arar
chi
tect
urel
iket
hef
ree-
standi
ngwal
ls
ofj
ant
ar-mant
ar

1
1
Gr
oundFl
oor Fi
rstFl
oor SecondFl
oor

-4Li
ftLobby -4Li
ftLobby -4Li
ftLobby
-2Washr
ooms -2Washr
ooms -2Washr
ooms
-IFeedi
ng -3Escal
ator
s -3Escal
ator
s
-Rest
ingRoom -6St
air
cases -6St
air
case
-3Escal
ator
s -Exi
tofCi
nemaf
rom secondf
loor
-At
ri
um AtEnt
rance
-4Di
ff
erentEnt
rances
-Atf
rontSi
de
-ThePl
aza
-IEnt
ryf
rom r
earsi
de
-6St
air
cases

1
2
1
3
1
4
 Atthe 2011 census,Bi
dhannagarhad a popul
ati
on of218,
323 (
Mal
es 111,
363;
Femal
es106,960).

Bidhannagarhasanaveragel
it
eracyrateof90.
44% (hi
gherthanthenat
ionalaver
age
of74%) ,wi
thmaleli
ter
acyof93.08% andfemakeli
teracyof87.69%.

-MixedUse
- Essence of convent i
onalI ndi
an shoppi
ng
markets
-Open,cl ust
eredpl
anni ng
-Open,cl ust
eredpl
anni ng
-Commer ci
al+Cultural+Soci alaura
-Buil
tf or
m
-Publicspacesandi nterr
elat
ionshipofdi
ver
se
acti
vit
ies.

-Clust
er ed organi
zati
on r
eli
es on physi
calproxi
matelytorel
atei
ts spaces t
o one
anot
her.
-To create a space which can f
orm t
he node f
orhol
ding and exper
ienci
ng -Often consistsofrepet
it
ive,cel
lul
arspaceshavi ng si
mil
arf
unct
ionsand sharea
commercial commonvi sualtrai
tssuchasshapeoror i
entat
ion.
,cul
tur
alandsocialact
ivi
ti
es.

-It
sin a way a hybri
d bet
ween a convent
ion cent
re ora cul
tur
alhub and a
commercial
cent
reatamuchr educedscal
e.

-Asacit
ycentrer
equi
restoi
ncorpor
atet
hedemandst
hepr
esentdemogr
aphyasks
f
orcomerci
alandcul
tur
alHub.

1
5
-Thi sprojecthost salameni t
iesandut il
it
iesthatacont emporaryproper
tybuyer
sas
wellast hepubl icvisit
orswouldaspi retohavewi thinacommer ci
alcomplexwhich
aret houghtfull
yar ranged.
-Citycent recompr isesofResidenti
alplotsofdi ff
erentdimensions.
-Citycent refloorpl anenablesbestut i
li
zationofthespace.
-Fr om styli
shf lori
ng tospaciousbal conies,st
andar d ki
tchensizeand hi
ghqualit
y
fi
xtures,ever ylitt
ledetailher
egiveitanat t
ract
ivel ook.
-Themast erpl anoft hisproj
ectincl
udesmanyf acili
ti
esthatcoll
ecti
vel
yguarant
eea
hasself r
eel i
festyle.

Bui l
ti n charles Cor r
ea’ s signature
style,citycent r
eSal tLakei ssimple,
elegantand under stat
ed wi thaver y
stronggeomet ry.Thecel ebrationthat
i
s a par t of an ent ertainment
exper ience i s pr ovided by t he
j
udi cious use of br i
ght col ors on
some sur face. The f ramewor k is
si
mpl e,sothatt heshopt heycont ain
can have t hei r own vi sibli
ty and
promi nence. A f air amount of
greener yisi ncluded throughoutt he
compl extopr ovi
dewar mthand
i
nti
macy.Thecont
exti
sver
yIndi
anand t
heexper i
encei sver ycont empor aryand
yout
hful
.

