As a mumbai native, I have to say, foreigners obsess about Dharavi too much. It is just the largest slum we have and it's not even that bad for Indian standards. There are multi-crore businesses being run from there. We have smaller slums in much worse conditions all over urban India. Dharavi has become like the privileged brand ambassador for Indian slums.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago

Its more about the neglect. One thing I know about people is they find a way to live and thrive. Also gtfo with that foreigner bullshit. It's the first thing you see when you land into Mumbai, no Indian is proud about a slum, except you for some reason. So nuff with the cope. Even if there are multi-crore businesses there. The question is should people live like that, underserved and neglected. To me. No.