day 2 : sensing the section through dharavi

Now, I have some energy after having a long night to sleep. The task was to carry on day 1's notion into the slum itself. I was really scared about the smell, I asked myself the question that if the boundary’s could have -3 to -5 intensity, what will the inside core be?. Moving through the slum, navigating ourselves with the sun, moving through 900mm narrow allies with electricity wire directly above us, turning around back to the same point, busting into dead ends, kids following us, meeting community heads in their obviously distinct houses, dogs barking at us, after 5 hours, we finally made our way through the slum. what is the smell like?

The intensity of the smell of the core was much lesser ranging from -2 to 0 to 2 though a little bit high at few times. I perceived different smells like burning rubber, flour for bakery, cooking food, baby sheet. I discovered that most smells relates to their jobs and the smell has a spatial form within dharavi. For example, the muslim nagar is very dirty, choked and the gutter also stinks while the koliwada has refreshing air and less choked. conclusively, the interior core of dharavi is more bearable in terms of smell than the boundaries.