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	Looking forward to going home with her sister in 18 months' time when her training ends, Grace said, “I will definitely remember India, but for the way its people have treated my brothers and sisters.“		Looking forward to going home with her sister in 18 months' time when her training ends, Grace said, “I will definitely remember India, but for the way its people have treated my brothers and sisters.“
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		+	=Community Library Project, Khirki Extension=
		+	==2024: After the floods==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=30_06_2024_004_009_cap_TOI Komal Sharma, June 30, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	New Delhi : The torrential downpour on Friday hit an event called Pride organised by the Community Library Project in Khirki Extension, Malviya Nagar. The rain damaged the space and the books, the anti-caste library’s crown jewels. The rainwater resulted in a claimed loss of Rs 10 lakh for the unique library.
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		+	"We were shocked to see the rainwater destroying the books and the furniture,” exclaimed Mausam, 24, deputy director of the library. “Luckily, we were closed on Fridays so no members came and we had some hours to clean the space. We were planning a ‘Pride’ workshop on Saturday, but the rain damage meant we had to cancel it,” said a regretful Mausam. With the rains having damaged some books, members of the initiative are seeking do- nations in the form of books and cash to help them return to normalcy. Those who are willing to help can access the website of the Community Library ProjectKhirki Extension.
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		+	The library, with its motto of ‘Hum Nahi Toh Kaun aur Ab Nahi Toh Ka’, reflects the fervour of the youth who run the programme, driven by a strong anti-caste ethos. It provides free access to over 10,000 books and a variety of educational programmes and creates a vital bridge between the community library and the populace.
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		+	Mausam said, "We are an anti-caste, people's initiative. We believe all people should have access to books and education. Approximately 200 people come here every day. We have three branches, one in South Extension and another in Gurgaon.”
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		+	The library, she declares, is owned by the community itself. “We only run it,” said Mausam. "We come from a leadership development programme in which a member learns librarian skills and leadership skills and then takes charge of the library."
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		+	Simpy, 23, director, added, "Members have to commit to giving four hours a week to the library. There are two ty- pes of groups in leadership development, one below the age of 18 years and another above it. Everyone chips in and does his or her bit in ensuring the library functions smoothly.”
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		+	Asked how someone can become a member of the library, trustee and community organiser Sumit, 27, said, "The admission form includes basic details of the applicants, but it is important to adhere to our code of conduct. No fees or documents are needed." Mausam added, "We cater to those who want to learn English, Hindi and basics of reading and writing.”
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		+	Sumit said, "This is a firstgeneration library. No one in the benefactor’s family has gone to college. There are multiple barriers for many people getting into a college. I got my degree through an open college because there was no one to tell me I could go to a regular college. It is because of this we have a programme called ‘College Ka Haq’, which encourages members to access information on education. We are running this space because we know our community has been excluded from educa- tion and healthcare and has been excluded from everything else. So, a place like this library needs to exist if only to make sure that they are welcomed there in a space where they can seek and get equality.”
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		+	The members of the collective went on to add that they had started an e-library called 'Duniya Sabki' during Covid to enable the flow of in- formation for the community during the lockdown phase. “First, we started on WhatsApp and connected all the members. We used to create videos so that people wouldn’t get disconnected from us,” said Simpy. “We also provided information related to Covid to them. From there, we conceptualised and began operating our e-library.”
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		+	The members of the library are clear. They want free space from govt for similar efforts. “The rent we have to spend on a library can instead be spent on books and other facilities," one of the members declared.

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 the west wall, forming a mihrab. After 1857 the mosque was cleared of the villagers who had
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 Two hundred yards north of the Khirki mosque is an extremely pretty sandstone pavilion,
 with pierced screens over the grave of Yusaf Katál, and half a mile north of this, and 500
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 defences of Jahan Panah is a fine work of masonry forming a sluice for the stream which
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 shade above it.
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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Garbage-gone-Khirki-gets-a-park-17032017008011  Jasjeev Gandhiok, Garbage gone, Khirki gets a park, March 17, 2017: The Times of India]
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 It has a provision for a sewage treatment plant for horticulture and landscaping, disabled-friendly ramps and energy-saving LED lights too. According to officials, toilets, CCTV cameras and a badminton court will soon be added. To improve aesthetics, Delhi Street Art group was roped in. They have painted the walls with graffiti and educational messages like “Saving green spaces“. In future, installations from Khoj Studios -which is locate in the area -will be brought in with the park being used as a place to hold art exhibitions.
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	Looking forward to going home with her sister in 18 months' time when her training ends, Grace said, “I will definitely remember India, but for the way its people have treated my brothers and sisters.“		Looking forward to going home with her sister in 18 months' time when her training ends, Grace said, “I will definitely remember India, but for the way its people have treated my brothers and sisters.“
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		+	= Satpula lake=
		+	==History==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F09%2F02&entity=Ar00607&sk=80406539&mode=text Jasjeev.Gandhiok, Sep 2, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Delhi to get its lake with ‘healing power’ back
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		+	New Delhi:
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		+	The work on reviving the 14th-century Satpula lake in south Delhi has begun with Delhi government sanctioning the construction of a sewage treatment plant that will feed treated water into the weir.
