The Fakir: Thoughts and Prayers

Ruzbeh N. Bharucha, journalist, author and documentary filmmaker, takes the reader into the lives of those poor families, whose past, present and future, were brutally demolished.  The author, present throughout the demolition process, as well as a witness to the heartlessness of those in power, through interviews with slum dwellers and politicians; eminent town planners, environmentalists and activists; as well as through the eyes of those who lost it all, tells a heartrending tale, of tears, courage, determination and most importantly, brings to light, the hollowness of the system and all that, which once was held, sacred and beyond reproach.