Mumbai's WEALTH Divide: TRUTH Behind The Slums! | India!

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[00:00:00]Guys, this is insane.

[00:00:04]It is so hot.

[00:00:06]It's like amazing here. May be maybe.

[00:00:09]Bend down.

[00:00:10]Watch your head. Bend down.

[00:00:12]That's the reason why this place is called a slum. This is Mumbai, home to some of the wealthiest people on the planet. Ironically, [music] it is home to some of the poorest with 40% of the population living in poverty.

[00:00:26]Located only 10 minutes away from each other. This is the nicest area we've been to.

[00:00:31]By far. Uh this is the second location that we've gone to where they've asked us really not to record. We hired a tour guide steal the things from the people, kill someone for money. to help us understand why these two places, so close to each other, are worlds apart.

[00:00:48]>> [laughter] >> Number three, good luck.

[00:00:50]Starting in the Dharavi slum, we are here to explore the oldest slum in Mumbai.

[00:00:56]So, we just got here to the uh tour.

[00:00:59]We're here in the slums. We're here with the tour guide. He was just kind of giving us some background history on the place. In past, the idea of slum was different. Back then, slum was considered like a poor living conditions. They don't have a like proper supplies like water, electricity, sanitation. And also where crime rate was like high. So, for survival, they were involved in the bad stuff. Like steal the things from the people, kill someone for money. So, it was like very common thing in past. But now, slum is not like this. It has completely changed.

[00:01:29]1985, [music] they started doing I started helping the the people here in the slums. They started actually giving them their own living quarters, apartments, things like that. Where they actually own their homes now. And they actually helped develop industries here. So, I think annually it was a billion dollars a year that they make on the industries here.

[00:01:49]So, at night, whenever they're done working, uh they'll a lot of the workers actually sleep in these factories. And they come from villages outside of Mumbai where they will actually live here in the factories to save money. I send the money that they do make back to their their loved ones back home.

[00:02:04]Recycling is the [music] biggest industry here in the slums. They recycle I think it was 15 tons thousand tons a day.

[00:02:12]So if you guys ever come to like a country like India, Vietnam, Thailand, you might see you know at night there's people that will go through the trash and [music] pick out all the plastic from the trash and that's basically how places like this get all their plastic is those people collect the plastic [music] from the trash and bring it to places like this and then sell it to these recyclers.

[00:02:35]>> [music] >> Oh, it smells good.

[00:02:38]I can just tell you guys uh >> [music] >> the work here is probably extremely difficult and it's so hot guys. It's so hot in here. There's no air flow.

[00:02:48]Uh I mean they work 12-13 hours a day.

[00:02:55]It uh it must be really tough. It must be really tough.

[00:02:59]Uh see you again. You even see you know some children in here that are just hanging out or some of them I see carrying stuff working.

[00:03:10]Yes, candy's for everyone.

[00:03:13]Now we are heading on the other side which is the residential area. Okay.

[00:03:17]Yeah, before that we cross that main street. Okay.

[00:03:20]>> There are three rules of crossing the road. Okay, rule number one, do not run and cross the street.

[00:03:25]Walk slowly. Rule number two, while crossing while crossing the street show your superman hand. Okay.

[00:03:32]Rule number three, good luck. Okay.

[00:03:51]This is crazy.

[00:03:53]>> [music] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:03:58]Okay.

[00:04:01]>> [music] [music] >> So the for the documents or that they given the the apartments is only the first floor.

[00:04:15]>> And the second and third are like they they rent them out but they wouldn't [music] get any money if they sell them.

[00:04:21]I see.

[00:04:22]Now we will explore this area. Till here this was your widest alley. The widest alley?

[00:04:27]>> alley.

[00:04:29]Just keep going.

[00:04:32]Okay.

[00:04:33]Bend down a little bit. Yeah.

[00:04:38]So here.

[00:04:39]There you go.

[00:04:40]Step down right here. Okay.

[00:04:47]Step down. Watch your head. Bend down.

[00:04:54]These are the ladders to get up to some of these apartments here.

[00:04:58]There's people in the back of us.

[00:05:01]Guys, this is insane.

[00:05:05]It is so hot.

[00:05:07]It's like amazing here.

[00:05:09]And there's just so many like houses, children, people um just everywhere we go. If we didn't have a tour guide we would definitely be lost.

[00:05:22]Oof. And we just got out through this this opening.

[00:05:28]Oh, that was rough. I'm not going to lie, guys. That was tough.

[00:05:34]Oh, wow. There's a goat.

[00:05:36]So how was the experience though? It was tough.

[00:05:39]Yeah. Yeah. That was just a glimpse.

[00:05:41]Most of the part in the Arab is like this. Yeah. We have noticed the improper structure of house. It was densely populated people.

[00:05:47]That's the why the place is called a slum.

[00:05:50]But they make it by hand.

[00:05:52]So, this is the the leather the leather industry that they do here.

[00:05:56]They use the the skin from the goats after they slaughter them. See, eats.