1
6
STUDYOFOPEN SPACES SI
TEPLAN ANDI
TSORI
ENTATI
ON
-Openspacesaremergedwi t
hwhol
ecomposit
ion -Clustered organi
zati
on reli
es on physi
calproxi
mitytor el
ateit
s spaces t
o one
-Act
ivi
ti
essur
roundi
ngfocusedwi
ththeopenspacei
nbet
weenwi
thkundatent
rance anot
her.
-Often consist
sofr epet
it
ive,cell
ularspaceshaving si
mil
arfunct
ionsand shar
ea
commonvi sualtrai
tssuchasshapeoror ient
ati
on.
LI
NKAGEELEMENTS/SPACES/BREAKOUTAREA
CI
RCULATI
ON PATTERN
-Connectingcor ridorsspeci
all
yhi
ddenlinebetweenouterstr
eet
stowardsinsi
de. -Parametri
cvehi
cul
armovementf orparkingandmovementthr
ough.
-It
sincl
usi venessf oronewithnoboundariestoseparat
eitfr
om t
hestr
eet,iti
sopen -Parki
ngisdist
ri
but
edthroughoutthesitetoenhancet
heallut
ili
tyareaoft
hesi
te.
t
oeveryoneal li
ncomeandagegr oups. -Pedestr
ianmovementatrandom natur
almovementinsi
deproject.
-Materi
alsusedf orpavementofmallr
esembl est
hestreet.
-Treeplacementi npathwaysandli
ghtarrangement.
CLUBBI
NGOFVARI
OUSACTI
VITI
ES
-Thecloseproximi
tyoff
orms.
STUDYOFSHADOW PATTERN -Var
iousacti
vit
iesarecl
ubbymeansofcor
ri
dor
s,pl
azas.
-Theplaywit
hlightandshadowi sent
ertai
nedbypeopleatdiff
erentti
meanddif
fer
ent
senseofspace.
-Asplazaisint
erconnect
ingelementtheacti
vit
yperf
ormedinthisplacei
mpar
tsmuch
l
eisur
e.
-Theshoppingwi t
henter
tainmentconceptofshoppert
ainment
.

1
7
 GROUND FI
RSTFLOOR
FLOORPLAN PLAN

1
8
 SECOND THI
RDFLOOR
FLOORPLAN PLAN

1
9
 KEYOBSERVATI
ONS

Openi
ngs on Sout
hwest The i
nter
linki
ng cor
ridor
s Segr
egat
ion of act
ivi
ties
andSout
heastdi
rect
iont
o f
aci
li
tat
e const
ant ai
r t
hrough l
evel
s, define
f
aci
li
tat
e t
unnel ef
fect ci
rcul
ati
on and end att
he uni
nter
rupt
eduserspeci
fic
bet
weenbl
ocks. Kundaspace. moment
.

Kund i
n sout
heast The kunda space i s
provided on t he l
onger
di
rect
ion t
o havepl
easi
ng
axis of the si
teto have
sundur
ingt
hedayt
ime. maximum exposur etothe
roadside

20
 MAJORFEATURES

OpenFor
mat
-Toavoidsunli
ghtinsummerandr ain,ithaslarge
pedestr
ianwalkwayscoveredbyapol ycarbonateroof
.
-Thebuildi
ngsalongsi
dearesoarrangedt hattheyprovide
dif
fusedsunli
ghtandt her
oofat25f tabovet heground
enhancesthesenseofopenness.

Rel
axedAmbi
ence
ThatBoundl
essFeel
ing
-Spacious‘adda’spacewher ethekolkat
anorhis
guestcantrul
yr elaxovercuppaandconversat
ion.
-Theabsenceofaboundar ywallmakesci
tycentr
ean -Awel comehybr i
ddi ff
erencebetweenanaturaland
integr alpartoftheci
tyratherthanagatedcomplex. conditi
onedenvir onment.Astreetf
eelwit
houtt he
-Apl acet hatdosen’
tscream f
orattent
ionandyetcan’tbe str
eet.
ignor ed.

