Indian authorities have asked a developer to tear down and rebuild Dharavi, a bustling settlement in Mumbai known as the backdrop for Danny Boyle’s hit 2008 movie Slumdog Millionaire.
“Dharavi is the beating heart of Mumbai. The government wants to grab it,” says liquid soap manufacturer Ashraf Sheikh who recently went on an eight-day hunger strike over the redevelopment. But the area defies most Western notions of a slum; Dharavi is a hive of economic activity and boasts an estimated annual turnover of more than a billion dollars.
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