Slumdog Dharavi Research Paper

The school excellence in Dharavi is excellence. There are an estimated 5000 businesses is Dharavi. Some consist of recycling, leather products, jewelry, food, pots, clothing and various accessories. 85% of people in Dharavi have a job. The biggest recycling industry is recycling. The recycling industry is reported to employ approximately 250,000 people, so it is a very big thing there. People who work in the recycling only make about a dollar a day. People who work in the recycling industry are called rag pickers and there have been at least 4 generations working as such. It is estimated that the neighborhoods of this slum contribute about 1 billion dollars to Mumbai’s economy. This community is filled with business and industry. Some of the industries in Dharavi have made some people rich. Those who have become rich stay in Dharavi because they don’t want to leave, it’s their home and they stay humble. The people of this slum are very organized,

Shivangi came to America with a hope and goal of becoming a doctor. She had struggled to learn english however after hard work she was on her path to success. Shivagni explained to me that along her journey to where she is today is due to the connections she had made. Even though she is the vice president of millsaps masala and does multiple jobs around campus, she still makes time to guide new underclassmen to ensure everyone can prosper. She is the type of leader to make mistakes and own up to them so others will not follow in her same footsteps.

While it may be easier to persuade yourself that Boo’s published stories are works of fiction, her writings of the slums that surround the luxury hotels of Mumbai’s airport are very, very real. Katherine Boo’s book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers – Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” does not attempt to solve problems or be an expert on social policy; instead, Boo provides the reader with an objective window into the battles between extremities of wealth and poverty. “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” then, exposes the paucity and corruption prevalent within India.

Associating with the self-fulfilling prophecy, master status, and symbolic interactionism, Howard Becker’s labeling theory, views deviance as not an innate act, but rather, elects to target society impulse to engage in stigmatization (Cartwright, 2011). In this paper, I will discuss the implications of labeling specifically in the articles “The Saints and the Roughnecks” by William Chambliss and “On Being Sane In Insane Places” by David Rosenhan. Additionally, I will be discussing the far-reaching effects of negative labeling an individual, with respect to concepts such as labeling theory, the self-fulfilling prophecy, and master status.

In the novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Indian paupers live in Annawadi slum, a place where is descried as “a bitty slum popped up in the biggest city of a country that holds one third of the planet’s poor.” (Boo, 3) Poverty–a lack of wealth and basic needs–influences every single part of people’s lives and stories, just likes to stalk people documented in the book like a nightmare. In Annawadi slum, poverty is nearly unavoidable and inescapable. There is no running water, no relief services, and the people do not take care of what they have, because they can barely afford to take care of themselves. This harsh circumstance reveals the fact that further advances in human welfare for the poor are now often threatened by a belief in the West

Poverty and oppression is a serious condition that is prevalent even in today’s modern society. Women and children are exposed to poverty and subjected to a life of injustice. One of the countries where such problems still occur is in India. Despite the country’s modernization, there lies an undercity where the disparity of wealth is transparent. These social problems are thoroughly described in movies and literature such as Slumdog Millionaire and Behind the Beautiful Forevers. In the book Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Catherine Boo, the author describes slum life for a set of individuals and the hardship that their social conditions confined them to. Another movie that gave insight to slum life in India is Slumdog Millionaire

Mental Illness, that name conjures up a vast array of frightening images in the minds of the general public and media; an unfair image that is stigmatizing for the sufferer. The stigma is also pervasive in the mental health field, where patients who receive treatment are sometimes treated unfairly by the practitioners, who are supposed to help them in the first place. This is what my paper will discuss, the effects of stigma and labeling on patients and their families. I have culled many sources from scholarly papers, that back up my claim. I will describe what I thought of about the articles and how they pertain to the main points I am trying to make.

