What everybody wants!
Almost all humans want two things for sure: one is happiness and the other is health or beauty. Whether it is the rich living in princely mansions or the poor living on the footpaths of busy roads, all want to look beautiful and be happy. I travel daily from my home in Chembur to my office in Mahalakshmi which is almost a 14 km journey. I pass by a station called Chinchpokli. It is not uncommon to find several families making the footpaths as their homes in Mumbai but what is interesting is the way they eke their lives on these footpaths. At this footpath outside the Chinchpokli station, I see this family everyday. The woman of this 'house', probably in her 40s,has a burnt body as is evident from her burnt neck and face. She has set up a nice pedestal with proper shelter on a wooden box adjacent to the parapet wall for pooja on which are seated the photos of a few Hindu Gods,prominent of them being Lord Ganesha. The iron railings separating the main road and the footpath act