Fusi
ngt
heBaz
aarandMal
l Judi
ciousact
ivi
tymi
xandmor
evar
ity
-Theindianbaz aarformati sformalandhasi nt
ensel
y -Citycentrehascommer ci
alacti
vit
ies,shoppi ng,f
ood
personalizedsellercustomeri nteract
ion. andent ertainment .
-Itisalsomor eplur al
ist
ic. -Ithast hehighestnumberofoodout letsamongany
-Thewest ernmal lformati scharacteri
zedbymammot h mal li
nkol kata.
retai
lersselli
ngpr imarilybrandedpr oductstosegmented -Ithasaf ourscr eenmulti
plexandal arge10000sq. f
t
customer s. electr
onicgamesandent ertai
nmentsect ion.
-Cit
ycent rerepresentsahar mor iouspresenceofboth. -Ithasshopper sstopasananchorandnear ly200
otherout l
ets.
21
I
NFERENCES I
N CONCLUSI
ON

-Theact
ivi
ti
eslinkedtogetherbymeansofli
nkingel
ements,whi
ch -Correa’
sdesign of
fer
sa ki
nd ofbenchmar
kforal
lsuch mal
ldesi
gns,
notonl
ysatisf
iesthefuncti
onofact
ivi
tycr
eatesharmony. especi
all
yini
ndiaandnepal.
-Conceptofconvent
ionalI
ndi
anmar
ket
placei
srepl
icat
ed. -Wonder fulasi ti
s,corr
ea’sdesi gnnotjustaski l
lf
ulpieceofar chitect
ure
butan ar gument ,once again,aboutt he relevance ofmany ol d spatial
-The space,vol ume and f or
m i s desi
gned consideri
ng the types of tradit
ionst oourmostcont emporar yarchit
ecturalneeds.
enclosuresandtheci r
culat
ionpat t
ern.
-Cor rea’sdesi gnisaboutasoci abl
econnect ionbetweent hemal lasa
-Cor r
eahaskeptt heairconditi
onedspacesdeeperi nsi
desot hatgretsthe shoppi ngspace,andt hecit
yi nwhi chitstands.
vi
sit
ori s al
ways the embrace ofopen space and penet rabl
e builtform
whichpul l
syouin. -Thei nternati
onalmodeloft hemal lisofacompl etel
yseal ed boxwhi ch
keepst hecit
youtwhi chthri
vesont urni
ngi t
sbackonwhati soutt here.
-Consi derat
ion ofOrient
ati
on oft he bui
ldi
ng as i
tcr eat
es shades and
shadowsont heexter
nalsurfaces. -Ai r
-condi ti
oningisthemostdi rectexpressionofthisatti
tude.Out si
deai r
maynotf low f
reelythr
oughi ndoorspaceast hebar r
iertoairisalosf el
tas
-Obst ruct
edservici
ngi nst
agger edblocki
ngplannin. abar riertoourownmovement .

-Notmuchscopef
ori
nfor
malact
ivi
ti
es. -The vent
ilat
ion system,we unconsiousl
ynote asvi
sit
ors,i
sal so subt
ly
aboutthe ease with which peopl
e’smovementmayf l
ow in and outofa
bui
ldi
ngalongwi thai r.

-Theseef
for
tsofthear
chi
tectisapparenti
nthelayoutandt
hef
unct
ioni
ng
oft
hecomplexalmost17yearsaft
erit
’scomplet
ion.
22
 NameofSheme: Gari
maGr eh-Shel terHomef
or
Transgenders
Int
roducedby:CentralSocialJusti
ceandEmpower
ment
Department
Beneficary:Alltr
ansgenderper son/Communit
y
PortalUnder:CewntralGovernment

CaseSt
udy -aninf ormation/Chi
ldHelpli
nef orchi
ldrenand
guardiansi nneed
-repatriati
onofchi l
drentotheirfamil
ies
-tempor aryandper manentshelterhomes
-regulareducat i
onandmai nstr
eami ngintoschool
s
andcol l
eges.
-medi calcare,provi
sionofwaterandsani t
ation

