Welcome to Dharavi where residents are reaching for the sky. They want Dharavi to surpass London as a great city. Unlike the poverty tourism and accolades awarded to communitarian slum living by the likes of Prince Charles and Kevin McCloud, Dharavi residents think big. Sadhvi Sharma takes us through the streets and introduces us to aspirant families for whom Dharavi is a place of transition. The least we can do, she argues, is support their aspirations.
Recommended links
- Article by Sadhvi Sharma, Living in filth is no lifestyle choice
- Book by Austin Williams & Alistair Donald, The lure of the cities The Lure of the City: From Slums to Suburbs