Indian slum-dwellers given voice

July 12, 2004 11:40 AM

Indian slum-dwellers given voiceTheir pride is unmistakably justified - a team drawn from the ghettos is successfully running India's first news magazine about slum-dwellers.
posted by Postroad (4 comments total)

Is this like the Indian version of Ciudade de Deus?
posted by PigAlien at 12:09 PM on July 12, 2004

PigAlien: The Dharavi slum in Bombay, most probably, is. Watch Satya, if you can.
posted by Gyan at 3:52 PM on July 12, 2004

this is great...how are they paying to get it printed tho? and distributed?

there's so much creativity and inspiration being lost in the world each day due to lack of resources and opportunity--it's a sin.
posted by amberglow at 4:00 PM on July 12, 2004

I think it's great how modern technology allows people from all walks to life to get on the stage. For example, people who aren't good enough to be published have weblogs, and people who can't attract investment can use DTP to make a community newspaper like these guys.
posted by wackybrit at 7:43 PM on July 12, 2004