Bhopal, April 25 -- A rabies death and a missing girl have exposed the harsh realities of the homeless in the city, who often remain invisible until tragedy forces notice.
On the night of 6 April, a six-year-old girl went missing from beneath a bridge on Bhopal's Airport Road, where she had been sleeping beside her mother. The family, part of the nomadic Banjara community, has no home but a corner under the concrete structure.
The incident came to light days after Bablu Rana, a 32-year-old labourer, died of rabies after being bitten by a stray dog. He lived under the Singarcholi Bridge. Symptoms had shown for weeks-fear of water, strange sounds.
His wife, Sunita, and her two small children stayed by his corpse for hours before help arriv...