Resilience News

This week's research was based on community space. I talked to about ten people on  the issues of community space. Most of the people are satisfied for space they said that there is many place to spend our time like there is temples, parks, restaurant, party hall etc. and so they don’t have any problem regarding community space. But they specifically said that even though there are parks, the number of parks for that area is not appropriate for kids. Therefore the kids are playing in the street, footpath and in the alleys but it not safe for kids; hence parents do not allow them to play outside. There were other problems brought to our light. One person said that the ward number of Durgapuri is 245 and the main Durgapuri chowk has a traffic light, but the traffic light create the problem, as the red light has a duration of 170 seconds or 2.5 mints approximately and green light has a duration of only 40 seconds. Thus, there is an imbalance due to which vehicles are using the nar

After researching, I got to know more about ‘The Dog Aunty- Pratima Devi.’ She nurses the injured dogs feeds them from a civic van in the evenings- the fare included milk, casserole and mutton. Pratima has gained quite a good reputation in her area and also, neighbours contribute in feeding her dogs. She belongs from the place called Nandigram in West Bengal. She came to Delhi in 1980s. She has suffered a lot in her past life but now she has gained such a reputation that more or less people from every part of Delhi, knows her and respect her love and dedication towards animal welfare. Popularly known as ‘Amma,’ she said that she has worked as a domestic helper in Rahul Dev’s home, a model-turned-actor. She told that he was very fond of her paranthas, adding that he stilMes to meet her.

I took some time out to interact with the local area's youth in Durgapuri. This time, I saw new issues from the other side. The common theme I heard was that these young people study to get a job, make money and to land a great post; however, the problem was the lack of a good institute to help them brush up my communication skills and gain command of English. My point of view that soft skills are a key to success. But unfortunately we don’t know and what we have to do in our career, as there is no one to guide us. The questions and the usual response I heard were as follows: Q: What is your purpose of your life? A: The purpose of my life is to be happy, successful and help others. But first of all I have to be successful then I will help others. Q: Would you like to tell me about your mental strength? A: I don’t know about my mental strength but yes I struggled the problem of depression just because of my career and it still continue. But I have strong urge to do something for