Workasacatalystinbr
ingingsustai
nablechangei
nthe
l
ivesofunderpri
vil
egedchildr
en,youthandwomen,wit
h
alif
e-cycl
eapproachofdevelopment.
 Shel
terHomef
orTr
ansgenderPer
sons-Gar
imaGr
eh
Mai
nPur
poseofGar
imaGr
ehScheme UnionSoci alJusticeandEmpower mentMi nisterThawarchandGhelothaveintr
oduced
theGar imaGr eh,ashel t
erfortransgenderpeopl eon25t hNovember2020,Vadodar a,
Themai npur poseofGar imaGr ehwhi chisknownasShel t
erHomei stoprovideshelter Gujarat.
totransgenderper sonslikeShel ter,food,medicalcare,andot herfacil
it
ies. Themai nobject i
veistopr ovideshel t
ert ot het r
ansgenderpersonwi t
hsomebasi c
needsl ikeshelter,f
ood,medi cines,andr ecr eati
on.
The mosti mpor tantmot i
ve behi nd thisShel
terhome scheme f ortransgenderi st o
provideasuppor tsystem forbuildingskil
ldevelopmentoft r
ansgenderper sonsinthe I nthisschemeof”Shel t
erHomesf orTransgender ”10cit
ieshavebeeni dent
if
iedfor
communi tytoleadt heirli
fei ndignityandrespect . sett
ingup13sel ect
edShel t
erHomesi nt hecount r
yonexper i
mentalbasistoi
mpr ove
thecondi ti
onsofTr ansgenderper sons.
Thisschemewi llhelpthetr ansgendercommuni t
yt odevelopself-confi
denceandsel f Theci t
iesincludeVadodr a,NewDel hi
,Pat na,Bhubaneswar ,Jai
pur,Kol
kata,Manipur,
motivatetofacet hewor l
dwi thpride.TheCent r
alGover nmenthast akent hisact
ioni n Chennai ,Raipur,Mumbaiet c.
ordertomaket heTr ansgendercommuni t
ygetal lthebasicri
ghtsandpl aceinIndia.

Gar
imaGr
ehSchemeFaci
lit
ies TWEETFoundat
ion:Mumbai
Shelterhomesf ortransgenderSchemehaveaver ywonder f
ulmoti
veandi tprovi
des
certainfaci
li
ti
estotransgenderpeopl ei
nIndia.Thegovernmenthasmadet hefacil
it
ies
totheTr ansgenderper sonwhodoesn’ thaveshelt
erorthosewhohaver emovedf rom
thehouse,suchki ndoft ransgenderpeoplecanaccesst hesefaci
li
ti
es.Below i
st he
l
istoff aci
li
ti
esthatarepr ovidedbytheCent r
alGovernment.

24
OurAct
ivi
ties
Transgenderper sonsacr ossIndiahavel ongbeendi scri
minatedandost raci
seddue
totheirgenderidentit
y.Thereisahugel ackofsocialsuppor tandincl
usioninfamil
ies,
public spaces,educat ion i
nsti
tutes and wor kplaces.The i ssue f
oreconomi cally
deprivedpeoplei scompoundedast herear enoorf ew pol
iciesthatprot
ectthem and
helpt hem accessbasi chealt
hcar e,legalrights,educati
onand empl oyment .Hence
Tweett akesatwo-foldapproachi naddr essingtheissues:

1)Wepr ovidehandholdingsupporttotransgenderper
sonsi naccessinghealthand
l
egalservices,educati
on and employment,supportto accessinf
ormation and get
gender-
aff
irming car
e.We bui l
d awarenessamongstcommuni t
ymember st o bui
ld
thei
rcapacitytor
aisetheirvoi
cesandadvocat efort
hei
rr i
ghtsi
nvariousspaces.
2)Increasing publi
c awarenessaboutt ranspersonsand thei
rhuman rightissues,
sensi
ti
sationofi ndi
vidual
s,corpor
ate,lawmakers,advocacywi t
ht hegovernmenti n
orderto mainstr
eam and ensureinclusion oft
rans-f
ri
endl
ypol i
ciesand creati
on of
tr
ansfriendlyspaces

