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Who should manage the slums?

Anindita Sengupta @aninditasen (18198) • Raurkela, India 27 Oct 17

Most of the Indian cities are surrounded by slums especially the small towns and cities. My city Rourkela,( Odisha, India) is one such city. The housing complex I stay in surrounded by slums at the western and southern side. These...

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What's Behind the Façade ?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381875) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Dec 16

Our son lives in Melbourne, Australia, and we visited him over Christmas. He lives in Collingwood, which is close enough to the Central Business District to be what they call inner-city living. It was once a run-down slum area and...

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slumdog millionaire

willvaaz @willvaaz (75) • India 28 Jan 09

what do u thing about "slumdog millionaire" film? in my view: this is the movie which creates over hype ever in indian cinema. only good thing is AR's music. otherwise nothing new. this film shows indians are slumdogs....

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slums or suburbs?

hello_cancer @hello_cancer (183) • United States 20 Jun 08

i read an article in adbusters a while back that depicted the difference between the "slums" and the suburbs of modern life. heres my question, would you rather live in a lively but crowded "slum", and when i say slum i mean more...

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Real way of life in Thailand....

Bryce182 @Bryce182 (21) • Australia 20 Nov 07

due to copy and pasting restrictions I cannot post the story here so I ask that you view the story here. http://socyberty.com/Issues/The-Real-Way-Of-Life-in-Thailand.59754 What do you think about Poverty in Thailand and have...

A Foreign Place: Philippines is it really a paradise?

tryxiness @tryxiness (4544) • Philippines 17 Nov 07

The Up with People Cast B is in the Philippines right now. They arrived last November 13. There was one who blogged about her first hours of experience in my country. The experience they had was highlighted with the bombing in the...

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Do You Give Alms To The Poor People In Slums?

cecillecarmela @cecillecarmela (3818) • Philippines 15 Jun 07

Because they say that giving alms to these people will make them used to it and they won't make an effort to strive to earn money. We only make them DEPENDENT on us if we give alms on them. What do you think?

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Do you believe in religious leaders.

jal1948 @jal1948 (1359) • India 21 Dec 06

Do you believe in religious leaders,who in the name of religion,and God,collect crores of rupees,taking advantage of your beliefs,go about converting people of other faiths,while thousands,of the believers,live in slums,in...

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has anyone seen a slum?

ashakiranakash2 @ashakiranakash2 (99) • India 26 Nov 06

I havent been there.

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Slums

smart23 @smart23 (100) • India 25 Nov 06

Anybody knows any slum area near or around thane city, i require this information as i want to work in lsums for my PhD. if anybody can help me for this. i'll be very grateful. Thanks