Govandi

Saniya MQ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Every rap song of Saniya Kaiyumuddin Mistri (Saniya MQ) revolves around politics, gender equality, social biases, corruption and poverty. On a rainy day, as I walk around the narrow alleys of…

It began with a simple statement: “My identity is my right.” It was February 2021, right after the lockdown had lifted. The youth of Natwar Parekh Compound, a slum relocation and rehabilitation colony in Mumbai’s Govandi neighbourhood, had…