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	Dharavi Slum
		A city within a city, it is one unending stretch of narrow dirty lanes, open sewers and cramped huts.
		In a city where house rents are among the highest in the world, Dharavi provides a cheap and affordable option to those who move to Mumbai to earn their living.
		Dharavi also has a large number of thriving small-scale industries that produce embroidered garments, export quality leather goods, pottery and plastic.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm (277 words)

	Himal South Asian-August-2000
		As a journalist, I had to visit Dharavi frequently to report on the riots...” The rest of the book is a testament to just how precisely and thoroughly she then set about discovering what and where Dharavi is, and more importantly—if one may be permitted a little grammatical licence—why it is.
		Dharavi’s 25 bakeries are discussed in at least four different places in the book.
		Similarly, the regional composition of Dharavi’s residents is explained repeatedly, without the usual indicative phrases of prior or reiterative reference.
	www.himalmag.com /may2001/review.html (2399 words)

	Dharavi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dharavi is a heart-shaped settlement in central Mumbai, India.
		The original inhabitants of Dharavi were kolis, the fisherfolk, who lived at the edge of the creek that came in from the Arabian Sea.
		In the process, the creek dried up, Dharavi's fisherfolk were deprived of their traditional sustenance, and the newly emerged land from the marshes provided space for new communities to move in.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dharavi (411 words)

	Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Search Results
		To some extent it already does in neighbourhoods with limited or no sewage such as Dharavi - where the queues in the morning are local residents using public facilities.
		In Dharavi 5 Rupees (10 Euro cents) buys you sitting space on blanket covered floor; those in the front ‘row’ are required to lie down to see the screen; in the company of a male-only audience - packed even in the middle of the day.
		Dharavi India mobile phone Mumbai repair repair culture all tags...
	www.janchipchase.com /blog/mt-search.cgi?tag=Dharavi&blog_id=1 (2168 words)

	Gulfnews: Mumbai's minimum city
		Dharavi has been an eyesore for Mumbai's elite, many of whom have long harboured a dream to transform the city into "India's Shanghai".
		The redevelopment of Dharavi is expected to propel a real estate boom in Mumbai and over the next decade, the industry is projected to grow from $14 billion to $102 billion.
		Dharavi is Asia's largest slum - spread over 530 acres of land, all of which is a realty goldmine.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/07/01/18/10097726.html (1141 words)

	Chobi Mela - III :: International Festival of Photography- Asia, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		'Dharavi: Fantastic Land' is a photography exhibition that unfolds the joyous, affectionate relationship 12 children between the ages of 10-15 years enjoy with their ‘home land’.
		“Dharavi mein koi bhukha nahin sota” (nobody sleeps hungry in Dharavi) is a frequently repeated motto.
		Initiated by Point of View, Mumbai, in collaboration with SHED and the children of Dharavi, the project started with the intention of understanding the perceptions of children on their environment – and the need to promote a point of view that is rarely heard.
	www.chobimela.org /g_in_dharavi.htm (303 words)

	The Hindu : Rediscovering Dharavi
		For the truth of the matter is that Dharavi, a settlement with almost one million people (there is a considerable gap between "official" and "unofficial" population figures because of a large, unregistered, floating population), spread over 175 hectares, is a bustling collection of contiguous settlements, each with its own distinct identity.
		The original inhabitants of Dharavi were the Kolis, the fisherfolk, who lived at the edge of the creek that came in from the Arabian Sea.
		In the process, the creek dried up, Dharavi's fisherfolk were deprived of their traditional source of sustenance, and the newly emerged land from the marshes provided space for new communities to move in.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2000/09/17/stories/13170632.htm (2159 words)

	People & the Planet > cities > books > rediscovering dharavi
		Dharavi's history is closely linked to the migratory patterns that have shaped the larger city and to the policies of demolition and relocation that the city followed for many years.
		Dharavi is a mix of neighbourhoods — some consisting solely of people from one area and reproducing the distinct look and life of that area, but others mixing northerners and southerners, Muslims, Hindus and Christians.
		Dharavi is typical of many informal settlements in the gradual evolution of its housing and infrastructure over time.
	www.peopleandplanet.net /pdoc.php?id=1687 (418 words)

	City of Crows - Photographs by Robert Appleby - The Digital Journalist
		When the Kumbhars, a community of potters from Gujarat, were first relocated here from elsewhere in Bombay in 1933 (after two previous relocations, always to the northern edge of the city as it was defined at the time), they found a swampy, uninhabited district with plenty of space for their kilns and houses.
		Dharavi itself is fast becoming a desirable residential area, with its new buildings near to the Western and Central Railways conveniently located for commuters to other parts of Bombay.
		But my visits to Dharavi impressed upon me the boundless energy and ingenuity of its people, and their ability to in-corporate traditional values into the changes forced on them by the pressures of life in Bombay.
	www.digitaljournalist.org /issue0204/city_intro.htm (1458 words)

