Daily early morning BMC, the local civic body of Mumbai will release water for mere 2 hours, and Dharavi witness the chaos caused by it at the main community water supply connection. 

What the world’s largest city can teach us about local development (The Hindu 16.02.2019)

The waste of a resource that could help India cope

In continuation to the last article on place making in an urban village, we explore Diwale goan to understand various collaborations.

A community-led water supply project as a device to upgrade urban citizenship

On a rainy afternoon, we visited Irfan’s workshop, somehow quieter than the surroundings. We assisted and watched him while he worked, and he narrated his story to us.

Why is there a Bareilly street in Dharavi when Bareilly is infact in Uttar Pradesh? 

Behind the famed Renaissance hotel by the Powai lake is a small, homegrown village called Paspoli which is home to the workforce of the hotel. 

The number of religious sites in Dharavi is practically infinite. Small shrines and large temples dot the courtyards and roadsides with incredible density.

This animation presents what Dharavi could look like if it was allowed to continue develop incrementally. All designs in the video were conceived by contractors living and working in Dharavi, Mumbai, as part of the Design Comes as We Build project.