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A chawl (from Marathi चाळ,
chāḷ) is a name for a type of
building found in Mumbai. They are often multistoried with about 10 to 20
tenements, referred to as kholis, which literally mean 'rooms' on each floor.
Many chawls can be found in Mumbai where they were constructed in abundance in
the early 1900s to house the people migrating to Mumbai because of its booming
cotton mills and overall strong economy.
Interesting and the same type of housing is found here in large cities and to house the same type of people!! Great shot for the day!!
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteJust as Sylvia says, similar in many places.... here in Scotland, the cities started building tenement flats some 450 years ago! Even then, folk wanted to be close to the action, so were prepared to live on top of each other!!! Nice post ... I love the just seen peeks of all the cameras being held up!!! YAM xx
interesting story...
ReplyDeleteGood picture and interesting description!
ReplyDeleteAwesome click and very well explained sire :-)
ReplyDeletelooks quite scary specially in these days of earthquakes...nicely taken..
ReplyDeleteVery interesting photograph. I'm assuming there are no washers or dryers in these rooms.
ReplyDeleteI'm doing laundry too this AM.
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