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Ethnography Report Phase I
Objective: Community Ethnography is an essential add-on to the context of
unique mentoring program Abhyudaya-SPJIM! It helps in ha"ing an in-depth
understanding of the community in #hich the Sitara li"es! Studying $understanding the "arious aspects of urban po"erty manifested in the Mumbai
Slums% helps us e"ol"e frame#or& #ith respect to the opportunities $ challenges
o'ered!
My Sitara Family Backgron!
(ame) San*ana +ol&onde
Standard) ,
My mentee San*ana is the eldest child of her parents! She is a "ery happy to go
luc&y girl yet rm in her thoughts! .er father #or&s in the house&eeping
department of Panasonic #hile #or&s as a chef for a *uice centre in /o&hand#ala!
0he academic qualication of her parents are Class , pass! San*ana has three
siblings% younger sister #ho studies in 1th Standard% younger brother in 2th
Standard $ the youngest girl of the house in 3 rdStandard! San*an $ her younger
sister study in a pri"ate school #ith an approx! monthly fees of s!456! 7hile her
brother $ youngest sister study in a public municipal school near to their house
#herein fees are exempted! Sana*ana8s parents are "ery particular about their
children8s education and co-operate in all means to pro"ide them #ith the best
they can!
0hey stay in the 2th9oor of a building under :ombay Slum ede"elopment Corp!
/td! Along #ith San*ana8s grandmother! It is a one room 9at o#ned by San*ana8s
family! 0here are around 2 buildings in the locality #ith ;2 9ats per 9oor and a
total of < 9oors! 0he 9ats in their apartment are rented as #ell as o#ned by
people!
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l e!
"ommnity Facilities in the #eighborhoo!
0he electricity connection is by eliance and their monthly consumption is
around s!;666! 7ater is supplied by municipality e"ery day in the morning for
t#o hours #hich is then stored in a o"erhead tan& for usage throughout the day!
0hey pay a monthly maintenance charge of s!=66 e"ery month! 0he grocery
shopping is done from a nearby &irana store once in a month preferably!
San*ana8s father goes #ith the list to the store $ pays in ad"ance to get the
items deli"ered to their house! >or any health related issues% the "isit a nearby
clinic located next to their building $ also has a medical store opposite to it! 0hey
ha"e three mobiles in the house and generally recharge them from a cyber caf?
*ust next to their apartment! All day to day "egetables $ other items are shopped
from the sab@i mandi next to their apartment! E"en some "egetable thelawalas
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also come near their building on a daily basis! San*ana and her siblings play in a
cric&et ground in front of their building! Community function li&e +anesh tsa"%
Mahashi"ratri% Bahi .andi% (a"ratri are celebrated in this ground by collecting
chanda!
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Sab$i %hele&ala ' (irana Store
"yber "a)e
Backgron! o) the #eighborhoo! Families
Sana*an8s paternal $ maternal cousins stay in the same building along #ith theirfamilies! Just next to their apartment stays a family% #herein the husband #or&s
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#ith a decorator group #hile #ife $ mother run a &irana store in their house
itself! Another family in their family comprising father% mother $ three children
earn their li"elihood primarily through "egetable selling $ a small grocery store!
0he &ids in the building are mostly of san*an8s age and they share a "ery #arm
relationship among themsel"es! 0hough their abode is small but the emotional
bonding is intact!