Mumbai: the Infernal Megalopolis
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
- It’s one of the most populous cities on the planet with 22 million inhabitants, predicted to increase to 30 million by 2035. Nicknamed ‘the infernal Metropolis’, Mumbai is a city in perpetual development. But with millions of people living in slums located on valuable real estate, how can city planners balance the competing needs of the population?
In Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, over one million people are packed into the slum. But although its residents are poor, there’s a real dynamism. Mahesh, 27, was born and lives in this slum and would never leave it. He runs a recycling plant and employs around 20 people. Dharavi’s underground economy is thought to generate 800 million euros per year. But it also lies on prime real estate in the very centre of Mumbai so its future is in doubt.
Every day, new towers of glass or concrete emerge from the earth. With the support of the municipality, real estate tycoon, Babulal Varma, razes slums to build luxury apartments for the upper classes. As the city constantly expands, it pushes into the surrounding forests and natural spaces, such as Sanjay Gandhi Park. The fifty leopards who live there regularly make forays into the new housing estates. They attack stray dogs, but also the inhabitants. Each year, several people are killed by feline attacks. At night, forest department rangers patrol to prevent leopard incursions.
0:00 The documentary
0:24 Mumbai's overcrowded trains pose safety risks and challenges for commuters.
7:19 Mumbai, a city of dreams and contrasts, with a booming film industry and a massive slum.
14:08 The story of two residents in Mumbai, one from a slum and one from a luxury apartment, who have achieved success in their respective fields.
19:52 The city is growing and to accommodate the increasing population, the chief of Omkar, Babulal, plans to demolish the slums and build new buildings.
26:12 The rehabilitation of slums in Mumbai has resulted in luxury skyscrapers for some former residents, while others are forced to live in decrepit apartments on the outskirts of the city.
32:15 Mumbai's dabbawalas are a reliable and unique food delivery system.
38:17 French entrepreneurs in Mumbai are capitalizing on the city's economic growth and catering to the emerging middle class.
43:59 The increasing urbanization of Mumbai has led to conflicts between humans and leopards in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
49:51 Leopards in Mumbai are increasingly attacking humans, leading to tragic deaths and anger among the affected families.
Directors: Marc de La Villardière & Manolo d'Arthuys - Zábava
*Only 20% of Mumbai residents have access to running water!!!* That is one of the saddest statistics I’ve ever heard.
I read some time ago that the number 1 cause of deaths worldwide is the consumption of contaminated water, considering both direct and indirect causes. Dirty water...
River is running water
@@lestersabados1306yeah you should go drink from it. Sounds like a great idea.
@@madamlt5758 ok. gungah is my favorite flavir
@@lestersabados1306 runing water is water available in your kitchen
I'm from a very chilled out part of India. I lived and worked in Mumbai for 5 years and it F-ed my head up real bad. When you have a house and a garden of your own in your own hometown, it's not worth finding work in a city like Mumbai.
rich bastard.
I agree, peace of mind and a stable life is more important than trying to be a millionaire.
Yeah slumdog millionaire.@@user-qg6yf1pu4l
Totally agree. These massive cities are antithetical to human interests. Nothing good really comes of it for most.
Couldn't agree more.
The part where the documentary shows the promises of the execs against the contrast of the reality of the poor people that have been screwed over by the corporation is so incredible and valuable.
Big big props to the crew for recording and showing everything. Just another proof of why you NEVER take the word of a rich exec guy.
Right, but you also cant really rely on or trust poor squatters that dont produce anything and dont pay taxes or contribute to their communities and make future development impossible on the land that they do not own.
Theyre basically stealing to begin with. Its a huge problem in 3rd world countries that masses of squatters overtake peoples land that they own, and fight to keep it, as if were still in the middle ages.
@@Shtfstrategist Indian.
The guy complains about no parks and no school in his new housing block, but where were the parks and schools in the packed slum...?
Similarly, the PR guy "briefs the dad thinking we don't speak the language" and then the interview is conducted in that same language.... So of course you speak it.
What foolishness is this?
Did they ever cover how India's caste system affects who has prosperity and who doesn't? It used to be law but was officially banned and continues to exist unofficially.
@@AnimatedStoriesWorldwideI believe they were speaking 2 different indian languages there
What a weird decision to blur someone's prosthetic legs.
I'm guessing some place requires that, and they did it so that the video doesn't get taken down or demonetized anywhere
Because you tube is all about algorithm censorship
18:39
@@benm3382you tell me a country or a government or a tech company that would want you to censor the handicapped? It's not showing any gore, or violence or sexuality or hatred or anything that would get you demonetized, it's very weird that he censored that. It was for no reason. I'm not saying he didn't think it was for a reason but it would never have hurt this video at all in any way in any country or platform.
@@RLee-we1fc It's probably not prosthesis but rather an open/infected wound or some other gore they are censoring
$780,000 for a 3br apartment in Mumbai is crazy. You would think property prices were cheaper in India than the US.
think this is around 2010 hahaha
both still high, but go in land and you pay 1/100 part of house in city price
and not even 600 sq feet..3 tiny bedrooms.
Illusion of being wealthy
Agree 😂😂
Watching that man break down crying from how much he worked is rough.
You know it smell crazy there
The Indians have an unusual scent or smell here in America. It’s very strong .
