Dharavi | 5th Visit

This tour to Dharavi was not meant to take place. Last Sunday I went to Mumbai in order to pick up my laptop which finally could not be repaired. It cost me 1.600 kilometers journey on Indian rail already till I was finally informed that it wouldn’t be possible to repair my laptop. Still I did not get my laptop back because the guy was not there in the office although we had an appointment. He sincerely informed me that it was Sunday and on Sundays the office is closed. I wonder why he is telling me then one day earlier to come that Sunday.

So seething with rage I headed for Dharavi where I must be well known already. Again I got lost in the lanes where I was roaming around four times already. Again and again it is an interesting experience roaming through Dharavi although I have to say that the photography results of my first visit remain to be the most impressive.

From all the places in Dharavi this one above remains in my mind like no other. Poignantly this place stands for the destiny of those people living in slums like Dharavi. The pipe that can be seen here carries drinking water to the central part of Mumbai whereas most of the residents of slums have no access to clean drinking water. For them it often means a very long walk.