VIDEO: Mumbai’s Warli community oppose proposed relocation

by and October 28, 2020 Society
The Adivasi Community of Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park are being asked to vacate their homes from the forest which they have resided in for generations. This means an end to their culture.

The Adivasi Community of Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park are being asked to vacate their homes from the forest which they have resided in for generations. This video tries to showcase their survival, the adversities they are facing and how it’s going to affect the livelihood of these communities when they are forced to relocate.

The Adivasis live in areas that are beneficial to them and they are highly dependent on the forests for their survival. Relocation will prove to be a huge tragedy in terms of finding new ways to survive. Not to mention, it will end their cultural practices.

The jungle, in turn, flourishes because of the Adivasis. They are codependent.

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Aslam Saiyad is an independent photographer and documentary maker. He learned photography from J. J. Institute of Applied Arts and was the Head of Department – Photography at Frameboxx Animation School and lecturer at Nirmala College, Ramesh Sippy Film Academy and Ecole Intuit lab and Shift Focus School of Cinema and Life. Aslam is the co-founder of Hallu Hallu – a walking project. The project believes that walking, observing and engaging is a way to destroy walls, both real and imaginary.It conducts a city visual interaction programme for architecture / Art students. He started working on documentation of rivers of Mumbai under the name Mumbai Rivers Photo Project.
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