From the lecture by Kalpana Sharma (author of Rediscovering Dharavi)
"They (the inhabitants of Dharavi) don't identify themselves as coming from Dharavi but smaller regions like the Koliwada or 13 Compound Area. It is the outsiders which refer to them as coming from Dharavi"
This is probably very true.
The social communities inside Dharavi are very characterized and have very strong bondings within their own communities, i.e. a strong sense of identity. Even though for us, it is not easy to distinguish these somehow 'invisible borders', the inhabitants themselves are very clear about them. It would be interesting to see how neighbouring communities interact with each other. (Since during the last part of our research, every group only concentrate in their own 'nagars' but somehow forgot about the interactions and relationships between/ amonf different nagars.)
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