I guess this is a reality wake-up call for all of us who have taken our relative comfort for granted. When I was with a company whose office was near the Pekeliling flats, a colleague and I would just run up those flats to wake ourselves up when we felt we were getting complacent.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. More photos would be good. A picture says a thousand words.

The Muslim nursery children being taught English? That’s a revealing point. And our so-called nationalistic politicians advocate policies that discourage our citizens from learning the language! One day the children from Dharavi will overtake us. It’s not the language per se. It’s the openness that allows and encourages learning. And no beggers and hawkers there? Perhaps our government should send some delegations to Dharavi rather than to places where they can see belle dancing?