Whol
esomeDevel
opmentandCar
eofResi
dent
s
SkillDevelopment
Toempowerourr esident
sandmaket hem independentenoughtoleadasust ainabl
e
l
ife,wehelpt hem pr
eparef ort
hewor l
d.Wepr ovi
deanover al
lCareerReadyPr ogram
forthem wher et
heyl ear
nsel f
-awar
eness,careerawareness,workskil
ls,di
gitaland
fi
nanciall
it
eracy,workethicsandetiquet
tes,busi
nessconversat
ions,andmuchmor e.

MentalHeal thCounsell
ing
Wepr ovideeverydayonl
inecounsel
li
ngsessi
onstoourresi
dent
sandonceaweekwe
havein-personsessi
onswherewedomi ndful
nessacti
vit
iesandYoga.

SweekarGr oup
SweekarGr oup isa pan I
ndi
a suppor
tnetworkmade byt he suppor
ti
ve parentsof
LGBTQI A+childrenandadult
s.Thi
sgrouphelpsbuildbr
idgesbetweenourr esi
dents
and thei
runsuppor t
ivepar
entsbyeducati
ng them onvari
ousgenderi dent
iti
esand
sexualori
entat
ions.

HealthCare
We or gani
se camps forvacci
nat
ions,genderaf f
ir
mati
on procedur
es,and ot
her
healt
hcare-r
elat
edneeds.Ourdoct
orsalsovi
sitourpremi
sestwiceaweektoseethe
resi
dents.
Cult
uralActi
vit
ies
Wecelebrat
eallf
esti
val
sandevent
sinGar
imaGr
eht
omakesur
ethatourenvi
ronment
st
aysincl
usi
veandf ul
lofl
if
e.

Car
eerReadi
nessPr
ogr
am
CareerReadi
nessProgram i
sa3mont
htr
aini
ngpr
ogr
am ai
medatbui
ldi
ngessent
ial
ski
ll
sforemployabi
li
ty.

The focus is on hel

ping indivi
duals devel
op skil
lslike Busi
ness communicat
ion,
Engli
sh,Digitaland FinancialLit
eracy,Professi
onalet i
quet
te and wor
k ski
ll
s.The
tr
aineeswillbegivencar eercounseli
ngandper sonal
izedmentoringtoexceli
ntheir
fi
eldofcareer.
25
i-i
ndi
a-Gi
vingst
reetchi
ldr
enf
utur
e
We serve over3000 benefi
ciar
ies each day r
unni
ng 10 key pr
ojectsrelat
ed to
educati
on, heal
thcar
e, rehabil
it
ati
on, and vocati
onal t
raini
ng, that help our
benefi
ciar
iest
hri
veinli
fe.

