Slums next to skyscrapers. A mega-city of 20 million people, half of whom live in slums. Too many people, too little housing. After arriving in Mumbai from Kolkata, we went directly to Dharavi, the slum of Slumdog Millionaire, where 1 million people live in an area of 300 acres. That's 18,000 people an acre. We walked around Dharavi, where people were working in pottery and leather trades. There was such energy and vibrancy in a place where people made do with what they had on hand.
On the way to the hotel, we passed through Mumbai's red light district and heard what organizations like the Apne Aap Women's Collective are doing to stop the pattern of prostitution. The boy flying a kite was on the roof of a brothel.
The Public Laundry in the shadow of a skyscraper.
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