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    high density housing during the industrial revolution between the 19th and 20th century for a large number of people who were immigrating to the city for work. The word ‘tenement’ these days is a word which people more regularly associate with the slum

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    Man is primarily a member of a social community. He should not only be concerned about himself but also for the welfare and development of society as a whole. It is truly said that “Jana-Seva” is “Janardhana-Seva”. The feeling of self-satisfaction that comes when one sees the unshed tears of joy in the eyes of one whose hunger has been appeased‚ whose thirst has been allayed and whose needs are fulfilled is indeed heavenly. Why we should do social service: Man lives in the society. He learns

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    hospitals or enjoy leisure facilities of the city. They have a high mistrust of the dominant institutions of society. 2) Nature of the slum community: The slum community is characterized by poor housing and overcrowding and a minimum of organizational structure beyond the space of family. These institutions grow up mainly to meet their minimum needs. The slum economy is inward looking. It is embedded in pawning of personal goods‚ informal credit and use of second hand goods. 3) Nature of the

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    often having facilities for religious instruction. 3. Cabbala-Cabbala is an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament. 4. Ghetto-The ghetto is a section of a city‚ especially a thickly populated slum area. 5. Deportation- The lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state. 6. Genocide-the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national‚ racial‚ political‚ or cultural group. 7. Aryan-A non-Jewish Caucasian

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    the context? How does the context affect communication patterns between the characters? The film Slumdog Millionaire takes place in modern day India and goes in and out of the past and present slums of India. Jamal Malik is a young boy from the slums and is best friends with his brother‚ Salim Malik. The slums of India contain nothing but dirt roads‚ half build huts and outhouses to use the restroom‚ which is all adjacent to a trash dump yard. The communication throughout the film is spoken in mainly

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    Unfortunately‚ there was a huge setback for real estate agents- and it’s name was Bennington Park. Bennington Park was a slum in Freeport that Newsday considered “a vicious man-made jungle” and “the worst slum in New York State.” Most of the African Americans in Freeport lived in Bennington Park because of all the segregation issues that continued on after the war. The slum contained over 250 black families with most houses uncomfortably packed with six to ten people in a room. Sadly‚ the same poverty

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    explaining how he is able to answer each question. Jamal is 18 year old‚ an Indian Muslim from the Juhu slum is the contestant of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” The conflict between Jamal and Prem is unending throughout the film. Prem is eagerly trying to stop Jamal from winning the show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Jamal the slum boy who reaches to the last question. Prem thinks how the slum boy without any education

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    conditions of the poor; he sees how they get by with their daily lives. He just wonders if they are all corrupted or not‚ and speedily‚ by their atrocious surroundings. He also believes however‚ that things cannot get any worse. He believes that the slums’ sediment was going for a steadier

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    65 Ibid.‚pp.113-114 These new conditions make life in the city is very crowd. They became famous for overcrowding‚ un healthy and squalid living conditions. Many people believed that the slums were the outcome of laziness‚ vice and sin of the lower classes. However‚ the growth of slums was caused by poverty‚ unemployment‚ social exclusion and homelessness. Dickens encourages people to live in the countryside . Purity and healthy are there . He shows in Oliver Twist the idealism of the

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    Victorian era‚ Britons went slumming with the intention to see how the poor lived. Koven points out that men and women who ruled the church and state and dominated social welfare bureaucracies were forced to visit‚ live and work in the slums of London. They argued that slum experiences were necessary for all who spoke about social problems. Koven defines slumming as any movement of descent across spatial‚ class‚ and gender boundaries‚ and he structures it into two parts: The first focuses on the journalists

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