After a tiring morning, which was spent trying to remain awake in the Meida Laws and Ethics class, i had to rush off to do my Key issues project. A couple of group mates and me met up at the college lobby and planned on a strategy by which we could cover two settlements of a tribal community called Narikorravars.

1 p.m. - I reached the settlement in Kotturpuram, Chennai and spent the next three hours collecting data from the self-appointed head of that community. The place was filthy and their condition was pathetic. I could not believe people lived in such a horrendous condition. After we collected enough information, we left for our next settlement based in Thiruvanmiyur.

5 p.m.- we reach the place and ask around to locate the exact place. I was already very tired but had to cover this settlement at all costs, as my group was running out of time. The load would be that much less, if we covered atleast a little bit of the community.

This community lives in a much better condition than the previous one. Though they all are poor and live off by selling beads and ragpicking, their settlement is not filthy. The beads they sell are bought from Delhi and are really very pretty. I could not resist myself and bought two of them...