ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Homelessness in India has been a problem for centuries; causing the average family to have an average of five generations being homeless. According to the 2011 Census, there were 1.77 million homeless people in in India, or 0.15% of the country's total population. Majority f them are old age people who all are forced to leave their own house by their children. Still these elderly expecting someone from their home/hometown to come and give them their desired place "home".

AUTHOR
Jai Thakur, a Business Research Analyst by profession is a self-taught photographer. Brought up in a small cantonment of Darjeeling district he is now based in Delhi. He started photography out of his passion for traveling and storytelling. His work has been selected and displayed at various national and international platforms.
He is a recipient of prestigious Sahapedia Frames Grant and also, won awards at the repute of Paris Photo Prize (PX3), International Photography Awards (IPA), Monochrome International Photography Awards, Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA), Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA), Sahitya Kala Parishad and Jeevika: 10th Asian Livelihood Documentary Film Awards. His work has been published in various media platforms be it print or online like National Geographic Your Shot, 121clicks, Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Dodho Magazine, CityAir News, Indian Education Diary, etc. Also, he has been a part of MX Player Web-series “Express Yourself” on River Conservation and recently, appointed as a Brand Ambassador of Tripoto Pvt. Ltd.

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