Liiiiiiike…
Goat curry, spices, poop, sweat, urine, other kinds of curries, flowers/trees/greenery, car exhaust, pollution, etc., all mixed up in one beautiful aromatic package???
🤪🤪🤪🤪
Some of those smells are good of course, others not so much…
Not smell, STINK
Its not the bad smell, but rather how much dust and other pollutants in the air is.
Pure a$$ funk, everywhere
My mum is a business woman and travels all over Asia, Africa and Middle East. She said she has never seen so much extreme poverty in any city like Mumbai and New Delhi worsened by the overpopulation and hygienic and infrastructure l challenges! During a tour they told them many people in the cities are born on the streets, live and die on the streets with no access to toilets while sharing the streets with domestic animals like cows and pets! 😢
I found the Kenyan worst than this but both is also pretty bod
Yet they won’t STOP BREEDING
@@foxywhitetip7387if they have no money for food then they have no money for condoms but people still have to have sex right? It's a natural thing right? So what are they to do? Kids are the natural outcome of sex. We're animals that's reality. Do you have any response to this at all?
Thats not a dream, it is a frightening nightmare.
Only according to you PinkApe. Its called Pink Man's Burden as well as Pink Man's Propoganda. We have seen your slums in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, etc. Its no picnic over there either.
@@BharatkaEkBetaAmerica is a lot like Mumbai when it comes to the problems. There's less people,of course. But like India, the politicians are narcissists and psychopaths. They don't care about average citizens. I think they see regular people as ' bugs.'
I heard Mumbai was ten years ahead of Shanghai. I know now it was a lie !
@@BharatkaEkBetaExactly right
@@jacku8304where did you hear that from ? 😂
Shanghai easily rivals every major Western city in terms of most metrics
I don't understand why these people keep having 7 or 8 or more children,even when they don't have money for them.
Its their religion which tells them to breed like pigs. Most are madrassa educated and deeply fanatic. The educated ones don't behave like this
@@Chogose according to these guys muslims are responsible for the increasing population of hindus 😂😳🤦🏻♂️.
Because people in poorer & developing countries have more children because they have higher mortality rate and depend on bigger families for financial & social security as there's less government help, its more traditional
You've to keep in mind the TFR rate of each country when you judge how fast it's population is growing/declining. A TFR rate of 2 is ideal for a country which represents population stability. As of 2023, India's has been on a slow but gradual decline below 2, with some estimates showing it to be between 1.5 and 2
But all does …very rare maybe 3% of population test are all with 2 kids max
It is very difficult to feel sorry for that one man complaining how is he suppose to live in a 2 room apartment when he has 9 kids? You all live in such horrible conditions yet you keeping having so many children! Why? Do you not notice your crowded surroundings? As a result, the forest gets reduced, the leopard face extinction because you can't reduce the size of your family? I only feel sorry for the wildlife.
Concordo com você, é lamentável o que esses leopardos estão passando, deveriam soltá-los numa selva, como ficar presos numa jaula, muito triste 😔
@@marialatarullo -can you translate this to English, please?
@janemoore4395
I agree with you, what these leopards are going through is regrettable they should be released into the jungle, like being trapped in a cage, very sad.
The most effective kinds of birth control require access to a Dr.
@@elizabethsohler6516 - they live in Mumbai. There are no doctors in Mumbai?
Word of the day: gratitude. I teach high school English, and many of my students are from India. They are kind, smart, funny, and dedicated to their education. There are days teaching seems like drudgery, then I see documentaries like this one that remind me that tens of millions of people would gladly trade places with me. If you have a job that is rewarding and allows you to live a good life, be thankful.
"tens of millions of people would gladly trade places with me"
And they are!
@@Cha4kwut
😂@@Cha4k
Never felt more blessed to live in a city of only 36k people in 🇨🇦🙏
That’s about the number of people in my housing complex in Bangalore, India. The city itself has about 15mn residents, comparable to the entire population of Canada 🇨🇦.
I wish it were a little less crowded and one with more nature.
I am just living on the coast in Oregon growing legal weed and raging. Fuck this 3rd world life. Literally all fake ass people pretending to be cool. None of these losers are cool. Just wack people who profited on those less fortunate.
Absolutely.
Also, when I look at "cities of the future" like beijng, or those Arab modern cities, I DON'T see the future or hope.
I see dated "futures of the 20th century which are DEADLY and eradicate the poorer classes instead of investing and developing for the majority of the people, who have to work most hours of the day, yet can even cover the rent.
I went to Mumbia in 2010, when only 8 million people lived there, the culture shock absolutely melted my face off, I just could not fathom what I was seeing, stayed in a hotel over looking Dharavi, it smelt like unholy retribution.
Don't worry indians are coming to change that 😂
I remember writing an essay about how inhumane and drastic China's "one child" old policy was. But watching this, I think it is India's only solution.
simply ,they have the problem with overpopulation
Vấn đề của ấn Độ là có quá nhiều người
Now they even don't have interchangeability of generations with birth rate 2.0 and still decreasing.
You've to keep in mind the TFR rate of each country when you judge how fast it's population is growing/declining. A TFR rate of 2 is ideal for a country which represents population stability. As of 2023, India's has been on a slow but gradual decline below 2, with some estimates showing it to be between 1.5 and 2
@clemathieu JTnearly 70 percent of China's total land area is almost inhabitable. So calculate population density only on rest of 30 percent.
