Mumbai. Wealth and Poverty / Real Life in Indian Slums  

India may be the world's largest democracy, but no one ever said it was the world's best example of it.

Some of the happiest people I have met were in India. The best way I can explain it is that religion works for these people. By western standards, these people had nothing to smile about but after many decades, it's the smiles I remember because you don't see many real ones here in the UK.

A slum at the foot of the billionaire apartments. You don't get it. Let me explain. ALL those millionaires and billionaires NEED servants and maids. CHEAP servants and maids. Because CHEAP is what keeps them RICH. Those slums are vital for the existance of the rich. So no big deal...that's the way the system works.

The poor are always more generous then the rich. They understand what it's like to not have. Blessings to all❤

I watched the scene the laundry guy handing money on and on and on. It made a grownup man cry. Such a pure soul. I wish him a very happy life.

So sweet that the slum dweller tried to hdnd the filmakrr money because he thought he was begging . He hss nothing yet he still was going to give .may god bless him

As a woman... India was one of the toughest places for me to travel through. I had to be extra extra weary and on guard.

You have explained it very accurately India has everything, from poor to rich. India did not try to hide the poor and as the Country grow poor people found work making more money their living situation will also get better, even these slums are going to be revamped (when it will happen god knows, what work will start soon). India is a developing country with time everything is going to change

Absolutely fantastic work. Such a fascinating culture.

Like your work on these videos. Thanks!

If you wanna talk about the most densley populated, try Gaza because they won't reveal that on the Internet, perhaps you should consider doing a project there

Amazing video, skillfully edited as well as sick transitions. How did the video editor make these transitions? Like half of the previous frame appearing in current frame, etc.?

India suffers from horrible Government Corruption. That more than anything is what has held them back for so long. Half a million USD for a small Condo built by men that earn at most 300 USD a month, the Government and property developers are making a killing, those Condos shouldn't cost more than 100K. What I find most disgusting is in a city with so much wealth, they can't even give these people a functioning sewer system, horrible corruption.

People in slums are good humble friendly happiest ppl on earth God bless them 🙏

Really enjoyed this video!! You went to places that one doesn't usually see in travel videos.. And explained about the trains, and the laundry area. I would love to see a video just on how they do all that laundry. What they use to do the washing, and so on! Very interesting!!

After having lifed for 20 years i do like your stories, most of all, your attitude, well done

Absolutely brilliant brother, what a documentary simply brilliant

You are the new Indian Jones, Stas! Its amazing the way you get contact to all those ppl, you interview and film. You deserve a much bigger audience for your Vlog, but maybe most ppl during this challenging era are not interested in vlogs of this type of content. It seems that majority of ppl are egoistic and not able to face this type of reality checks. Or are too depressed to care. Or some even without access to net or they are blocked by their government. World awareness level is low, if ever been high. Own well being and own culture is before anything else. Fuck the rest.

Wow this looks amazing its my dream to go there

People are very good and hard working in these slums. they are camera friendly

The only thing I can suggest to peoples living in these types inhumane conditions is to stop having children when they themselves know they can barely eat and care for themselves, especially for those living in the slums and too poor to even leave the slums. I don’t know who they are competing with, and I am saying that respectfully, but peoples living in extreme poverty in countries around the world should make a conscious effort NOT to have a lot of children to later subject them to the same misery they’ve been already-in. It simply doesn’t make sense at this point. Smh 🤦🏽‍♂️😓

Your video is just attracting me soo much !! I watch from the start till the end even I don't want to close my eyes !

Crazy. Just crazy.

Amazing

Amazing place

Nice.

Great video. Please do make one video on Goa Inquisition... it will be eyes opening

I’ve literally binged all day

you got the awesome button! and everyone from there

Slum peoples always happy because they are living for today 😊no stress

I had been to several states in India. People were ok, but the conditions were 😩. India is another world.

My goodness 40 storey building worth 2 billion dollars and the occupant is just one family surrounded by slums with unbearable place to live, its sad and heartbreaking to see this people suffer while you have a neighbor who live like they have their own kingdom.

That head shake is like the word fck , versatile 😅

The people who live in the slums are doing all the work. The people/children are trying to make the best of a horror situation.

Shantaram obviously impacted this video content. It is a very good book. I am currently reading The Mountain Shadow, the sequel by Gregory David Roberts. Consequently, I thoroughly enjoyed this video because it displayed the actual settings from the book, the slum where Lynn, Johnny Cigar, and beloved Prabhakar lived and Carla's Goa.

This peoples are looking the happiest.than we in urope

plus it's the old way of life style too

The CAT ❤

If u get to know what is happening in Dharavi you will be stunned I don’t want to tell you but I have to =IT is the head quarters for drug operations in Mumbai that’s why they don’t want to leave it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Remember the story of Chicken Little all around the world try to build a tower to the Moon and the rest of the world stay grounded and watch them look down on them as if they were better than them😮

IF YOU WANT TO SEE LIFE, AND LIVES, YOU VISIT THE POOR. THEY TEACH EVERYONE , HOW TO APPRECIATE.

the taadi that you drank in slum is a fermented some kind of tree juice. You can only find in India.

Dharavi,gdp 1 billion USD for a population of 1 million is $1000 usa a year ,macau gdp is 35 billion for 500k people 38768.00 USD

Its the most dirtiest region of the earth ive ever been to Bombay. Never seen as many rats 🐀 in my life

In Mumbai city u can see lots different city under city in Mumbai city

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This is the believing 2nd economic power market in years to come? Totally unbelievable !

Who watches these types of long videos just to go to sleep?

Nice work bro.. do a video in Malaysia and Indonesia bro

The men stay in the slum , because the value of the land in the slum is immense inspite of it being slumland.

