Welcome to the the Talking to People Project. For the first post of this Project, I am in Thiruvottriyur market in North Chennai, which is a street full of tiny shops and street vendors. Most shopkeepers and vendors in this market have been running their business at the same spot for more than 35 years, but in the last few months the municipal corporation has been threatening to evict the street vendors in order to widen the street.
I had a conversation with Bavani and Saleema to learn about their lives. Bavani is a street vendor selling flowers and Saleema runs a small shop.
Bavani: I have been selling flowers at this spot for 38 years. But now I hear that these shops are going to be removed to widen the road.
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| Bavani selling flowers and Saleema in the pooja shop |