$360,000 for a 70 square meter apartment in the middle of a slump...
I live in a 400 square meter home on half a hectare in a forest and I paid less than that. If you want a good life, you have to get away from the densely populated parts of the Earth.
in medium sized cities in Poland this becomes a reality :( im not really surprised
edit: i messed up $ for our currency ZŁ so nevermind
The Brits should never leave.
i just love that the slums do some of the most creative recycling
As a person from a cool sparsely populated Northern country, I would quickly become claustrophobic in such an environment.
Where are you from?
@@deardaughter Northern Europe
I’ve been in Mumbai. My naive dad on his first day fell down pushed by a crowd of commuters. Back in 1993.
@@mri3384 that's part of the welcoming ceremonies for outsiders in Bombay.
And people raised in densely populated environs would go mad in cold sunless damp N Europe.
What a good man that father who started the leather shop is...when he tears up talking about how hard he had to work to get started his arms hurt so bad he couldn't sleep! Some mornings I struggle to get up and go get under a welding hood then I see a man like this! I'm so grateful but I do need perspective now and again I guess...men like this will show you the way!
What do u weld?
Yes, I too was moved by that old man's early struggles. A little perspective goes a LONG way.
Damn right. Btw, I recently bought a TIG welder. I never really welded before, but figured how hard could it be? As it turns out, real hard! Props to you!
@@4GreaterWorldPeace Im a combo pipe welder...all sorts of alloys and exotics but mostly carbon and stainless steel 316 or 304
@@maxjohnson1758 Keep burning wire.. you'll get it. Some of the best advice I got from an old hand years ago was weld just as hot as you can stand it....then turn it up 10 more amps ! Lol...good luck
Oh boy, these masses everywhere...I would go crazy!🤯
I once watched a youtube documentary interviewing Native Americans living on the res where many of their youths complained about being poor. One of their tribal leaders, who once studied in India, told them "you don't know poor until you've been to places like India where kids had to work in dangerous conditions and families have to burn dung for fire in order to boil water just to make coffee.
Always be humble and appreciate what you have available to you.
black indian lecture red indian 😊
It is their land. You must give them money, occupiers
The way they refer to slums as "clean up" cannot be more innapropiate. It says it all about those real state people's values.
But even worse is the racist attitude in spreading this miseryporn claiming to be a "documentary".
yes the way he said it...he had no feelings for those people.
So true😢
They should be building housing for the displaced.
@@marykok7616My sentiments exactly !! That would be a great way of investment in society ! To build enough housing for them, that's not cramped or shabby.
The man with the grey beard who was crying is a true champion ! His family shall be proud of him !
❤❤❤❤
Yeah, he definitely had a harder life than I could ever imagine
Indeed also happy for him
@@amalmoallin1410So happy 4 him 😊
I wonder, if you plundered England for two hundred years, what would London look like?But there's a dump without it...
This was an awesome documentary
In '92 with my parents and a dream, we left India and came to Canada. I was 2 yrs old. I visited again when I was 8yr 6mo old - Bombay was quite an experience. The trains were packed, there is no personal space, the smell of perspiration was thick. Goa was beautiful, a once hidden oasis that I am sure is destroyed now. I have heard the beaches are far from what they were 20 years ago.
Damn…. That really is sad to hear
And now your countrymen are ruining canada, harassing girls on college campuses and abusing social safety nets
Its a shame what has happened to India, but Canada is buckling under the strain of all the freshly imported Indians and their malicious in-group preferences. Everyone else is expected to be diverse when hiring but its commonly known Indians only seek to hire other Indians and try to push out native canadians. Not really acceptable in a modern culture you are trying to become a part of.
The real estate prices in Mumbai are staggeringly high even compared to the US. Wasn't expecting it.
And india people have a mistaken pride for high prices.
True apartment price are way high than compared to usa. Our apartment costed us around 2 lakh dollar size of apartment arount 470 sqaurefeet
祝贺你们受到国际热钱的注意，好好利用这样优越
It's about what you'd expect real estate in a major Asian city to cost. Land values over there are absurd because of the high population density.
@@ghoomantu52 wtf is lakh?
Gotta love the rags-to-riches stories of these folks. I almost cried when the grandpa from Uttar Pradesh 15:20 got emotional about his struggles. Maaaannn, Indians hardwork to success is incredible.
~asian brother here from The Philippines
Yeah, no kidding. I'm not much into hugging other dudes, but I felt the urge to give him one.
He's part of the problem, can't you see that?
@@fgoogleinthea7475bro what
@@fgoogleinthea7475why is he "part of the problem?"
@@fgoogleinthea7475Can you elaborate?
There are more people living in this ONE city than most of the western states in America combined. That's just insane.
It is disturbing. I don't think most people in India understand how babies are made as they continue to have so many kids when they are so poor.
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It amazes me greatly the way I move from an average lifestyle to earning over 63k per month, utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years to doubt that oppor-tunities abound in the financial markets, The only thing is to know where to focus....Thanks so much Rahul Sahil Gupta..
