A picnic had been a strong request for weeks now and so Himanshu and I thought that taking them to the Kala Ghoda Arts festival in Mumbai would be an extremely enjoyable experience for learning, sharing and engaging in other creative activities that are experienced by other people in this city.
Our Sunday began with a [...]

Our new friend, James Subudhi, came to visit our Shelter a few weeks back and spent the Sunday volunteering with us.  He spent a memorable day with the children and learnt a lot about richness of Dharavi. What James mentioned the most about his visit was about the happiness of the children and the strong [...]

Art has been a favoured tool in the hands of sensitive pedagogues. Our small initiative in Dharavi takes art seriously – for its own sake. We are sure that our little moves will ferret out tremendous talent from the rich locality in which it is situated. Many children coming to the Shelter also go to [...]

On the architecture of informal housing on the seaside.

Many interesting aspects about the reality of water distribution and shortage have been revealed from conversations I had with residents of different neighborhoods of Dharavi and Mumbai .  I had prepared ten questions for these interviews; however each time this was just the kick-off for lively discussions about different issues of water management. Here are some of the [...]