\nStencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai\u2019s Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya.
\n\u201cI was born here, my father was born here, my grandfather was born here,\u201d sighed the 58-year-old government employee.
\n\u201cBut we don\u2019t have any choice, we have to vacate.\u201d
\nSoon, bulldozers are expected to rumble into Asia\u2019s largest slum, in the heart of the Indian megalopolis of Mumbai, flattening its labyrinth of filthy alleyways for a brand-new neighbourhood.
\nThe redevelopment scheme, led by Mumbai authorities and billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani, reflects modern India \u2014 excessive, ambitious, and brutal.
\nIf it goes ahead, many of Dharavi\u2019s million residents and workers will be uprooted.
\n\u201cThey told us they will give us houses and then they will develop this area,\u201d Padaya said. \u201dBut now they are building their own planned areas and trying to push us out.
\nThey are cheating us.\u201d
\nOn the fringes of Dharavi, Padaya\u2019s one-storey home is crammed into a tangle of alleys so narrow that sunlight barely filters through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai\u2019s Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. \u201cI was born here, my father was born here, my grandfather was born here,\u201d sighed the 58-year-old government employee. \u201cBut we don\u2019t have any choice, we have to vacate.\u201d Soon, bulldozers are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-505240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n