Working with a financial professional could truly help you get ready for life. Since I was actively cashing out from my portfolio and finally made over 370k just in the first quarter while everyone else was whining about the downturn, I'm delighted I was able to contact my coach Rahul Sahil Gupta. early this year...
I'm grateful for the advice. Finding your coach online was a straightforward process. I looked him up online before we scheduled our phone call. He appears knowledgeable based on his online resume.
I pulled a profit of about $750k with no prior investing experience, basically all I was doing was seeking guidance from my coach Rahul Sahil Gupta who's an Indian guru in the game, you can be passively involved with the aid of a professional.
This was just what I needed to see today. I've been struggling with finances for months after my divorce, and I just discovered his exceptional resume when I Googled his name. I consider it a blessing that I discovered this comment area....
Another scammer..😀😀😀
Nice doc. Good to know where i`m not going to on my holidays.
Indians are good story tellers, they tell the world they are a superpower now.
印度的确拥有世界强国的条件，伟大的印度
Yeah.....no. @@user-jw8ln3rd8v
I mean, many problems lead to the current state of India but, in general its economy is powerful, and its army formidable. It's a country of multiple facets.
They are on that trajectory, but it’s gonna be pretty painful to get there in some locales of India…
With my anxiety I could not function in this city. I honestly feel that nobody should have to live like this.
and if you were born in a city like that you would not have anxiety
Won't be long until this is the norm at the rate they pop them out
No one asked u to move there.
@@fararian All heart lol
they have no choice, the government did not want to take responsibility to make hard decision
Watching programs like these always remind me of how blessed I am to live in the USA. Indeed, God bless America.
LOL.
@@ImperialMJG lmao even
America has its own share of poverty and evil rich. it is no different from India. Just less populated - that's all,
@@pianolessonsboulder1894population size makes all the difference in the world so no, not just “that’s all”
the people don't know that they don't deserve live like this. because their government keeps bragging about how super power they are now
They say the Netherlands is densely populated, but that is a joke compared to Mumbai. I would go crazy living there.
Haha. I'm from the Netherlands and indeed, you can't compare my country to Mumbai. My god..
@@BVN92 comparing a city to a whole country tho, there are himalayan states in India less dense than most European nations
I think that is what has happened the population HAS gone crazy 🤪
bro's really out here comparing a country to a city.
@@unrealgalaxy9669Stupid comparison of ofcourse but....Fact: Mumbai alone has more inhabitants then the whole of The Netherlands!!😅
Watching this documentary made me grateful for the home I have in Malaysia. Thank God.
😂😂
That is why I laugh pretty hard when I see many Indian comments saying they're the next Superpower and have the best sounding English. 😂
They will most likely be the next superpower. They have something very special….a rising population and smart people. Most countries don’t have both
@@chameleon28 A rising population, yes. I'm not so sure about the later .
@@atlas5653 the majority of the technology you are using is programmed and maintained by Indian programmers. They are very hard working and resourceful people.
@@chameleon28 As someone in tech, I can assure you that Indian programmers are very common because they are cheap, and because of ethnic nepotism. Certainly not due to skill.
@@chameleon28You have people who are good at coding but they work abroad and never come back😅😅 what joke is this, If you are great and have greatness when you work abroad to collect money then you return to your country to build the economy in your country instead of changing citizenship
I've never known noise like it when I was in Mumbai. Constant beeping of car horns. It is nonstop. Some places in Europe are bad, but it really just sounds like almost a constant buzz of horns in Mumbai.
it's heart breaking to see how the realtor spoke of evacuating the slum community and building better spaces for already wealthy class. let's live and let others live.
I had the same feeling. That was so senseless and brutal. And, probably he doesn't pay enough for these people to leave their home.
@@jamillem3423 What about homeless people in LA and NYC??
Can you blame him when you look at the comments section and everybody goes on and on about the slums?
You cannot help society by letting slums fester.
in Indian society the caste system is very old and quite deeply ingrained. people from the slums, the dirt poor, the menial workers and garbage collectors of society are not treated the same as blue and white collar workers. they'll house them as a penance because the law requires it, but they don't necessarily see them as deserving of it.
The gap between rich and poor is so big that it's worlds apart
Caste system
We have absolutely horrible living conditions lets make another two children.
And then blame others for it!
Excellent documentary. Thankyou!
Over population is a very scary reality for many developing nations and almost always perpetuates poverties.
The birthrate in India has actually dropped. A demographic adjustment is being made as more and more Indians move from poverty to better living situations. China went through this and many people were lifted out of poverty as the country modernized. It's not perfect, but nothing ever is.
It is absolutely infernal. I lived in new Bombay (navi Mumbai) and it was much better but i never got used to it. Long story short, i left after three years and have zero regrets. All im going to say is some things arent worth it.. Not just that one can only have an idea of the number of people during the moonsoon season when the tracks get waterlogged and the trains are unusable. I recall seeing this up close and personal one august and that is when i decided enough was enough. Zero regrets
Where are you now bro
@@siralexander3359 USA
@@z1az285You have upgraded yourself and that's why you have no regrets. Actually this is the travesty of India that once people get a little stable and capable they all try to leave the country...
