tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post2755600460776195951..comments2024-03-26T17:11:09.856+05:30Comments on The Middle Stage: On Neera Adarkar's anthology The Chawls of MumbaiChandrahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-15197935524630268552012-01-06T03:28:00.904+05:302012-01-06T03:28:00.904+05:30Thanks so much for this Chandrahas. Brilliant revi...Thanks so much for this Chandrahas. Brilliant review indeed- and greatly helpful at a time when I'm writing an essay on buildings and society.Paromahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392670599712128600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-59949129698534488162011-05-01T09:31:17.174+05:302011-05-01T09:31:17.174+05:30Venkatesh - No, the lines between chawls and slums...Venkatesh - No, the lines between chawls and slums are not blurred, although what is common to them is the concentration and proximity of human beings within small spaces. Chawls are pucca constructions, and multi-storeyed; slums often not. And porperty rights are often ambiguous in slums, but usually not in chawl buildings.<br /><br />I think the book to go to on Mumbai's slums might be Kalpana Sharma's book on Dharavi, unless of course you want to take the well-trodden path and read <i>Shantaram </i>.Chandrahashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-44090521070901626662011-04-24T17:33:21.664+05:302011-04-24T17:33:21.664+05:30Several passages of the first part of Naipaul'...Several passages of the first part of Naipaul's A Million Mutinies too are centred around the chawls of Bombay. But your write-up did tell me the difference between a chawl and a slum - or are the lines between chawls and slums blurred?<br />I'd think there are more slums in Mumbai that chawls no? And therefore many more people in the slums than in chawls? Or perhaps I'm getting it all wrong? Whether I am or not, it would be nice if you could point out to some writing on the Mumbai's slums...H R Venkateshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-32122115631357326172011-04-23T16:48:20.225+05:302011-04-23T16:48:20.225+05:30i have been living in "quaters"for five ...i have been living in "quaters"for five decades in government and DDA localities of delhi.there is a camaraderie and community feel.chawls are grounds for sports,cultural and religious activities.every chawl has a hero with a story of "survivor to thriver"jai ho!-the great indian middle class!absorbing normalcy mybloganilkhanna.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893725731033071590noreply@blogger.com