How does life pulsate in the city’s lower income neighbourhoods, from slums to rehabilitation and resettlement sites? How are identities shaped? How are aspirations realised?
ComplexCity City Walks in the informal settlements of Ambujwadi (Malad, Mumbai) and in the rehabilitation and resettlement colonies of Lallubhai Compound (Mankhurd, Mumbai) will help the city know its people better.
We have carefully curated two city walks – in the basti (informal settlement) of Ambujwadi (Malad), and in the rehabilitation and resettlement colony of Lallubhai Compound (Mankhurd). The walks are representative of housing and identity journeys that many people from marginalised communities are forced to make.
YUVA is well-primed to facilitate these walks, having worked since 1998 in Ambujwadi and 2004 in Lallubhai Compound. We have worked on housing, livelihoods, and with children and youth of these settlements extensively. We have helped setup and strengthen the children and youth collectives who lead these walks. Our role is to empower the walk facilitators, and help them
Curated walks can be organised for interested groups or individuals on request.
Please email communication@yuvaindia.org to register your interest.
‘Tadipar’ invokes a criminalized identity. People in Ambujwadi have struggled to discard this discrimination for decades, and our walk (led by people from the community and YUVA staff) showcases housing and identity journeys to overcome stigma and assert people’s rights and identity in the city.
Where : YUVA HFC, Malad
Time : 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Given Mumbai’s development trajectory, there has often been large-scale displacement, especially of Mumbai’s slum residents, to rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) colonies. Our walk in the R&R colony of Lallubhai Compound, looks at how young lives growing up in these spaces have been impacted—from access to education, play, children’s collective resistance, and much more.
Where : Buddha Vihar, Lallubhai Compound
Time : 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Our walk in the R&R colony of Lallubhai Compound, looks at how young lives growing up in these spaces have been impacted—from access to education, play, children’s collective resistance, and much more.
Where : Buddha Vihar, Lallubhai Compound, Mankhurd
Time : 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