The guy you was talking to gave away the reason no one wants to leave the slums . The average person in India makes 340 USD per year and he told you he makes 20,000.Rupis per month thats 240000.rupes per year witch means he make 390 USD per month thats he males 4680.00 per year USD witch is a hundred times more than the average person can make outside the slums . Its all about the money

1:15 know that's gold. 70 seconds in😅😅😅

dharavi have a population of over 1 million but 339 pay-and-use or free community toilets,over 3000 people share one washrooms

Amazing journalism

@29:40 tthe best part of the video :)

Hey you should come to North East India Nagaland in mon district you will not regret it with our culture, traditional,food and people etc

There is slums loads of chaos but still india is safe .. Yeah news do show things but trust me it’s fun we have everything india and all religions living together… So we have the best to the worst but our worst in simple words u can travel there like dharavi or any others slums…

Its hear breaking the warmness of the Indian people. That sequence in railway station in that train tells all about them.

The guy at the 1:05:39 mark, $1600 isn't it the pay too small working offshore in any capacity? I may be wrong, but pay for offshore workers either on shipping vessels or on oil rigs are considerably well paid. I guess I may be wrong. But not gonna lie, their apartment is really cozy, after spending 10 months on the sea, I would want to come to a nice cozy home where I can rest.

Have been leaving with indians for seven years and 7 and now felt I need t tttgo to india by myself

Awesome content here! :)

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hahaha 1:13:44 "what Is this, some kind of alcohol?" _speaks indian_ "some kind of alcohol?" "good good" "but what is it?" "its not alcohol some kinda coconout something" "but is it alcohol?" "yEaH :3 " 😭😭😭💀💀☠

Don’t call these places slums, these are small scale industries that generate lot of wealth.

I wonder if he got sick from the coco alcohol. That was a good scene.

A tough place to handle! Westerners will have difficulty enjoying it!

Many famous economist have predicted that India will become the 4th worldpower (after US, EU, China) within nxt 20 years. Their age pyramid is healthy, and the economy develops and diverfies very fast, foreign investments will grow exponentially there, the education level in Indian universities peak every year more. And in futute they can even challenge China. Like in China, the size of middle class explodes. I believe that the prediction the interviewed guy said in this vlog that 'Mumbai in 30 years will be like Dubai' will happen, no doubt on it. So watch out, the rest of the world! Those few rich ppl that I happen to know in India, are among the smartest ever met. And there are very many if them, living in India. Not only in US or UK. Your vlog value will have more weight, along the time. So keep the copy in safe!

most density city in china is macau @22000km2

Hello! im a woman who loves india too much but haven't been able to go. when you were visiting this places, did you see female travelers like yourself going around alone? if not, were them with someone else? thank you! i love your videos.

I really love this channel, can someone please tell me the name of the host?

The poorest people are the friendliest

I find it so sad, that we in this world have such inequity, there is so much land on this planet, that every single person could have an acre of property, and it would not even take up the entire state of alaska. The inequality between the excessively rich, and the poor,,, awful. In my heart, when those who have so much, don't even have the heart to help make a better world for the other 99% is pure heartless. One thing we do know, the poorer the people, the kinder they appear to be and the more human they are. Those who are poor will share their meal, and often everything else,,,I truly doubt if we went to one of the mansions, that they would even share a conversation

in bangalore they use meter ....

Do you have permission from the original RU-vidr to post his content on your channel??? If not, you’re violating copyright from the original channel.

Holy shit this documentary lacks research. But then I still watched the whole thing. 😅

well these who don't want to leave because they don't have childhood house and the streets they knew when there were a child

A indian trying to rap and wearing a Lakers hat???😂😂😂

yes they ‘re nice, but if you a woman do not go there or else.

I can't find the video about Uzbekistan, is there any other channel he was referring to?

I once read this absolutely fascinating book by a New Zealand fugitive who ended up in Dharavi slum and made a life there for himself. Forgot the title but this was one of the most interesting books on life in Mumbay.

That 40-story house cost $1 billion, not $2 billion.

The story of zorastrian dead bodies left on a residential tower, is totally false. The tower of silence in Mumbai is still functioning

This is just the problem. Most Indians are still poor. Only a very few have. I wouldn't go to Indian and who on earth would pay that amount of money for a property in India.

They need to wash more often and try and be clean instead of being vermin and scuttling around with fat tails 😂

To the content provider. I am new to your channel. Thank you for letting the English speakers speak w/o voice over by voice actor on this one in contrast to however you had edited on some of your other videos. Also, I am not sure what the language you, the host, are speaking in, but My preference would be to hear your voice in it's native tongue with English subtitles. Generally I'd rather hear everyone's voice with subtitles. For that reason I did enjoy this video a bit more than your more recent China one where the English speaking China dude was voice overed by a voice actor's voice . Yep, just one person's opinion. Cheers sir!

He so cute. Love his videos

It's called a rave

As per the guy, each person washes 1000 peices of clothing a day, they charge Rupees 5 per clothing, then he is earning Rs 5000($60) a day, per month is $1440, which is good money! These are not slums but small scale industries!

I wondered how is the rodent problem there.

Holy shit 😂😂😂

Why don’t they have washing machines? One person can do thousands of clothes with the washing machine I don’t understand that there’s no way that they can get the clothes it’s clean as with the washing machine. Certainly they can invest in a couple machines.

What happend to Modi clean India.

Lmmfao he said the toilet goes to the brain the odor lucky for us we can’t smell it . U said the toilet made your eyes watery dam

Rappers in India?!?

That women seems like a drama-magnet. She describes more drama than ever happened to me and my girlfriend roughing it on trains for many months around India 40 years ago.

Omg why do these countries have governments

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Did u ever get sick?

Some people are very rich, but the majority is still poor