	Trivial Matters: Shadow City - A look at Dharavi.
		Dharavi and many other slums like it are nothing but human ant colonies built by legions of our urban poor.
		Dharavi is therefore in a sense a “Free Economic Zone”.
		Nabeel - Dharavi is home to more than a million people AND extends over 250 hectares of land - therefore most call it the largest slum in Asia and one of the biggest slums in the world.
	trivialmatters.blogspot.com /2006/03/shadow-city-look-at-dharavi.html (2079 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro
		Dharavi is something of an alter ego to Mumbai, a sprawling slum in a packed city of high-rises.
		Sudhir Mishra used the image of Dharavi as quicksand in a feature film, while Naata, a documentary film by Anjali Monteiro, was based on a relationship between a Hindu and a Muslim in Dharavi during the communal riots of 1992-93.
		Dharavi was once a swamp located between the islands of Sewri and Bandra, one of the seven islands that were reclaimed to create today’s Mumbai.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040222/asp/look/story_2909304.asp (972 words)

	March 2006 editorial
		To quote some simple but telling instances is for instance, the significance given to a loft by people who tend to live and run cottage enterprises from their home (some of the structures planned for rehabilitation had impractical, low ceilings), the preference for low storeyed structures in view of frequent water shortages and so on.
		The development plan divides the Dharavi region into a dozen segments, each to be developed at a cost of Rs 450 crore.
		Dharavi has thousands of success stories, so entrepreneurial spirit has to be preserved and encouraged in the new development plan.
	www.diehardindian.com /thoughts/mar2006.htm (1065 words)

	Press Feature: "Can there be another world for slum dwellers?" young Christians ask
		Dharavi epitomizes the squalor of Mumbai's teeming millions living in the shadow of the luxurious skyscrapers of the few rich.
		Sandwiched between the western and central suburban railway lines, it is often seen as an insult to the city, and described as a breeding ground for criminals.
		The Dharavi residents are able to get water and electricity, even if the government turns off the taps and the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport Company cuts off their illegal hook-ups.
	www2.wcc-coe.org /pressreleasesen.nsf/index/feat-04-02.html (884 words)

	Dharavi - Twilight City, by Dilip D'Souza
		She manages to remind us what we should never have forgotten: in those thousands of Dharavi huts, there are garden-variety men, women and children.
		But the impact of the extreme proximity is magnified when you walk from shack to shack in Dharavi, timing your steps to avoid the trains that thunder past almost overhead.
		It is in that sense that I said earlier that Dharavi forces you to look at what is holding India back: the attitudes he typifies, the miseries that we ourselves tolerate but want to hide from visitors.
	www.indiatogether.org /opinions/ddsouza/dharavi.htm (1419 words)

	TIMEasia Magazine: Life in Dharavi
		As Bombay grew and industrialized, Dharavi became a "human dumping ground" for dispossessed workers and penniless migrants arriving to seek their fortune in India's commercial capital, says longtime resident Ram Bhaukorde, 69.
		Today, Dharavi has a population of between 600,000 and a million—the figures are rough because the area was officially an illegal settlement until 2004 and the authorities have yet to quantify it—and it's the largest contiguous slum in the world.
		Dharavi is home to some of the city's best leatherworkers, as well as textile and furniture factories, potteries and bakeries.
	www.time.com /time/asia/covers/501060619/slum.html (896 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Taking banking to Dharavi's poor
		She is one of the lakhs in Dharavi for whom Indian Bank's branch at Dharavi is nothing but a step to fulfil their entrepreneurial dreams.
		Dharavi is spread across an area of 1.75 sq km with a population of about 10 lakh living in about 1.25 lakh households.
		Dharavi is an unorganised, unregulated industrial estate, called by many as the "Little Japan", where the people are engaged in businesses of plastics, leather, eateries, garments, jewellery, among others.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2007/02/19/stories/2007021900171600.htm (798 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		While its critics feel the plan has been unfurled to woo the 600,000-odd residents of Dharavi on election eve, its advocates insist that it will forever change the face of the city, more than 55 per cent of whose 14 million people are slum dwellers.
		The plan will aim at income generation for the residents in Dharavi itself.” He says the key to the project will be elevating slum dwellers to the middle-income group through economic development.
		“Dharavi is a Rs 3,000 crore economy by itself, home to many industries like leather, pottery and embroidery.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040126/asp/nation/story_2824917.asp (583 words)

