These trips have two key goals. The first
is to break down negative stereotypes.
Local slum residents are employed
as guides and staff to show visitors
how Dharavi is the heart of small-scale
industry in Mumbai. Guests get to see
recycling, pottery making, embroidery,
bakery, a soap factory, leather tanning,
poppadum-making and much more.
And because groups are kept small,
a strict dress code is observed, and
photography is not allowed, the tours
avoid disrupting the residents’ lives or
treating them as attractions.