Slumdog

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a. Social Integration/pages 10-11: the degree to which members of a group or a society are united by shared values and other social bonds; also known as social cohesion.

Throughout this documentary the viewer gains perspectives into the lives of a couple of the families living in Daharvi. The leading impression is one of surviving poverty at its most humbling level. It is a privilege to see how these families interact within their own family units and also within the microcosm of the megaslum. It becomes apparent very early in the documentary that the survival of the community is in direct correlation to how they diversify. The ways that they create jobs, housing, educational outlets, open markets, pottery, business districts and places …show more content…

Since it is a slum, by definition it lacks necessary resources like water and sanitation, which lead to predicable health complications. “Slumdog” is even a lens into the cultural perspective on the horrible climate of situations that these people find themselves exposed. In the film we can see a man beat the word slum dog on a poster with the bottom of his sandal. The bottom of the foot is considered an unclean, and the bottom of a sandal adds insult to injury. Shialesh later in the film even questions why a dog was chosen saying, “they could of used anything but a dog”. It is taboo to be associated with a dog, much less a stray dog without home or prospect. To add to these people world they also have the city of Mumbai at their back. Daharvi has a very high property value due to it’s location, and proximity to the economic districts of Mumbai. The negative sanctions against it are due to the appearance of the slum from the outsiders view. Examples would be the squalid living conditions, the disheveled housing, and the diseases rampant throughout the community. Land developers keep putting pressure on the government to advance plans to tear down the slum. The reason for the expeditious pressure is for housing, and to establish businesses that would bring economic progress in that region. All of this planning without realizing the slum isn’t without its own progress and industry. Considering that Daharvi contributes to the cities recycling in which 80% of the garbage of Mumbai is recovered for products. Is astounding. Making those rag pickers apart of a positive environmental impact and ecosystem that allows the city to exist without plans for bigger landfills. Still since these people dig through garbage they are an unwanted society, and it is seen as a taboo within the mainstream culture. //328//

d. Globalization of Capitalism/ page 30: capitalism (investing

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