Mumbai A week ago in Delhi I read an interesting argument on the op-ed page of the Economic Times by Kiran Karnik in which he argued that businesses in Indian needed to start going beyond the simple limits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and begin a direct “engagement with the government and, importantly, civil society …
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Organizing Around Education and Art in Dharavi
Mumbai This was a different visit to ACORN’s organizing in Dharavi. In the year since I had been here the Mumbai water & sewer system had implemented their plan to clear away 10 meters on either side of their huge drainage pipes thereby eliminating hundreds of residents and our original offices overlooking the pipes. We …
Back to Mumbai and “Behind the Beautiful Forever”
Mumbai Registering slums and settlements is very important business in India. Being a registered slum gives both immediate benefits and potentially some future entitlements. Immediately there are things like water, not just the tanks making the delivery, but a commitment from the city that ends in standpipes and the promise of more. Electricity may have …