by Nimita Pandey “Abhi to maidam hum Jhopdi mein rehte hain. Agar Sarkaar pakka ka Makaan dilwaa deti, to bahaut upkaar hota hum log pe” (Madam, as for now I stay in a hut. But would have been obliged, if government provides a pucca house). I was stubbed by the agonising statement of an auto-rickshaw driver, driving down the Bailey Road of Patna, when asked about his residence and living. While roamingaround the city of Patna, if one is mesmerized by the emergence of high-rise buildings, he cannot let the entire gamut of Jhopadpattis (slums), be left unnoticed! The ever-growing site...