A chawl is a type of building that is often 4 to 5 stories with about 10 to 20 tenements (referred to as kholis meaning 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.
The above picture is of a chawl in Gamdevi.
Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteThey should be marked as heritage buildings.
ReplyDeletenice take & hope they are well maintained...
ReplyDeleteMumbai's trademarking housing system. Many bigshots from Mumbai once lived in these structures! Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot!
ReplyDeleteMy parents used to live in one of these in Byculla before I was born. Great pic.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, Great click.
ReplyDeleteWonderful with very nice information about Chawl !!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this. Most interesting photo and information. Are immigrants still flooding into Mumbai?
ReplyDeleteYes the migrants still flood Mumbai but now there is no organised housing for them hence they slum it.
DeleteA telling image.
ReplyDeleteGreat one for the records.
Reminds me of the original area where Taarak Mehta ka Ulta Chushmah is based!
ReplyDeleteone of the best place to socialize after a long hard day at work. In the later years as the flats mushroomed in Mumbai, it was considered impolite to talk to ones neighbour.
ReplyDelete