Wednesday, January 23, 2008

chawl

A typical chawl neighborhood where many 'slum' dwellers were relocated to - and are again going to be relocated as the goverment moves to reclaim high priced land.
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posted by slaint at 5:40 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger Ioanna said...

Another one great photo! I love the colors sooooo much! Greetings from Ioannina,Greece :)

12:05 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So glad you are back from your break. I look forward to your wonderful photos each day.

5:00 AM  
Blogger Information Junkie said...

Here's a write-up on Mumbai Chawls that describes origin of these structures which housed nearly 60% of Mumbai population in the 50s and 60s.

9:02 PM  

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