Slums even crop up right next to expensive attractions. Acres and acres of poor housing were across the street from the Askhardham Temple that cost around 100 million dollars.
This was inside the fort where we found monkeys yesterday. People just set up temporary dwellings.
They don't have running water or electricity and must be so cold! It's not legal, but it's hard to see what option people have.
Even outside our hotel, there are tents set up a short distance away. It took me a few days to realize what they were.
What's even more surprising is that one of the speakers we heard talked about how living in an urban slum is really the poor Indian's dream because at least here they have access to some services and job opportunities.
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