The dull slums of the Indian capital in the Raghubir Nagar region were granted a new bright look and are now full of funny graffitis of everyday life, religion, fairy tales and wildlife.
According to NDTV, in less than a month a group of about a dozen enthusiasts painted the gray concrete walls of almost a hundred shacks and multi-unit “cells” with huge frescoes of all colors.
Raghubir-Nagar, like other slums in a metropolis with a population of 20 million people, is home to thousands of people living on the sidelines of life in shabby buildings, often crowded and without basic amenities.
“We decided to bring some positive changes and to please the locals that are forgotten about in our society,” said Yogesh Saini, founder of Delhi Art Street.
The initiative came about at the request of a local parliamentarian who wanted to decorate and transform an area better known for its dirt and bad smells than art. Now, through this team of artists, the untended, poor area, previously not visited by prosperous strangers, has become a place of attraction for art and selfie lovers who willingly wonder along the narrow streets, taking pictures against the background of their favorite works.The shack dwellers accepted the gift of artists with great enthusiasm and even promised to do regular cleaning of their yards.
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