Neelansh Sethi is currently pursuing his MA Development programme at Azim Premji University and has a deep interest in the livelihoods of marginalised sections and alternative development approaches.
The lockdown pushed many members of the Pardhi community in Bhopal to beg for survival. Now, as they try to rebuild their lives post lockdown, there is still little hope.
Three slums in and around Bhopal are home to 288 Bel-Pardhi families, one of the 198 ‘denotified’ tribes in India. Here is what they faced during the lockdown.