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Examine the condition of people living in chawls of Bombay\xa0 |
| Answer» The chawl is\xa0basically a type of residential building mostly found in Mumbai.\xa0Chawls are availed of by relatively poor but gainfully employed working-class families. Chawls were constructed in abundance during the early 1900s. Chawls\xa0are typically 4 to 5 stories tall, with between 8 and 16 tenements on each floor. The tenements referred to as kholis, which literally mean \'rooms\'. People living in a chawl have little privacy.\xa0Families on a floor have to share a common block of latrines, each block containing typically 4 to 5 latrines. Chawls have a unique heritage value. They are good examples that show how peaceful different communities can live with each other.\xa0But i nchawls, neighbours get to learn each other\'s tradition and cultures and it exposes much learning into religions and beliefs. Chawls are also the place for the exchange of news about jobs-strikes riots, demonstrations, etc. | |