@@anirbanbhattacharya2146 Actually I could have worked in Bangalore, but one has to make quick decisions especially when opportunities come by. There is no utopia but some places are hell, Mumbai is definitely one of them
@@z1az285hell is where there is more population. Thank god Hindus have moved on, never seen anyone with 3 kids. But bimaru state Hindus are still the same
Imagine living in a freking slum and having 9 kids.... and then complaining that your life is hard because you are living in a slum with 9 KIDS
Exactly!
he may not know how sexual reproduction works, due to growing up in the slums.
The don't have access to contraception and couldn't afford it if they did.
exactly
@@002lisamarie then pull out or here's an ideea: get out of there and make a better life for your self. Sex should not be a priority when you are living LIKE THAT
This was a great window in to the lives of these people. Thanks!
Never felt more blessed to live in a town of 8000 in a country of 5 million- go New Zealand 🇳🇿
It's all about money, the rich people feels blessed to live in 22 million population city too.
Isolated
@@adee6467New Zealand is not a nice place to live
New Zealand is a paradise, would love to live there.
You mean the land that originally belonged to the maoris?
I realized I live a good life, but after watching this, there really is nothing to complain about in my day to day existence.
That's the sad reality, even religion teaches you always compare with those who have less than you to know what you're complaining about, your whole life will be spent on validating your problems or thanking for what you have and finding that stoichiometric balance.
This is going to be Canada in about 10 years.
The phrase "money can't buy you good taste" was created for rich indians
Way to go with this full circle documentary! I wasn't expecting the surprise not surprise ending that the real-estate developer has been detained.
I went there and the open sewers were the most disappointing part. I feel even the poorest and the richest person would agree that a good underground or at least closed sewer system would be beneficial for all. For such a massive and important city to still have a lack of sewer infrastructure is truly sad to witness.
4:11 Why did they censor the poor mans prosthetic legs tho?
While we talk about exponential progress in India however train travel in Mumbai portrays the reality of the present times in India. Oblivious to the common man's pain .
The same routes could be travelled by Metro , but the documentary directors chose to neglect that
@@thebestevertherewas joke 🤣
@@thebestevertherewasstop living in dream land. It doesn't help the poor. You need to be real
@@abseiduk The Metro fare is far cheaper than BUS, 3-Wheelers, and equivalent to Mumbai Local Route fairs !
It's just that it still doesn't cover whole Mumbai rn
It will in 2-3 years
there are railway redevelopment projects going on to reduce the crowds in these cities, you can check them out yourself.
whenever i feel like my life sucks , i remind myself it could've been alot worse, like being born in india
theres north korea.
You mean born in "not South Mumbai"
@@nightmarerex2035 at least North Koreans are clean.
@@votewaldo9876 They have to give their crap to the government...no joke, I`ll take being dirty over NK, any sane person would.
Being born in india is blessing ....it is kind of another planet with a different touch .
Whole india is not mumbai .....much of india is open and little population
Gotta love documentaries like these they give an insight of problems facing other cities and countries
and according to Indians, India is number one in EVERYTHING. and India will be the next superpower 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@yokiryuchan7655Because they dont live in Mumbai
I agree. Love these documentaries. Some are do well made u dont have to travel to visit the area they re portraying, feels real.
@@MaryCampbell1974 agree
Verdade ❤
It seems that the people who live in the slums could solve these issues better with all the resourcefulness they have! Seeing such problems doesn’t appear like we are as intelligent as we think we are!
Saying each caged leopard holds a “killer” to me is incorrect! Each cage holds a powerful, majestic animal that is NOT meant to be caged!!! We are supposed to SHARE this planet not claim everything as our own and destroy animals habitats in the process!!My heart goes out to the people who have been impacted by the leopards but it is wrong to cage them! Caging them is inhumane! Leopards deserve respect and to live in a habitat where they can thrive and roam freely! Same for EVERYONE who lived in the slums and had their homes destroyed. We should be respectful to ALL animals by learning how to SHARE this planet! And to be respectful to ALL people NOT only respectful how thick a persons WALLET is!!!!
In many African communities, they feed the hyenas and big cats outside their villages so that they don't attack villages. If the animals aren't hungry they won't kill
Why doesn't the government invest in contraception programmes ? Reducing the population would help.
Indias's TFR is already well below 2.1, close to several European countries at around 1.8, and falling down.
India needs more children, not less, otherwise it will head to a population collapse in around 50 years that is already underway in Japan and Korea, and soon to begin in China.
The real problem with Mumbai is that it has a good 'reputation' so people from elsewhere in India keep pouring in.
Furthermore, the city was originally a small fishing town, and has almost 0 history of urban living, compared to ancient cities like Pataliputra (Patna) or Avanti (Ujjain). Due to this reason, there was and is no proper structure to the city.
Expansion of railways or other things that can accommodate a larger populace is essentially impossible due to the modern sky high land rates. It would be a beurocratic nightmare also, to simultaneously buy out land from tens of thousands of people just to build a single extra rail line.
Everyone living in these poor conditions deserves to be living in this manner, as they've voluntarily chosen to enter what used to be a tiny fishing village turned megacity.
Living in Rome with all its problem I feel very lucky. Sometimes we don't realize how lucky we are living in Europe or in a western country.