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		+	Located next to Khirki village, Greater Kailash, Chirag Dilli and Saket, the lake is part of the Satpula monument complex. Delhi government said it aims to develop this area as a tourism hub.
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		+	The Satpula fort, the seven-arched bridge, was built as a dam in the 14th century by Muhammad Bin Tughlaq with the lake falling in the middle. The water was fed by Satpula drain, which would eventually flow into Yamuna. The damn was built upstream of Jahanpanah, using it for irrigation purposes for the nearby settlements, experts said.
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		+	Historian Sohail Hashmi said the lake water was said to possess a mystical quality. An annual mela was held at Satpula lake every year where thousands would come from different parts of the country. “The legend is that people saw Sufi poet and saint Chirag Dehlavi using the water for wazu before namaaz. This spread fast and people starting coming to take a dip in the water for its magical qualities. People would even bottle it and take it home,” he added.
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		+	The lake is surrounded by four of Delhi’s older cities —Qila Rai Pithora to its west, Siri Fort in the north, Tughlaqabad Fort to its southeast and Jahanpanah in the east.
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	Looking forward to going home with her sister in 18 months' time when her training ends, Grace said, “I will definitely remember India, but for the way its people have treated my brothers and sisters.“		Looking forward to going home with her sister in 18 months' time when her training ends, Grace said, “I will definitely remember India, but for the way its people have treated my brothers and sisters.“
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		+	=See also=
		+	[[Africans in India]]
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		+	[[Africans in Indian history]]

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	by a very beautiful pierced screen of red sandstone, which contrasts happily with the green		by a very beautiful pierced screen of red sandstone, which contrasts happily with the green
	shade above it.		shade above it.
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		+	=African population=
		+	==2017: highly reduced==
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=At-Khirki-window-of-hope-too-small-for-30032017008014 Krittika Sharma, At Khirki, window of hope too small for them, Mar 30, 2017: The Times of India]
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		+	Racist incidents have almost cleared Khirki Extension, once known for its mixed African population, of black tenants, and even the few African students living there tend to live close in close proximity in a few overpriced apartments along a narrow lane. The area is now dominated by nationals of places such as Afghanistan and Eastern Europe, but the animosity towards the Africans that pushed them to find accommodations in other parts of Delhi is still palpable in the pejorative the locals use for the blacks: “Habshi“, originally a perfectly legitimate demonym for Abyssinians.
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		+	The few students who have managed to survive the constant stares and suspicion have devised their own ways to assert their right to move freely . “I am a nurse by day and a student in the evenings. I wear my nursing uniform through the day because that is the only way to stop people thinking that I am a prostitute,“ said 26-year-old Grace (name changed).
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		+	Despite having lived in Khirki for a year and a half now, Grace still flinches at her early memories. “I used to dress casually , and the local kids used to throw stones at me. I was hurt several times. I approached the cops a number of time, but these humiliations neither stopped nor was action ever taken,“ she said. “These children needed to be taught right from wrong, but their parents never stopped them. Instead they laughed, as if to encourage the youngsters.“
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		+	Grace's sister, also a student, claimed she and her friends preferred spending time outside from 6am to 8pm to avoid people on their way to their rooms. Kelly , another nurse, said, “There isn't any need to wear my uniform outside the hospital where we were undergoing training, but without it, people address us as `baby' or `baba'.“
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		+	Fear is gradually isolating them too. Left with few African neighbours in an area hostile to them, the blacks tend to avoid parties at home. “We have friends in college and at work, but we don't bring them home. We are scared of how people will react,“ said Grace.
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		+	Adichi (name changed), a colleague of Grace, related how petty occasions can be cause for evictions. “Once when returning from work, I saw cops and a crowd in front of the house where a friend lived. I enquired what the ado was about,“ recalled Adichi.“The landlord had called the cops because my friend was drinking beer. I had to intervene because they wanted to take him to the police station.“ She tried to convince the landlord that the African students led a different lifestyle and wondered why people still made a fuss when they did nothing that actually bothered them. She remembered her friend being asked to vacate the room a few months later.
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		+	However, the Khirki Extension neighbourhood does not see it that way . “People have stopped renting their houses to Africans because they get intoxicated, have loud parties, make a din and indulge in all sorts of illegal activities. Bahut ulte-seedhe kaam chalte the,“ claimed Shoaib, an eatery owner in the locality .
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		+	The memory of 2015, when Aam Aadmi Party leader Somnath Bharti made a midnight “moral sweep“ of Khirki Extension, also left a deep fear in the minds of the African students residing here. As Grace narrated, “I have been coming to India on and off for a decade, but only in the last two years has the attitude of people changed.“ But even now, she said, she has to produce her certificates on innumerable occasions to prove that she is an educated, working woman. “I cannot go out to socialise without risking being asked to hook up with men,“ grimaced the nurse.
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		+	Looking forward to going home with her sister in 18 months' time when her training ends, Grace said, “I will definitely remember India, but for the way its people have treated my brothers and sisters.“