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New Delhi: In a country where 30% of the population lives below poverty line, a starvation death is unlikely to cause a stir. However, when the incident happens in a middle-class colony of affluent south Delhi, it’s bound to send shock waves running through the city
In a city with acute economic disparities, death of 30-year-old Neeru Bali in Kalkaji due to starvation betrayed many rules which claim that rich only get richer and the poor only get poorer with time. Daughter of a government official, born and brought up in Kalkaji along with her two elder sisters, Neeru finished her schooling from government school, Kalkaji, over a decade ago. Her sisters Dolly (43) and Poonam (40) supported Neeru after their parents passed away 12 years ago. However, three years ago suddenly the three sisters withdrew from the world, stopped working and confined themselves to their home in A block of Kalkaji.
Says Monica Behl, a neighbour who grew up with Neeru in the same locality: “Neeru was my age and in fact she was a class below me in school as well. Till three years ago, I used to talk to her regularly She used to even play with my children. Dolly who was a receptionist and Poonam, a painter were also very pleasant to speak to.
But they suddenly severed all contacts with the world.” Though, the lives of sisters for last three years are shrouded with mystery, the incident also highlights the attitude of Delhiites towards their neighbours. The house next door belongs to Sanjay Bali, a cousin of the three women. Says Bali’s daughter Kritika Bali: “I could often hear Neeru scream and shout. Most in the colony believed that she was mentally ill which is why her sisters had stopped socialising. We also decided to give them their privacy Since, they never stepped out we didn’t know that things had become this bad.”
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