That is very true my fellow European. We are constantly complaining of minor things here forgetting that we are having it better than 98% of the world
yeah yeah people tend to forget that literally millions of people sacreficed their lives to exactly that cause. America and Europe were at the same point but it was about 400years ago and there are always still places who remind you of "poor" countries...One thing is for sure , always be happy with what you have because it can always change. Btw Rome was destroyed and rebuild 7 times 😄dont know about Mumbai tho@@OnlyInhuman90
we are not lucky, we are the ones who make it that way.
western civilization is the greatest example of civilization that the children of planet earth have to offer.
the state of a country is a direct reflection of the people who makes it up
@@steviechampagne you know Stevie boy, this always changes over time. Once in history, india was the richest place on earth and there was also the golden age of islam where baghdad was the best place to live and Europe was a shithole. This currently might be US or West Europe but no one can guarantee it will not change in the future. And yes you are lucky, don't be so arrogant 😉
@@muratakburakma i am not arrogant, and i understand the temporal aspect of reality and of civilization, it is not arrogance to describe the objective reality that europeans have lifted up the world to an extent greater than anything weve seen in the last 6000 years.
The root races of Lemuria and Atlantis has their golden ages, and the West has already left it’s golden age about 100 years ago, so the time is coming to an end.
That leather business owner who started to cry. You can feel the pain he went threw. Sad that there are people in this world that need billions and billions when some are starving and only need like 2 dollars a day to survive.
Total respect to the men delivering the food unbelievable how they do it ❤❤❤ l cycle with my Yorkshire terrier who l rescued at a year old love watching these documentaries very interesting
I wonder, if you plundered England for two hundred years, what would London look like?But there's a dump without it...
This makes me love my state 😂😂😂
The rich guy has 1 kid, the poor guy has 9. That's part of the problem too
The poor guy has 9 because he doesn't know which one will survive till their 20s.
@@tackytaco8133What bullshit. He had 9 kids because you are lazy and don't work.
Not in India 😂
The rich guy has one fat ass daughter you saw her right That's why He only has one kid she's the size of three
A great video, but it can't capture the SMELLS of Bombay! I lived there for 3 years and I can tell you that the heat, crowds, and odors are truly overwhelming. The Indian people I met are very friendly, helpful, hardworking, and very smart. It's a shame that such poverty exists.
thank God it can't capture the SMELLS of Bombay!
We don’t need to travel in XXI age and felt any smells or catch their exotic diseases
@@julianclittmann All the "designated shitting streets"....
@@Rudeljaeger wow so funny haha 🤓🤓🤓
i was imagining the SMELL thru entire video, good morning sirs
Amazing footage of this beautiful landscape and metropolitan system. Just shows how education and proper family planning is necessary for major change.
This documantery highlights only on shortcomings of Mumbai.Mumbai has highest municipality budget approx 4-5 billion each year highest in Asia. They always highlight us as poor .
@@deveshdikshit90always someone saying that, just shut up. They showed us the truth
yes cause your poor@@deveshdikshit90
What demonstrates a society's true wealth is the height of its lowest rung.@@deveshdikshit90
@@deveshdikshit90thank you. I wish I could see more comments from actual residents
GREAT show I have been to Bombay’s four times I love that city
I'm born and raised in the Netherlands. My first time in India was Mumbai. And... Well, it was quite an experience. I've visited many cities, on all continents (except Oceania), from many countries, rich, poor and the middling, the global north and the global south, but the two cities that hit me the hardest in terms of scale and scope were Mumbai and Cairo. Delhi - though much larger than Mumbai - doesn't have such a severe congestion issue as Mumbai. I've spent a lot of time in India, and planning to do much more, and as much as i love the country, Mumbai is a beast that i simply cannot tame and generally don't want to stay for longer than i have to. (i've mostly been in the south and the north of the country, which i can highly recommend) And this documentary has illustrated it perfectly, both in all its good and its bad. The surprisingly friendly and upbeat character people have in the face of what we would consider an urban hell is one of them, and i appreciated that the documentary also gave that some light.
There's a lot of misconceptions people have about India, but i found this docu to be very accurate. I learned a lot more from watching this, and it was interesting to see the interviews, both from the high society realtors to the people that live in the slums. It's a crazy contrast. Dhanyawad!
I think just about every Indian city and even a lot of towns are like that. India has a lot of space, but these cities were built in an era before city planning was a thing, and they are just mazes of narrow congested roads and tightly packed buildings.
What’s Cairo like then?
New Delhi was way worse for me than Mumbai
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Overly congested, terribly managed and a stark contrast between those who are well-off and those who aren't. Much as i liked Mumbai, Cairo i dislike, but i daresay Mumbai was better. People are more optimistic there at least.@@simonstones1918
Much respect to the poor communities that keep a positive mind set in these tough conditions, count your blessings guys, you never know who else has it bad out there
they believe in reincarnation, they believe their next live would be better, otherwise they would have a revolution on their hands
You're so right. I am guilty of being a bit wimpish as I've got older & then see things like this & feel so foolish 😮
Yeah... like Somalians.
Here's the other side of the coin: yes, it's incredible that they still smile despite the situation their leaders puts them through. Or... Perhaps they are put in this situation because no matter what, they still smile. There comes a time when being angry is necessary. To revolt and change. Keeping always positive usually plays against you in the long run.
