Video | Samartha, Child Genius From Dharavi In Mumbai, Asks ‘Why Can’t I Study At A Good School?’

Video | Samartha, Child Genius From Dharavi In Mumbai, Asks ‘Why Can’t I Study At A Good School?’

3 year old Samartha from Dharavi, Mumbai’s biggest slum, is a general knowledge wiz kid. Politics to geography to science, she knows it all, winning several awards. But Samartha can’t get admission to a good school because of the Dharavi ‘label’. Her mother wants redevelopment in Dharavi so that it becomes a respectable address. Meet…

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Video | Mumbai | Samartha, Child Genius From Dharavi In Mumbai, Asks ‘Why Can’t I Study At A Good School?’

Video | Mumbai | Samartha, Child Genius From Dharavi In Mumbai, Asks ‘Why Can’t I Study At A Good School?’

3 year old Samartha from Dharavi, Mumbai’s biggest slum, is a general knowledge wiz kid. Politics to geography to science, she knows it all, winning several awards. But Samartha can’t get admission to a good school because of the Dharavi ‘label’. Her mother wants redevelopment in Dharavi so that it becomes a respectable address. Meet…

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Video | Bombay High Court Clears Path For Adani Group To Redevelop Dharavi Slum

Video | Bombay High Court Clears Path For Adani Group To Redevelop Dharavi Slum

The Bombay High Court on Friday upheld the tender awarded to Adani Properties Private Limited by the Maharashtra government for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar dismissed a petition filed by UAE-based Seclink Technologies Corporation challenging the state government’s decision to…

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Dharavi NGOs Support Redevelopment Survey, Say Opposition Only By Non-Locals

Dharavi NGOs Support Redevelopment Survey, Say Opposition Only By Non-Locals

Once the project is completed, eligible residents will get a 350 sq ft flat in the area. Mumbai: Several non-government organisations working in Dharavi have pledged their support to the ongoing state government-led survey of informal tenants in Asia’s biggest slum and accused non-locals of trying to stall redevelopment by spreading misinformation, according to letters…

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