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Dharavi compared to other great slums in the world. Map according to Mike Davis. Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums. [1] [2] Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi; 590 acres) [3] and a population of about 1,000,000. [4]
An integrated slum dwelling and informal economy inside Dharavi of Mumbai. Dharavi slum started in 1887 with industrial and segregationist policies of the British colonial era. The slum housing, tanneries, pottery and other economy established inside and around Dharavi during the British rule of India. [2] [3] [4] Prem Sagar
Dharavi, a densely populated community within Mumbai which has developed a similar localised economy and unplanned infrastructure system. Kamagasaki in Osaka, Japan Ras Khamis , a neighbourhood in East Jerusalem that also has unplanned highrise construction due to uncertain political jurisdiction
It earned ₹ 2,35,45,665 (equivalent to ₹ 59 million or US$680,000 in 2023) in its first week at the Indian box office, [71] or $2.2 million according to Fox Searchlight. Though not as successful as major film releases in India during its first week, this was the highest weekend gross for any Fox film and the third highest for any Western ...
When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.
Arputham was the president of the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) which he founded in the late 1970s. He was also co-founder of Slum Dwellers International (SDI) which networks slum and shack dweller organizations and federations from over thirty countries across the world. [3]
Varadarajan was born in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu in 1926 [2] He moved to Mumbai in 1945. Working as a porter at VT Station , he began his criminal life by stealing dock cargo. Varada, as he was fondly called, was hugely popular among the poor Tamil residents in the Dharavi slums.
Dharavi (City of Dreams) is a 1992 Hindi film,written and directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film was a joint NFDC - Doordarshan production [ 1 ] and went on to winning many awards in the following year, including the 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi .