On a breezy afternoon, Rihana, 42, and her family of seven are busy preparing dinner on a temporary mud stove in their tiny makeshift home.
Her husband, who was seriously injured during the religious riots in their ancestral village not far from this relief camp, is back with the family after spending four months in a government hospital.
But he has been declared unfit to work as a mason and is without any means of livelihood.
As I sit talking to Rihana, it becomes clear that elections are far from her mind.
"We had to leave our homes six months ago and we have been living like nomads. All we could gather before fleeing were our children. Now we have no identity, no proof. No help has arrived so far. How will we go to vote in the elections," she says.
Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and many have described last year's riots as one of the worst in the country in more than a decade. Full story...
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Her husband, who was seriously injured during the religious riots in their ancestral village not far from this relief camp, is back with the family after spending four months in a government hospital.
But he has been declared unfit to work as a mason and is without any means of livelihood.
As I sit talking to Rihana, it becomes clear that elections are far from her mind.
"We had to leave our homes six months ago and we have been living like nomads. All we could gather before fleeing were our children. Now we have no identity, no proof. No help has arrived so far. How will we go to vote in the elections," she says.
Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and many have described last year's riots as one of the worst in the country in more than a decade. Full story...
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