It is midnight in the courtyard of Kolkata's iconic Sir Stuart Hogg Market. A spot that brims with hawkers and haggling customers in the morning is being transformed into a giant communal bedroom. Locals, many of them workers at the market, grab cardboard, rugs, newspapers - whatever they can find or afford - to create a bed.
Streetlights continue to flash brightly. The only privacy here lies in anonymity.
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