It's called delusion.
those people are paying a shit ton for an OK apartment in a bad neighborhood. the houses you an buy with $780k in the US are so beautiful specifically in places like Texas
you always have to pay unnatural amounts of money to buy residence in big cities,
Hell on earth called "the city of dreams".
What a joke.
CZcams censors a man's prosthetic legs? Seriously? o_O (4:05)
And censored a statue at 18:38 lol
@@Tsukeiyeah the censored statue was weird
OMG. Indonesian railway used to be like India 13 years ago, but in the past 13 years, our railway has been reformed 180⁰. Now according to World Economic Forum 2019, our railway quality ranks 18th in the world. It used to rank 80th+ back in 2009.
And now in 2023 we have just had our first 350 km/hour high-speed rail completed.
Indonesia likes to learn from other developed Asian countries while India reluctant to do that because of jealousy.
@@lijiequan Indonesian railway is just a 10th of India's 😂😂 that too metre gauge
@@NFR_Agartala eendia 🇮🇳🤣😂
你们的高铁应该是中国建造的啊？并且你们还没有付清工程款……
@@abhishekchadha5708你看看你们高铁的操作系统是中文还是日文？😂350km/h那条线路是雅加达的吧？你最好看看是哪个国家建设的😂
Balancing the needs of a booming population while addressing slums is a tough task. It's a stark reminder that urban growth must consider both human and environmental well-being.
How about this
STOP BREEDING!
@@karenharrison885
Your messages convey nothing but hate and ignorance. You must be miserable.
This is why we need to create reproduction control. We can't let people just make millions and millions more people and more than half of them can't even be fed every day. Population control needs to become a thing.
Ahh but that would be too logical.@@karenharrison885
@GreenWaifu And somehow, they find the millions for a space programme !!!!!
Kind of a kowloon Walled City!! Fascinating 😮 it would've been interesting if we had a documentary from inside of KWC
Been there many times, the quality of life is pretty bad. City just isn't livable.
A wonderful documentary! Very well done! It had multiple angles well documented.
I agree, Eureka! The documentary is so good. No wonder it's called "Best Documentary"
What r u doing with this?
What a nightmare. I was in India for three months, and although I rode the train twice, it was always outside of rush hour, simply because I would not have had the patience otherwise.
I love this video. I love the comments. My buddy in the west from Goa, parents are living in India. They are trying to get him to return home to work and live. India is picking up economically. Gotta go and see.
Even if I was a billionaire I would never live in Mumbai, No offence.
Much respect to the food delivery men. Hard working people. Im from the United States and im afraid alot of us are spoiled and soft.
yes, we western people are incredibly soft and easy to unease.
2023 everyone is offended by everything in the west. Its sad
@@hallidc people have restored to being offended by people being offended
@@tales520Don’t group us all together with the Americans.
@@Magnatross”restored”? Your sentence does not make any sense.
a truly dystopian megalopolis
Real dystopia is nyc with those pride flags and hookup culture.
Lmao, people don't live their lives with dramatic British voiceovers and repeated footage of crowded trains. British documentaries of India are hilariously one dimensional
Nobody is talking about overpopulation.
Wahaj seems like a great dude. Somebody i would love to just listen to
After watching this... I am so proud of myself to be born in Malaysia. I feel bad for those poor people. Most of these rich men just want the money but never think about the people's feel. It's pure evil!
Mumbai is large city it has industries all around that why but india has small medium all types of cities
Yes it's evil and selfish. They should be ashamed of themselves. Poor people are humans to. If it wasn't for the poor there wouldn't be any rich people.
@@mr.willywinker4u849 The westerners should be ashamed of themselves... Look at California, London etc...
Nothing to be proud of being a Malaysian... 😂😂😂...
Average illiterates like you judge a country based on a random documentary...
If anyone travels India he/she will find Malaysia as a sh!th0le...
i'm malaysian too and i agree with you
Thats insane, here i am living in a 60k people city in germany, which already feels really full sometimes, cant imagine living with so many people.
Exact same feelings here coming from someone in a city with 100K people in The Netherlands.
Ich weiß wo dein Bett schläft...
;)
@@lkfh1 🤣🤣🤣🤣"Ik weet waar jouw huis woont" ja dat is een ouwe!!
I once was on vacation in Turkey and visited Istanbul. Wonderful vibrant city but the immensity kind of overwhelmed me...we as Dutchies are not used to multi million people cities and the sheer size and people on the streets gave me some anxiety...but that's just me. Now..Istanbul is huge but Mumbai has to be all of that x 10 or something?? I could not walk the streets there..too many people. Guess I'm just a simple guy from the Dutch "polder" but I like that.
Like we have choice brother
India - a challenging and beautiful, different place. if you are on a budget or limited time - then you will not miss much by side-stepping Mumbai - and just giving Delhi a couple of days. They are both aggressive and tiring city environments-- and there are such fantastic other cities/areas to spend you time in.
印度太脏了，卫生都搞不好哪来的环境美丽？
It's so sad to see how this happens all around the world. Some very enriched people and, on the other side, the majority of poor people. We gotta fight for equality.
No, just stop having children when you cant afford them.