Educat
ion
863 chi
ldr
en were pr
ovided f
ormaleducati
on
thi
s year and 1450 chi
ldr
en were pr
ovided
non-f
ormaleducati
on
SHETAARK i sacol labor at i
vepr ojectbet ween
Flower ingTr ee,USA andI -Indi a,Jai purt or un
streetschool sf ort ransi entcommuni ti
es. The
pr oject spar ks a l i
ght of l ear ning,
Chi ldHel pline empower ment , per sonal gr owt h and
devel opmentf orst reetchi ldr ent hr oughi t
s16
Chi ld Li ne i s a 24 hour emer gency phone ser vice f or chil
dr en in di f
fi
cult streetschool s/ cent res.I tof fers a saf e and
circumst ances.Anychi l
di ncr isiscandi al1098f reeofcostandspeakt oaf r
iendly, nur turingpl acef orl ear ningandgr owt hf ort he
exper i
encedcounsel lor. streetchi l
dr en ofJai purwho do nothave,or
cannot obt ain, f ormalschool ing. Shwet aark
Theser viceseekst oai danychi l
dbel ow t heageof18whoi sinjured,sick,exploited, br i
ngscommi ttedt eacher sandst af ft ochi l
dr en
abused,i ndanger ,orl onel y.Theymaybest r
eetchi l
drenl i
ving ont hepavementor r ightwher et heyl i
ve.
railwayst ation,ornor malchi ldrenwi t
hnor malf amili
es.Par entsoftencal li
nsear chof Theul t
imat egoaloft hispr ojecti st oi nspi reandl auncht hechi l
dr ent ot hepoi ntof
ami ssingchi l
d. mai nst ream educat ionaswel last ooper atef ull
-fl
edgedschool s.Over1000chi l
dr en
i
n16di fferentl ocat ionshavebeenr eachedoutdai lythr
ought heseschool s/
cent res
1470 i ntervent ions bei ng car ried outby Chi l
d Line service in year2015- 16.The dur ingt hisyear .TheFl ower ingTr eeI NC isapr ojectpartnerandef fecti
vel yinvolved
dedi cat ed t eam ofJai purChi l
dl ine hasr esuced 666 childr en f
rom di f
ferentcrit
ical wi thI-Indi aondesi gni ngandj ointlyi mpl ement i
ngShwet aarkact ivit
ies.
situationandpr ovi dedpr otect i
ont ot hem t hisyear.
PREM- PATHSHALA:a gover nmentr ecogni zed hi ghersecondar y schoolatJhag
Manychi ldrenwhocal lsi mpl yr equi rei nformat i
on,adviceorsomeonet oli
sten,buti n Chi ldren’ s vi l
lage was est abl ished i n 2009 j ointly by I-
India and I -India Pr oject
mor eacut ei nstancesI -Indiasendsouti tsambul ance.Int hesecasesi tmi ghtbet hat Aust r
aliawi t
ht heai m ofpr ovi dingqual ityeducat iont ochil
drenofbel ow pover t
yl ine
onl ymedi calcar ei sneeded,butwher et hechi l
d hasbeenabandoned orr unaway f ami li
esofJhagandadj acentvi ll
ages.Theschoolhasbeenf i
nanci all
ysuppor tedand
from home,i ntervent i
oni sof t
enr equi red. ment oredbyagener ousf ami lybasedi nSi ngapor e.Theeducat ionpr ojectatJhag
pr ovidesqual ityeducat i
ont ochi l
dr enf rom soci ally,economi call
yandeducat ional l
y
Rehabi litation weakersect i
onoft hesoci et y.Thecur rentper cent ageofPr em- Pathshal ast udent s
SHELTER HOMES:I ndia has 3 per manent bel ongi ngBPL( Below Pover tyLevel )st atusi s98%.
and2t empor aryopenshel terhomesf orbot h The st udent s ar et aughtsubj ect sl ike Engl i
sh,
boysandgi rls.Manyoft hechi ldr enl ivingi n Hi ndi, Envi ronment al Sci ence, Mat hemat i
cs,
these homeshave been sexual lyabused or Sci ence,Comput erandDr awi ng.Theschoolhas
havebeensol di ntopr ost i
tution.Ot her shave awel l
-equi pped comput erl ab,sci encel ab and
lostt hei rpar ents,beg orar e expl oit
ed i nto impar tscomput ereducat i
ont ost udent sf r
om al l
chi l
dl abour .They t ypically come t oI -India thest andar ds.Tomakechi ldr enconf identandt o
through Chi ld Line,ort hrough ourout reach enhance t hei r ski ll
s, var ious co- curricular
staffatt he r ail
way st ation.When possi ble, act ivi
ties ar e al so conduct ed l ike st udent
andi finthechi l
d’ sbesti nter est,heorshewi ll exchange pr ogr am, qui z, debat es, si ngi ng,
ber epat riated tot heirfami l
y,ot her wiset hey danci ng,spor tsandphysi caleducat ion.
wi l
lbe al l
owed t o make one oft he shel t
er
homest hei rnew home.
26
HealthCare the suppor toft r
ained heal th workersthatensuresadequat e and pr omptmedi cal
17857medicalcaseswer
etreatedonst r
eet
,sl
ums& r ur
alar
ea,1250chi
ldr
enwere treatment,va cci
ne s,and a waren ess
provi
ded r
egul
arshower& personalhygi
eneservi
ces,2116chi
ldr
enwerepr ded gener
ovi at
iontoencour aget argetgr ouptovisitt
hehospit
alsforbettertreatment.
dail
yone-t
imefr
eshandwarm mealonst r
eet&slums
The showerbus al so visit
sI -India’
s Schoolon Wheel s st
reetcent r
es dail
y and
providest he chil
dren ther e with an on-t
he spotshower.Soap,shampoo,ant i-l
ice
l
otion,combsandt oothpastear eal soprovided,asi
shygieneeducat ion.Thisservice
maybet heonl yproperwashachi l
d wil
lgetallweek.Inthel ong hotseasonf rom
Mar chtoNovemberwhent emper aturescanr each48C/120F,theshower sbecomea
j
oyf ulpartyforthechi l
dren.

