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GAMES PHOTOGRAPHS BY IAN ATKINSON

GAMES Photographs by Ian Atkinson ian isaphoto co uk www isaphoto co uk tel 447971 821107

Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games which will be held in Delhi in late October has not been without criticism Many controversial elements of the games are documented in the press one being the alleged use of child labour to nish the construction of vital transport and sporting infrastructure thus bringing in to question the Games themselves The photographs contained in this book are testament to the normal hard working Indians based around the New Delhi Railway station itself undergoing a facelift in the district of Paharganj New Delhi Arriving in Delhi late one evening in March I witnessed lively commotion on the main bazaar where angry Indians were discussing a letter they had received that morning It instructed them to demolish the fronts of their shops and restore the street to its 1960 town plan They had three days in which to complete the building work with no government or local support nancial or otherwise Setting about their work with hammer and chisel they took their businesses apart brick by brick generations of shop owners standing by watching their livelihoods make way for a two week sports extravaganza

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