This paper explores three types of stigma and ties them to people pulled from videos that have been presented throughout this course of study. Self Stigma is presented where some of the individuals may feel as if they are not as good as someone without dementia. Courtesy Stigma is also presented where the family members of dementia patients may feel the stigma just because they are close to the patient. Finally, Public Stigma is described using examples of dementia patients being seen in the public eye as being part of a group of patients rather than being an individual person themselves. Mrs. Potocny states, “You hate to lose the one you can’t live without. But that is exactly what is happening.” when describing her husband’s deterioration.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a film that features a character, Jamil Malik, who lives in Dubai and is considered an ignorant young boy. Jamil Malik had never went to school or college and would not have known any of the answers for the game show, “Who wants to be a Millionaire” but was given the prejudge of being on the show because he grew up in the slums of India. Jamil’s life experiences allowed him an

Coming to think of it now, the past three and a half months went past like a whirlwind. An endless number of questions, concerns and thoughts came to mind when I packed my bags and left home for a long period of time without the presence and support of my family and friends. Growing up in a sheltered household, I was always around people that were close to me and knew me. When the time came to say goodbye, it became more evident that I was on my own now. The responsibilities had now increased and all my decisions were on my own account. There was no one to hold my hand and tell me right from wrong. I had to use my own ethical judgment, remember my morals and values and make decisions accordingly.

India is a country in central Asia with a population of over 1.22 billion people making it the second most populous country in the world. Its high population is one of the factors that results in India having such a high poverty rate. In India today over 37% of the population live below the poverty line. The reality of such a statistic means that these people live in conditions unimaginable to people of the western world. In the film Slumdog Millionaire by director Danny Boyle deeper ideas associated with this poverty are developed including destiny, loyalty and how poverty frees us. These deeper ideas are developed through visual techniques

I chose to learn a little bit more about Indian culture, and I thought Slum Dog Millionaire was a great resource to do so. This movie depicts the story of 2 young Indian boys and their journey in life through love, hardship, and culture. The story starts out with the two boy living a happy life with their mother, but when their mother dies from the religious wars they are forced to learn to fend for themselves. On their journey they let a little girl tag along on their journey. The movie depicts what starts out to be a struggle to survive then they against all odds makes it out and make a name for themselves by winning India’s version of “Who wants to be a millionaire”.

The definition of a stigma is, a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person (Oxford Dictionary). In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Lennie and Crooks worked very hard at the farm both physically and mentally. Both men are forced to live partial lives, due to others diminishing their life worth. Lennie and Crooks, both have to deal with the lives they were born with. Stigmas oppress people in different ways and are present in many other countries; a person that holds a stigma must overcome many forms of derision.

One rainy night in Austria the idea of the to be famous novel, Frankenstein came to Mary shelly in a dream. The idea to write a ghost story was not her own but Lord Byrons , a friend who was also summer sojourning with Mary and her husband Percy Shelley. Mary Shelley was 16 at the time and The story of Frankenstein was then published two years later in 1818. The tale takes place somewhere in the 18th century a time rich with romantic movement ideas, french revolution aftermath, gothic literature and scientific advancements, and superstition, religion.

Stigma may be understood in terms of the different ways it manifests at the self, social and structural levels. Self-stigma is defined as a subjective process that is ‘characterized by negative feelings (about self), maladaptive behavior, identity transformation or stereotype endorsement resulting from an individual's experiences, perceptions, or anticipation of negative social reactions’ on the basis of a stigmatized social status or health condition. Social stigma describes ‘the phenomenon of large social groups endorsing stereotypes about and acting against a stigmatized group’. Structural stigma refers to the rules, policies and procedures of institutions that restrict the rights and opportunities for members of stigmatized groups. Examples of structural stigma are the negative attitudes and behaviors of representatives of public institutions, such as people who work in the health and criminal justice sectors. Disagreement exists in the literature concerning the levels of stigma, including how many exist and how they are defined. For instance, although including attitudes and behaviors of trainees and professionals within the ‘structural’ level of stigma is consistent with existing definitions and theories there are several alternative conceptualizations . Nevertheless, a three-level framework