Heal thCent reatJhagChi l

dr ensvi llage
GURU AROGAYA HEALTH CENTRE at
Jhag was st art
ed in year2011 as a 6
beadedheal thcent r
et hatispr ovidi
ngf ree
and compr ehensive health ser vi
ce tot he
residents ofJhag and i ts surrounding 8
vil
lages. I ti s l ocated at t he Jhag
Chi l
dren's vil
lage campus and has an
OPD setup wi t
h qual i
fi
ed Doct or,heal t
h
wor kers,medi cine bank and dedi cat ed
pathological lab wi t
h r equired t esting
equi pment and mat eri
als needed t o
delivercompr ehensi vemedi calser vice.

TheMobi leHeal
thVanalsolinkedwi t
hthe
health cent r
e and conduct s weekly
outreachintheremotesettl
ement sof
vi
ll
age cl ust
erand provide on- spothealt
h care al
ong wi t
hr ef
err
alservices f
or
speciali
zedmedicalint
erventions.Thehealt
hcentreiscurrent
lybenefi
ti
ngupt o50%
oftotalvi
ll
agepopulati
onandupt o70% chil
drenpopulat
ionofagegr oup4-16years.

Nut riti
on
ANNAPURNA,adai lykit
cheni salsoinoper ati
onf orst r
eetand wor king childrenof
Jaipurcity.Thepr oj
ectaimsatpr ovi
dingdai l
yonet i
mef r
eshandwar mf oodt oover
2000 chi l
dren l
iving on street
,sidewalks,tempor aryt ents and slums.The ki t
chen
centerislocatedatMahapur asuburbofJaipurandi sal soexpendedi nJhagchi ldr
en
vil
lagecover ing surroundi
ng remoteset t
lements.Thest affatthiskit
chenst artwor k
earlyinthemor ningandoncet hemeal si
smade,t heyvi sitthevari
ousst reet.
slum sites
throughoutt he day and pr ovi
des fr
esh and war m meal stot he chil
dr en att
ending
Shwet aarkschool s,vocati
onaltr
aini
ngcent r
eandcont actpoi ntsonstreetandr ail
way
stati
on.
Per
sonalhygi
eneandSani
tat
ion
HEALTH CARE:I -I
ndiausesaj eep asanambul ancef or
providi
ng emer gency hel p and healt
h car eto street
chil
dren.Inadditi
ont oregul
arl
yvisit
ingt
heStreetSchools,
the ambul ance al
so hel ps Chil
d Line cal
lers needi
ng
medical at t
ent
ion. This Ambul ance undertake health
i
nterventi
onsonst reetwit
h
26