	Metroblogging Mumbai: Shadow City - A look at Dharavi.
		Dharavi and many other slums like it are nothing but human ant colonies built by legions of our urban poor.
		Dharavi is beyond our traditional India babudom of red tape, licenses, duties, municipal permissions, paperwork and taxes.
		Dharavi is therefore in a sense a "Free Economic Zone".
	mumbai.metblogs.com /archives/2006/03/shadow_city_a_look_at_dharavi.phtml (1660 words)

	Regulating the Land Market (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dharavi is in Bombay, now called Mumbai, and is home to 900,000 people on just 2 square kilometres.
		Dharavi is unique in its scale — it’s a city in and of itself.
		It’s not the specifics of Dharavi that are of interest in Canada and the rest of North America; it’s the fact that land and housing markets exist and operate regardless of the regulatory regime.
	www.rppi.org /regulatinglandmarket.shtml (2228 words)

	YouTube - Walk Through Dharavi, Mumbai, India
		the video really brings dharavi out to the mainstream - most people don't know all of this exists in the heart of mumbai...really important to find out about how they are being treated by the government.
		Dharavi is the home and workplace of 40% of 600...
		Dharavi is the home and workplace of 40% of 600,000 people who live in this township in the middle of Mumbai metropolis.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=o9r1lclT9Os (345 words)

	BookReview (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dharavi is a slum in Bombay, one of the many in the metropolis, that exists side by side with highrise apartments.
		Shamsuddin left his village in Tamil Nadu to join his uncle in Dharavi, Bombay at the age of 18.
		The first chapter deals with the growth of Dharavi in the context of Bombay's development.
	www.netguruindia.com /bookreview/slums.html (303 words)

	Central Chronicle--Opinion
		Dharavi has once again hit the headlines with new developments on the much touted project that aims to convert Asia's largest slum into a "world-class" locality.
		The latest on the state government's list is a proposal to amend the clause of the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971, which stipulates that 60 per cent families affected by a slum development project give their written consent to it.
		The original Dharavi redevelopment scheme, as proposed by Mukesh Mehta of Mumbai-based M M Consultants in early 2004, has been slightly modified and preparations are underway to invite global tenders, say SRA sources.
	www.centralchronicle.com /20060314/1403304.htm (671 words)

	Welcome to Reality Tours and Travel- Slum Tours
		In these small alleys, you will see why Dharavi is the heart of small scale industries in Mumbai (annual turnover is approximately US$ 665 million) and on the tour we show you a wide range of these activities- from making clay pots and leather bags to recycling plastic.
		When in Dharavi there will be some walking involved- the only way to really see it is on foot- but it will not be very strenuous.
		Dharavi is located next to the train station Mahim Junction on the local Western Railway line- meeting point is the ticket office on the Dharavi side (East Side) of the station.
	www.realitytoursandtravel.com /slumtours.html (1026 words)

	Community Groups and Planning Action
		Dharavi, described as Asia's largest slum, is in an area of about 600 acres and is inhabited by more than one million people.
		The Bombay Municipal Corporation considers the residents of Dharavi as illegal squatters (which they are, in the true sense of the word) whose shelters may be demolished at any time.
		Contrary to stereotypes, residents of Dharavi are literate and have certain amount of formal education, and a few even a university degree.
	www.gdrc.org /uem/doc-comparti.html (2205 words)

	The Hindu : Other States / Maharashtra News : Dharavi residents wary of new project
		Residents of Dharavi, spread over 213 hectares in the heart of Mumbai, are slowly waking up to the fact that a Rs.7,500-crore plan (revised from the initial Rs.5,300 crores) to revamp their existence will begin shortly even though they have not been consulted.
		Mukesh Mehta is not rebuilding Dharavi, he is inventing Shanghai in Dharavi.
		Sitting in her 5,000 sq ft single-storey house in Dharavi's Koliwada, she recalls, "Earlier the sea used to come up close and our boats used to dock here." The new Dharavi project proposes to re-develop the area and allot people flats measuring 225 sq ft each.
	www.hindu.com /2004/08/08/stories/2004080800101100.htm (891 words)

	Cybernoon.com
		For instance, the world’s perception of Dharavi (“the largest slum of Asia” comes to the fore) is about the locality being choc a bloc with slums, filth, squalor and all what goes along with such a vicinity.
		Dharavi is not just a slum, it is also the heart of the small scale industry and cottage industry.
		Dharavi has come across as totally different from I had perceived it to be.
	www.cybernoon.com /DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=specialreport&xfile=August2006_specialreport_standard174 (968 words)

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