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Millions of people in Mumbai live in slums. There are also people who live on the streets; I have no idea of the numbers or percentages of those.
What I see and read is that in a slum, most people earn a living, one way or another. And they have some sort of roof over their head.
I also see that even people on the street create a sort of 'home' for themselves. Washes are done and hung on fences and trees. People wash themselves and brush their teeth on the street. They cook and sleep on the street.
Or on top of their big trucks.
I think that the homeless that are sick, handicapped, disabled and/or mentally ill are worst of and totally dependent of begging.
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| Taking a nap. |
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| Living on the street with a cow by hand gives at least milk. |
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| The slum across the hotel has streets, squares, temples and everything else that belongs to a community. |
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| Funny enough there are a lot of TV's in slums, look at the satellite dishes. |
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| Rooftops give possibilities too. |
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| Community square in slum. |
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| Chawls (apartment buildings) and some slum streets next to hotel |
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| Business on the pavement |
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| Begging with children on the pavement |
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| Somebody lives there |
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| Looked like a poor gypsy woman to me |
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| Looked like a homeless guy, maybe mentally ill? |
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| Nap? Homeless? |
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| Sleeping in a cloth in front of hotel |
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| Laundry and brushing teeth on the street |
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| Washing yourself on the street |
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| "I live here" |
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| "Here I hang my laundry" |
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| "Here I cook" |
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| Nap |
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| Very busy slum street |
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| Very busy slum street |
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| Slum life |
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| Slum life |
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| 'Showering' in the slum |
It's really sad to see there is such a poverty in the world. But through your pictures i get a snapshot of how the living is in Mumbai,you did a great job making me realize that i'm lucky being born in Europe!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is sad, Mloggie, and indeed, we are very fortunate with our lives!
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