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By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:28:25 +0000

http://news.rediff.com/column/2009/jul/29/guest-mumbais-neglect-of-slums.htm

Interesting read

By: Siddhesh

Siddhesh — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:09:12 +0000

@angela – Firstly you need to understand WHY those slums came up in the first place. Its the British, who looted India for more than 200 years, who are responsible for this. Even in 1947, when they left India, they gave the parting gift of ‘Partition’ to India. Its very easy for Westerners (I know you might not even be a Westerner- but these are exactly the type of comments my European friends made) to point fingers at the slums, but then, is the West ready to give India back all the billions of Dollars they looted from India for centuries? (We now have the investment bankers to calculate the exact money to the last dollar that has to be repayed to India as well )

This might be a very crude reply, but, thats exactly what I felt when Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire won an Oscar by showing the worst of India’s poverty.

By: AT_korvus

AT_korvus — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:11:51 +0000

^ its just that India isn’t a totalitarian state like China or post war Japan, so it takes time to implement such schemes, although the work is being hampered by the influx of illegal immegrants

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:40:29 +0000

The slums of India are appalling. Some of the worst in the world. The filth, garbage, poor sanitation, shack housing. Awful.
The slums need to be cleared and new modern apartments built, like they are doing in China, and did previously in Japan.

And like China, a one-child policy.
India has over a billion people, on a land area most suitable for half that many (assuming that India want plenty enough water, resources, farmland, food, etc., for it’s people And a middle class standard of living, and a first world quality of life for it’s people. And they should want that.)

By: Amby

Amby — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:06:12 +0000

Really nice article!! The whole bunch of experiences and aspirations indeed make this rural to urban migration a vicious thing. At times people migrate due to caste systems, at times just for being a part of that dream saga in urban places and other times it is just seasonal. And every time this movement happens, the much touted urban rural divide simply increases. So I like the perspective of making the rural areas a better world for the people first and starting with the basics.

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By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:28:46 +0000

Brilliant article. Rural to urban migration is an intriguing concept, specially in India where as the author says, there is a lot of glamour attached to an urban lifestyle. I have personally spoken to people who have migrated and another common factor I have found is the lesser emphasis on caste as a form of identity in urban India. People move from villages to cities to move away from the stigma of caste and the consequential deprivation it leads to in terms of reduced access to education and healthcare. Providing more egalitarian access to social infrastructure might go a long way in reducing migration.

By: Ankit

Ankit — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:10:30 +0000

Very nicely written article..I also agree with Kaushik that schemes like NREGA can be mentioned and need to be improved upon rather than giving incentive to rural population to migrate to urban areas by schemes like Rajiv Awas Yojana

By: Shubhchintak

Shubhchintak — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:15:30 +0000

Mind-blowing article. Very very well written. I have become a fan of the author. Amazing job.. kudos to her