http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/12/26/the-residents-of-dharavi-india-are-thriving-in-hardship Comments for "The Residents of Dharavi (India) are Thriving in Hardship" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/12/26/the-residents-of-dharavi-india-are-thriving-in-hardship <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> December 19, 2007 - 16:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> The Economist</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> A flourishing slum</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10311293">http://economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10311293</a> </div> <div class="flexinode--41"> <strong>Teaser: </strong><br /> Around 6am, the squealing of copulating rats—signalling a night-long verminous orgy on the rooftops of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai—gives way to the more cheerful sound of chirruping sparrows. Through a small window in Shashikant (“Shashi”) Kawale&#39;s rickety shack, daylight seeps. It reveals a curly black head outside. Further inspection shows that this is attached to a man&#39;s sleeping body, on a slim metal ledge, 12 feet above the ground.With maybe a million residents, crammed into a square mile of low-rise wood, concrete and rusted iron, Dharavi is a squeeze.<br class="clear" /></div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> Around 6am, the squealing of copulating rats—signalling a night-long verminous orgy on the rooftops of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai—gives way to the more cheerful sound of chirruping sparrows. Through a small window in Shashikant (“Shashi”) Kawale&#39;s rickety shack, daylight seeps. It reveals a curly black head outside. Further inspection shows that this is attached to a man&#39;s sleeping body, on a slim metal ledge, 12 feet above the ground.<br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/12/26/the-residents-of-dharavi-india-are-thriving-in-hardship#comment Business Development Asia Pacific Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:04:33 -0500 Manuel Bueno 4997 at http://www.nextbillion.net