Author Archives: Sven Schiltz

What ho!! The moment I’m writing this is the evening of my second full day in Delhi. I’m sitting in my “living-room”, my tummy is filled with delicious Indian food (chicken tikka roll), and I’m exhausted after a busy day. … Continue reading →

Hello!! Just a quick update. It’s quarter past midnight now and I’m sitting at Heathrow airport… waiting for my flight to Paris which will leave at 6:40 today. From Paris I’ll then fetch a flight to Delhi where I’ll be … Continue reading →

What ho! With less than a week to go before I jet off to Delhi, in this post I will try to explain why I am so interested in the issue of rag picking. I’ll try to keep this post … Continue reading →

Hello again, I have, in my first post and in the ‘About me” section, frequently referred to the term ‘rag picking’ and ‘rag pickers’. The term is even part of the domain name of this blog. But what does it … Continue reading →

Hello and welcome to my blog ragpickers.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk. Thank you for taking interest in what I’m doing and in what I’m about to experience in the next weeks, when I’ll be doing an internship with Chintan, an NGO in Delhi. I … Continue reading →