Letter to a Pen Pal- Original Writing

Letter to a Pen Pal- Original Writing

Dear Michael,

I am writing from a small cramped wooden slum. It’s on the pavement

next to a very busy road. I am in Bombay, Bombay is a bustling city

and there is too much pollution. Bombay is very congested,

Half of the population have no services or jobs; most people who live

in the slums make traditional cloth and clean them. Most people have

migrated from neighbouring towns, citys and countries. Like kuru where

the river was polluted which crippled the fishing trade. The main

reason that people moved away from kuru is the textile market for new

opportunities and jobs, because Bombay is the centre of commerce. Most

of the people who migrate live in rural areas.

I have seen up to eight people in one family living in a

tiny shanty with hardly any food or water. Every one in the shantys

work e.g clean clothes or make cloth. Even though there are over a

million shantys in India they are actually illegal but the police

don’t tend to do anything.

I get my food from the mahilamilan which means women

together, they teach us a class every week and we learn things like

maths and English. In turn me and many other children collect scrap

metal to sell, we give all are money to the mahilamilan so they can