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April 7, 2011

Pictures from our trip to India

After two weeks in India, we have been lucky enough to visit both city and rural slums. The findings are helping us progress and we will post some of our takeaways shortly. In the meantime, a few picture so you can all share our experience in India.


Dharavi from the second floor of a house: an overbuilt, very developed and crowded slum

Dharavi from the second floor of a house



One of the poorest areas of Nehru Nagar in Mumbai


Nehru Nagar



Mahalaxmi Canal Slum in Raipur: the combination of illegal land and no sanitation services

Mahalaxmi Canal Slum in Raipur: the combination of illegal land and no sanitation services


The inside of a house

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On the positive side: India slum dwellers optimism is very refreshing and a significant portion of the children we met were going to school


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Thank you to all the people that have let us take pictures and videos during the trip.

 

The Tuck FYP $300 House India Team