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It’s boom time in Dharavi. Actually, it’s always boom time in Dharavi, the Mumbai slum that’s home to 600,000 people and a not inconsiderable number of businesses. Specialising in the recycling of plastic, metal and paper waste, the slum is a warren of industry, turning over an estimated $665m a year (£405m). And that was before people came wanting to see where Jamal dodged the coppers in Slumdog Millionaire.

Mumbai encompasses many slums but if any has become synonymous with Danny Boyle’s Oscar-herding movie, it is Dharavi. The setting for the breathtaking opening chase sequence, operators now run daily tours through the sprawling district. Like watching the movie itself, it is an oddly uplifting experience; a few hours in Dharavi – with all the colours, industry and sheer life crammed inside – feels not like wallowing in other people’s poverty, but rather like being forced to contemplate your own laziness.

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