@@janemoore4395 Hi Jane. I know you may think it's a matter of bad decisions, but it's not. There are several factors which determine a high fertility rate in poorer countries. I'll list some of them:
- lack of sexual education;
- lack of contraceptives. They cost a lot, they're not always available and their use could be obstructed by religious and cultural beliefs;
- cultural factors: things like patriarchy, religion and gender inequality could feed the idea of a woman whose only role is to procreate and look after the kids
- economical support: in these countries children often look after their parents at a certain point. In richer countries the roles are reversed and parents help children (economically and in other ways) for a longer time. So, more numerous offspring could represent more support for the families in poorer countries.
If we go back just to the beginning of the last century in Italy, the country I live in, the fertility rate was certainly higher than today. The reason why today Italy is one of the European countries in which the fertility rate is among the lowest ones, is not due to a higher intelligence which make us procreate less. It's due to economical, cultural and sociological changes which we always need to analyse in order not to blame who has no blame.
@@giuliacardinale5991 - Hi, Giulia, did you watch the whole video? There is a man with 9 children, living in a 2 room dwelling. One of the daughters was asked, "where do you sleep?" She replied, "under the bed.". What kind of life is this living in such squalor? Do some people, such as this man, not understand how babies are made? And if they can't afford contraceptives, what makes them think they can afford another child? Aren't people entitled to some peace, quiet, and privacy? This is no excuse to live like this; rats live better and at least provide a clean, quiet and comfortable nest for their young. I don't think a culture or religion would allow such living conditions.
Can i just say thank you so much for posting these. It's so lovely to have a place to watch documentaries, especially, because of the amount of options you give us🥂 We really do appreciate it.
SIR MY INDIA IS THE REAL SUPERPOWER 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN CHINA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
@@indiasuperclean6969 every country has positives and negatives. I'm sure theirs plenty of beautiful things in India, and plenty of negatives just like with almost every country.... India is not the cleanest country, though, and it is not the safest country for men or women.... India has amazing food, and beautiful sites to see, and the people seem friendly, but it is not the cleanest far from it actually, and the people get mugged, stabbed, raped, beaten, and murdered in india just as much as in most countries.... Positives, and negatives.
@@indiasuperclean6969 very true bro.. we also lynch pissfools after getting inspired by China's treatment of Uighurs.. we are superpower saaar
😂😂😂😂 Cleanest, respect wom😂😂😂😂😂😂
Damn.. this is a FANTASTIC video! I was speechless many times but I learned so much while watching. One of those videos that just humbles you for a moment. Bravo!
Excellent video! I enjoyed it very much
It is difficult to live in India and impossible in Mumbai. We should be talking seriously about population control rather than demolising slums to build towers.
Must be one of the worst places to live in the world, far to busy.
Indeed. Well said
It's nice if u have money
@@user-sg8xm1wm6m it is cosmopolitan with 1 milion people live in a slum in the city centre? Come on dude! You are joking right?
@@user-sg8xm1wm6mBest city lmao please, there's more than 10 cities that would be a better to live than in bloody Mumbai.
@@JohnnyNagaSins i can bet you will no other city as best as mumbai south asia
The man with 9 children complaining about living space is what gets me. ANYONE with nine children is going to have trouble housing and feeding them. That is not the property developer's fault. It's your own.
If you tell this man this, he and his 9 are going to beat the shit out of you 😂😂😂, l know from experience.
Seriously, housing 9 kids in town, even in rich countries is a nightmare.
How many houses, apartments in london, new york, paris or tokyo can accommodate 9 children? It's just not feasible.
The problem is that these people did not evolve, they migrated from the countryside to the city but retained their rural mentality.
Only a farm can house and feed 9 children, in town it's impossible. It's not a question of poor country or not, it's ONLY THE REALITY OF THE CITY....
This has reminded me of how blessed we are in the heart of America!
So much for India,s proclaimed and most praised democracy. Same injustice as everywhere else.
Кастовая система не имеет отношения к демократии.
@@Lamaton в идеале должна иметь!
In one word: hell.
If your nuts, it's a nutshell.
I only would advice Indian nuts for weight loss.
Your Channel is one of the more interesting place to look for know something different!!! really complimenti. Hi from Italy 😉
This is horrible, instead of trying to improve the life of the people they are demolishing their houses and pushing them to the outskirts because "they ruin our view and we need space."
This is called urbanization.Everything has its own pricing. Once a country choose to develop, its ppl will be more or less passively accepting the fact. Infrustructure brings GDP, GDP brings growth, growth brings taxes, taxex brings reinvestment into edcuation, housing improvment, military and everything. India population is a benefit for growth but also a problem for fairness. When it comes fairness for 1.4 billion ppl, there are absolute no fairness to talk. Real estate developer like Omkar and recycling waste businesses in the film benefit from growth at the expense of most other ppl interests, at least at the present.
It's illegal developments. These people just came here without any permission to build and set up shacks. Say if there is some natural disaster and a lot of these houses get destroyed, I'm sure you will be blaming the government for it.
An extraordinary place.
We need more like this...thank you for raising this topic which no one cares to do so...hope this series continue
It's the harsh reality we have to accept , this documentary makes us thankful that we don't have to endure what our brothers and sisters had to face every day just to make ends meet .
No! You don't accept this, you improve this!
There are thousands ways of suffering ..
The "first world" has invented new ways of being miserable..
He doesn't knock off, he represents his hood. I LOVE it!!!!!!!!
great documentary! keep up the great work. this shows my city the way it is.