Saying Yes to Pool, No to Drugs
Raul Irani
Raul Irani
02 Oct, 2013
Snooker is a popular pastime among young slumdwellers of Janta Mazdoor Colony in Jafrabad, Delhi. The game has been reinvented among local Muslim youth as ‘Saifi’. Akram Chaudhury, owner of Arman Snooker Pool Club, one of two pool halls in the colony, believes Saifi is a positive influence on the locality’s youth, helping keep them away from drugs
Snooker is a popular pastime among young slumdwellers of Janta Mazdoor Colony in Jafrabad, Delhi. The game has been reinvented among local Muslim youth as ‘Saifi’. Akram Chaudhury, owner of Arman Snooker Pool Club, one of two pool halls in the colony, believes Saifi is a positive influence on the locality’s youth, helping keep them away from drugs
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