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Write a short note on chawls?? |
| Answer» \tA chawl was a multi-storeyed structure.\tThey were generally owned by private landlords.\tEach chawl was divided into smaller one-room tenements, which had no private toilets.\tPeople were forced to share a tenement with relatives or caste fellows due to high rents.\tHomes were small streets so the neighbourhoods became the place for various activities like cooking washing and sleeping.\tLiquor shops and akharas came up in any empty spot. Street entertainers and hawkers also used those empty spaces.People from the lower castes found it difficult to find housing.\tThese people were kept out of many chawls. They often had to live in shelters made of corrugated sheets, leaves or bamboo poles. | |