Namaste Everyone!
Today, we visited the heart of
Mumbai, a slum called Dharavi, where more than half of Mumbai’s population
lives. Dharavi has beautiful colors and cultures alongside a certain extent of
poverty. Dharavi recycles about 80% of Mumbai’s plastics and recyclables.
Dharavi’s major source of income is
plastic and recycles about 80% of Mumbai’s total plastic and recyclables. The
people in Dharavi cut and formed the plastic into small reusable pieces. They
turned the plastic into the raw material that big corporations use such as
laundry detergent bottles, water bottles, etc.
Todays question of the day was “Why
are you here?” Many of us had difficulty answering this question, as we've been
in India for a short period of time and it seems like a question that may take
a lifetime to find the answer to. In exploring the possible answers to this
question, we found it easier to find reasons why we we’re not in India; for
example we are not in India to feel guilty about the daily lifestyle of people
living in India. We are here to listen and learn about perspective and culture,
the community in India, but also, on a deeper level, to learn about ourselves.
Before dinner we just touched the
idea of the power of a conversation and relationship. In heading to Chinchoti tomorrow, we hope to
have a great journey and put our conversation skills to work.
Sincerely,
Kimani Perry (G.10) and Jasmine
Hyppolite (G.10)
3 comments:
Love reading your posts! Keep them coming.
Love reading your posts! Keep them coming.
Keep the post coming! Awesome adventure.
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