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| Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories From Asia's Largest Slum |  | Author: Kalpana Sharma
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 722763
Media: Paperback
Pages: 209
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0141000236
EAN: 9780141000237
ASIN: 0141000236
Publication Date: January 1, 2000
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Spread over 175 hectares and swarming with one million people, Dharavi is often called 'Asia's largest slum'. But Dharavi is much more than cold a statistic. What makes it special are the extraordinary people who live there, many of whom have defied fate and an unhelpful State to prosper through a mix of backbreaking work, some luck and a great deal of ingenuity. It is these men and women whom journalist Kalpana Sharma brings to life through a series of spellbinding stories. While recounting their tales, she also traces the history of Dharavi from the days when it was one of the six great koliwadas or fishing villages to the present times when it, along with other slums, is home to almost half of Mumbai.
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Informative and Enlightening! February 10, 2004
I found the book informative but not very insightful. Kalpana's writing is quite engaging and her descriptions are interesting. I liked the content in general, though I would have liked to see her throw some light on what we can learn from the way Dharavi has shaped and grown. It would have been interesting to see some comparitive study with other big slums in India. It is to her credit that she went over Dharavi's history through various angles. The book was a good read. I liked her notes on how people moved, how the industry slowly transformed. In some ways, the growth in Dharavi is an experiment in liberalized growth without any regulations. It can lead to both rapid growth and chaos.
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