[00:06:04]>> [music] >> So, from the leather processing over there, they'll make products like these.

[00:06:08]What do you think so far?

[00:06:11]It's very interesting.

[00:06:14]Uh it's just so hot. It is very hot.

[00:06:18]>> even know how people do it. Yeah.

[00:06:20]It is.

[00:06:21]Working in those conditions is harsh.

[00:06:27]So, it's pretty hectic.

[00:06:29]All over these streets, [music] alleys, cars, people coming by.

[00:06:34]In that back alley, that very narrow alley that we were at, it was so narrow that we were literally holding up traffic [music] because we were walking so slow. People behind us were trying to trying to squeeze by us.

[00:06:48]And and so, that's why, you know, that those areas in those narrow areas just the tip of the iceberg of of most of these slums. I guess that we're exploring the market area, and our tour guide was saying that this is where they get all their daily essentials. And you can see like that they'll even cut the chicken right there in front of you.

[00:07:14]So, this is a public school that we're doing right here.

[00:07:17]It is public holiday, so the the kids are [music] actually not at school.

[00:07:21]But they're doing a charity event where they're giving out medical supplies, [music] toothbrushes, things like that. And they're doing little seminars on dental work, physiotherapy, things like that for people that want to come sign up and and just learn. [music] The name of the organization is Dr. Selvan's Foundation here in India, and they've been around for about 5 years.

[00:07:45]>> Everything is perfect from our side.

[00:07:47]And and and we are also giving medicines also.

[00:07:50]So, even included medicines free. And and how often do you guys do stuff How often do you guys do stuff like this?

[00:07:56]>> So, we are having our own foundation.

[00:07:59]So, from that we are doing this work. We are doing since 5 years. 5 years? Oh, wow. Yes, and we are continuously doing medical camp for every 3 months. And they do they do free medical camp for all the people. Awesome. Hi, my name is Sweet.

[00:08:13]How old are you? Huh? How old are you?

[00:08:16]How old am I? I am 33. 33? Yes. How old are you? I am 14. 14? And you?

[00:08:22]12.

[00:08:23]>> 12? You're getting crazy.

[00:08:24]>> You're 12?

[00:08:25]Wow, you're a big 12-year-old. [music] And you?

[00:08:29]11? 11.

[00:08:30]12?

[00:08:34]It's really just like a an eye-opener to different different side of the world and how different people live and how blessed we are that we're coming from the US.

[00:08:49]Okay, guys. We just finished the tour.

[00:08:52]Honestly, one of the best, most enlightening and challenging tours that I've ever been on. Here with my guide.

[00:08:59]Go ahead and say your name. My name is Shivam. And how do you spell that?

[00:09:03]>> S H I V A M. So, guys, if you guys want to do this tour, I'm going to leave a link for GetYourGuide in the comments.

[00:09:09]Ask for him. He just spelled his name out. He's very good, very funny, and very helpful.

[00:09:17]After experiencing life in the slums, we headed to one of the richest [music] business districts in India, known as BKC.

[00:09:27]Once we arrived, we were stunned by what we saw.

[00:09:33]We just left the slums and we've come here to the BKC area, area, which is the business district here in Mumbai. We can see the comparison or the contrast of this place compared to the slums. Um as you guys can see, this place is super well developed, super nice. The the buildings, architecture, it's super modern, uh super high class. Uh everything's clean, there's big sidewalks.

[00:10:01]Uh you know, everyone's driving a nice [music] car.

[00:10:04]And uh it's crazy. This place is only 10 minutes away from where [music] we were just at. It's completely different, guys.

[00:10:11]>> And here it's just all luxury.

[00:10:14]Everything is so modern.

[00:10:16]Yeah, we've been here in uh Mumbai. This is our fourth day.

[00:10:20]And this is the nicest area we've been to by far. You almost feel like you're in like a big city in in the US. Uh right here, we're going to pass by the Nita Mukesh Ambani, I believe, and I'm pronouncing it cultural center. We want to say we we're not able to record, so but if you're here, I suggest you visit it. It's really nice. It's a cultural center. They have like plays, musicals, arts. They have cafes, restaurants. It's very fancy.

[00:10:54]That's all I'm going to say.

[00:10:56]So, right behind me is the capital building and it is a 19-story [music] building.

[00:11:03]It's an eco-friendly building and it has solar panels. And if I understood correctly when I was reading about it, um something about that it collects the water. It's a system that collects the the water when it rains and I think like it purifies it. It has like a big turf lawn.

[00:11:21]Uh I think they have some they may have some events from time to time. Yeah, so so far we've been having a difficult time recording uh some of these places cuz it just seems like uh they're very strict here about recording.

[00:11:36]This is the second location that we've gone to where they've asked us, >> [music] >> you know, really not to record.

[00:11:43]When we decided to visit the slums, we expected to find misery [music] and tragedy.

[00:11:49]While the living conditions are not ideal, what we found was people [music] living their day-to-day lives.

[00:11:56]Working, having fun, helping each other, in their own way thriving.

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