Stealth Assassin's Tour of Mumbai

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Dharavi, Asia's Largest slum and recycling factory

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Thane

 

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That's about it folks!! I've covered most of the Island.

I'll post some random photos and things that I left out after this!

 

[Neo]

Great pucs Stealth, thanks for shring!

 

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Some assorted pics:

Worli



Nariman Point

 

[gpit]

Thanks SA for sharing these pictures!

Truly beautiful ones.

No offense but some questions about the slum tour: who organize it and what causes they to think of making money out of the misfortunes of the unprivileged? Will those live there get a fair share from the "tourism"?

 

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Thanks SA for sharing these pictures!

Truly beautiful ones.

No offense but some questions about the slum tour: who organize it and what causes they to think of making money out of the misfortunes of the unprivileged? Will those live there get a fair share from the "tourism"?

Thanks Gpit!

People in Mumbai try to find unique ways and means to make money. Dharavi does attract its share of tourist interest, so some enterprising folks decided to organize tours I guess.

I doubt the people of Dharavi will get any share of the tourism money, since they don't pay taxes, and to be frank, the entire slum is illegally built on government land.

The authorities have recently proposed a massive scheme to rehabilitate the people of Dharavi in regular housing, and sell the remaining real estate to legal developers....let us see how this works out...

 

[khanz]

beautiful pics ! thx for sharing the city is coming along really nicely but it's expensive lol
i've been to mumbai quite a few times

 

[Sam Dhanraj]

No offense but some questions about the slum tour: who organize it and what causes they to think of making money out of the misfortunes of the unprivileged? Will those live there get a fair share from the "tourism"?

Good and valid Question gpit...

Infact I myself was surprised and questioned the ethical points last year when I read about the Organized Slum Tour of Dharavi...but then I found out that the money earned through them go to NGO's and education.

This is what they say..

"We do not believe that we should be showing places affecting the poorer members of society and profit from it. We have started a Community/Education Centre and 80% of profits after tax from these slum tours are donated to local NGOs (charities) and in May 2007 we opened at Community and Education Centre."

Welcome to Reality Tours and Travel- Dharavi Slum Tours

"Community and Education Centre"
On 28 May 2007 in collaboration with with the NGO “MESCO” we opened a Community and Education Centre in Dharavi. The idea behind the centre is to help in the development of some young people in Dharavi.

We have rented a place very close to Kumbharwada, the pottery area which we visit on the tour, and are currently running 5 English classes from Monday to Saturday

We are developing a new syllabus in collaboration with Malvern House, a language school in London which applies the EFL (English as a foreign language) methods of teaching. Malvern House are accredited by the British council.

Welcome to Reality Tours and Travel- Community/ Education Centre

 

[Sam Dhanraj]

Stealth,
How in the world can you forget about the famous "Dabbawala's" of Mumbai ???

I would have named this thread "Salam Bombay"

Nice Work Stealth !!!

 

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Stealth,
How in the world can you forget about the famous "Dabbawala's" of Mumbai ???

I would have named this thread "Salam Bombay"

Nice Work Stealth !!!

Oooh..the Dabbawalas...how could I forget them!

 

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The Dabbawalas are quite famous...you can google them

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The Dabbawalas are quite famous...you can google them

The dabbawallahs deliver home-cooked food to their customers daily in the city of Mumbai, India. They transport an astounding 200,000 Tiffin boxes daily from each customer’s home to office and back.

It is worth mentioning that in 1998, Forbes Global magazine, conducted a quality assurance study on the Dabbawalas’ operations and gave it a Six Sigma efficiency rating of 99.999999% accuracy. This means that the Dabbawalas made only one error in six million transactions.

 

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The dabbawallahs deliver home-cooked food to their customers daily in the city of Mumbai, India. They transport an astounding 200,000 Tiffin boxes daily from each customer’s home to office and back.

It is worth mentioning that in 1998, Forbes Global magazine, conducted a quality assurance study on the Dabbawalas’ operations and gave it a Six Sigma efficiency rating of 99.999999% accuracy. This means that the Dabbawalas made only one error in six million transactions.

Some celebrity pics

Dabbawalas with Richard Branson


Prince Charles


Dabbwalas on TV

 

[niaz]

There is a saying 'CHAQUE ON SON GUT' meaning every one to one's taste. I have had the opportunity of visiting Bombay ( before it became Mumbai) twice, Madras once, Agra and Delhi twice. Out of all these cities I like Delhi the best and Bombay the least!!.

Reason could be an inherent preference to northern Indian culture and climate. Bomay had excellent night life and food but I found that except in the Rio De Janero, I didnot see the contrast between rich and poor as much as I saw in Bombay. The road from from the airport to city was lined with slum dwellers and the area around the Haji Ali was also a slum.

Even the most expensive area such as Bandra and Malabar Hills were found to be dirty. The traffic was too much too bear. As a foreigner it appeared to me that I am spending most of my time sitting in a traffic jam in a taxi. I was told that locals use trains instead. Except in the top hotels where the food was excellent, I found the resturant food too spicy.

I found Madras far more interesting and Delhi to be a really nice city to visit as well as for food. Taj Mahal and the Agra fort are enough to describe Agra. Even today my wife was reminding me of the promise that I have to take her to see the Taj.

My hon. friends, If you like Mumbai, you are welcome. I wasnt impressed and among Indian cities, give me Delhi any time.