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[[File:Puppeter of Kathputli colony.jpeg|thumb|Puppeteer of Kathputli Colony]]
'''Kathputli Colony''' is a colony of [[street performer]]s in [[Shadipur Depot]] area of [[Delhi]]. For the last 50 years, it is home to some 2,800 families of magicians, snake charmers, acrobats, singers, dancers, actors, traditional healers and musicians and especially puppeteers or [[Kathputli (Puppet)|kathputli]]-performers from [[Rajasthan]]. This makes it world’s largest community of street performers.<ref name=time/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/show-begins-at-kathputli-colony/423940/ |title=Show begins at Kathputli Colony |date=16 Feb 2009 |work=Indian Express |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009231214/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/show-begins-at-kathputli-colony/423940/ |archivedate=2012-10-09 }}</ref><ref name="ti">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816792,00.html|title=Postcard from Kathputli: Magic Abounds in a Delhi Slum|date=20 Jun 2008|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] magazine | first=Heidi J. | last=Shrager}}</ref>

The colony is undergoing an [[in situ]] redevelopment plan by [[Delhi Development Authority]] (DDA) of [[Government of Delhi]].<ref name=time>{{cite web| title = The World’s Largest Community of Street Performers Is About to Be Torn Apart |work=Time| url = http://time.com/12073/india-kathputli-colony-of-street-artists-to-be-demolished/|date=4 March 2014| accessdate = 2014-03-31}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name Kathputli Colony comes from [[Hindi language]] word for puppet, [[Kathputli (Puppet)|Kathputli]].<ref name=time/>

==History==
The colony started in the 1950s, as a cluster of makeshift tents in an open field on the outskirts of Delhi, set up by itinerant puppeteers from Rajasthan, which gave the colony its name.<ref name="BendixHasan-Rokem2012">{{cite book|author1=Regina F. Bendix|author-link=Regina Bendix|author2=Galit Hasan-Rokem|author2-link=Galit Hasan-Rokem|title=A Companion to Folklore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhsdhM9tI3EC&pg=PA244|date=23 April 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-9499-0|page=244}}</ref> In the coming decades street performers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra also moved in. Today, it is prime real estate area surrounded by [[Mayapuri]] and [[Naraina]].<ref name=time/><ref name=smh10>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/magic-slum-may-vanish-in-puff-of-development-smoke-20100326-r33a.html|title=Magic slum may vanish in puff of development smoke|date=27 March 2010|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

==Redevelopment plan==
In 2010, Government of Delhi initiated the redevelopment project of the colony on a public-private partnership basis. The contract was granted to Raheja Developers. As per the plan, 2800 flats will be built in 10-story buildings on the 5.2 hectares, apart from that a portion of the land will be given to the developer to construct its own commercial and residential buildings.<ref>{{cite web | title = ‘Delhi’s famous colony of magicians and puppeteers awaits destruction'|publisher=Scroll.in | URL = http://scroll.in/article/660832/Delhi%E2%80%99s-famous-colony-of-magicians-and-puppeteers-awaits-destruction/|date=13 April 2014| accessdate = 2014-07-25 | first = Arnav | last = Das Sharma }}</ref>

Amid protests by residents and controversy, in early 2014, ahead of the 1 April 2014 deadline, some of the 2,754 families started shifting to transit camps built at Anand Parbat area 2 km away by the developer Rahejas. They are expected to stay here for the next two years, while the site undergoes construction.<ref>{{cite web | title = ‘DDA granted undue benefits to Kathputli Colony redeveloper’ |publisher=The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/dda-granted-undue-benefits-to-kathputli-colony-redeveloper/article5836547.ece|date=27 March 2014| accessdate = 2014-03-31 | first = Mohammad | last = Ali }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web | title = Rumour mills stall DDA in Kathputli Colony |publisher=Deccan Herald| url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/389274/rumour-mills-stall-dda-kathputli.html |date= 1 March 2014|accessdate = 2014-03-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Transit camps for Kathputli Colony residents coming up at Anand Parbhat|publisher= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/transit-camps-for-kathputli-colony-residents-coming-up-at-anand-parbhat/article2906503.ece
|date=18 February 2012| accessdate = 2014-03-31 | first = Jiby | last = Kattakayam }}</ref><ref>https://thewire.in/government/delhi-kathputli-colony-demolition</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite web |title=The Case of Kathputli Colony: Mapping Delhi's First In-situ Slum Rehabilitation Project| url = http://www.cprindia.org/sites/default/files/The%20Case%20of%20Kathputli%20Colony_CPRWorkingPaper%20(2)_1.pdf |publisher=[[Centre for Policy Research]]}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.kathputlicolonydda.com/ Kathputli Colony, DDA Rehabilitation website]
* [http://www.sergebouvet.com/kathputli-colony/ Kathputli Colony, photo documentary of the slum of Delhi artists]
* {{cite news |work=ABC News Australia |title=Slum artists refuse to leave as Indian developer attempts to bulldoze homes in New Delhi |first=Stephanie |last=March |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/indian-developer-wants-to-bulldoze-artists-slum-in-new-delhi/6090088}}

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[[Category:Puppetry in India]]
[[Category:Street performance]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Delhi]]
[[Category:West Delhi district]]
[[Category:Culture of Delhi]]

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