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Dharavi is India's largest slum, and is home to over 1 million people, all living on a land surface of approx. 2.1 SqKm - making it one of the most densely populated areas on this planet ! Join me , and local Dharavi resident Samir - as he shows me around. As we explore this slum and find million dollar business nestled within the rubble and trash - my perspectives of this place really changed! On this adventure we will venture into both the commercial as well as the residential parts of this slum - and discover the one billion dollar cottage industry that thrives here. From rag-picking , to recycling of plastics, paper, aluminum and more - so the dying and manufacturing of garments and apparel - to leather manufactures , suitcase and shoe manufactories and pottery workshops , the entrepreneurial spirit of this slum is very impressive. We then venture into the residential areas, through the extremely narrow alleys - but discover sweet cozy little homesteads - and get
