CHAWLS : unity in diversity...

                                                                         A typical chawl in Mumbai......

Hi again!

Hmmm, I think when you see the picture most of the people of my parent's age or the ones living in mumbai will come to know that its a "chawl". For starters a wikipedia defines a CHAWL as "A chawl is a name for a type of building found in India. They are often 4 to 5 stories with about 10 to 20 tenements, referred to as kholis, literally meaning 'the room' on each floor. Many chawls can be found in Mumbai where they were constructed in abundance to house the people migrating to Mumbai because of its booming cotton mills and overall strong economy."!!

You can see a typical chawl in mumbai here -  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Chawl_-_Mumbai_2006.jpg

Hmmm but the chawl that i saw was in a small town of Karnataka. For someone like me who lives in a remote house finds it fascinating that how people live in chawls, sharing each other's happiness and sorrows! Its so good to have many neighbours :) but it has some pros and cons too... neighbours can be vicious too!! always everyone isn't helpful!! it depends on us how we deal with people...