Making the future in western Maharashtra
Within decades, Mumbai and its surrounding areas will be turned into extensions of each other. But it is a halting progress, caused by issues over fairness, transparency, and worries about the future. I will attempt to decipher the concerns over land takeovers in a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, in a city that is planned for the area. It is called NAINA. I will spend time with people affected by NAINA to understand their relationship with land, how they see their place in this future, how they're coping, and how they're preparing.
A guide to NAINA
Buy Carisoprodol Online By @rahulabhatia Series title: The Winding Road. “Slowly, slowly,” our guide said. “Be careful.” We were crossing a concrete platform about twenty metres wide, with a gentle stream of bubbling sewage flowing by our feet. Green scum clung to the surface of the open drain, and our guide scrubbed at it with his chappals. The stuff rose and floated away like restless moss. Unthinkably powerful electric lines hung over us, and beyond them were these hills of Panvel. The scent of wet mud was everywhere, and you could see the edges of things far away. Nearby, dogs wandered about in the drain’s paltry flow. There wasn’t enough because there aren’t enough people here yet. Buildings spring up and remain empty shells. There aren’t many clotheslines on balconies outside. Windows are dark. The scaffolding’s up. “When this place is ready, this water will flow to the river,” the guide said, turning around to make sure I was still standing. Yes, one day that will happen and the fishes will go someplace else, and people will move and prices will rise and we will say that yes, the world is not what it used to be. But for that moment I kind of enjoyed it all: the hills, the killer pylons, the terrible green scum. I’m getting used to the idea - earlier in theory, and now in practice - that you find pretty things in some seriously unexpected places.
Purchase Tramadol Without Prescription A photo posted by Peepli Project (@peepliproject) on
By @rahulabhatia. Series title: The Winding Road. Story: https://www.peepli.org/stories/the-winding-road/ At the edge of the Kalundre River, a tiny hamlet occupied by adivasis is peaceful for now. There is unrest, but it is the unrest found in town plans and the knowledge of upheavals on the way. I'm getting ahead of myself. It's a sweet place, with drunken brawls, shy kids with a runny nose, scrawny chickens, and a barking dog that goes quiet if you look at it for long enough. Also, curious goats.
A photo posted by Peepli Project (@peepliproject) on
A photo posted by Peepli Project (@peepliproject) on
