Akshay has written a beautiful, sensitive article with illustrative photos taken in the area of Dharavi.
He has put a lot of effort inot the entire process & it shows.
Shadow City - A Look at Dharavi
Ramshackle corrugated tin, plywood, plastic, pukkah bricks, sheets of asbestos, sweat, toil, people and garbage make Dharavi, just like piles of earth, sand, clay and other materials make ant hills. Dharavi and many other slums like it are nothing but human ant colonies built by legions of our urban poor. They are places which are at the same time sombre, moving, joyful and interesting.
Push and pull factors bring people from our villages here everyday in search for something better. They settle here right under our apathetic eyes. But under the squalor is great spirit and ingenuity. I went looking for this spirit in this place most people refer to as 'Asia's largest slum' but I would prefer to call it the 'Heart of Mumbai'.
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Friday, March 24, 2006
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Kim, thanks for linking my post. My blog those some issues when opened on internet explorer but works fine on firefox.
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