Slums

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Grams Econweekly Editor Krishna Raj Assistant Editor Rajani X Desai Editorial Staff Colin de Souza, Aahok Rao, A A Dalvi FOR that one-third of Bombay's population which lives in slums, the rainy season is a time to dread. The monsoon for them means four months of cold and damp and nights spent crouching or standing in waist-deep water, clutching babies and rags in an effort to keep them dry. But dismal as things are for the slum-dwellers, it is still better to have a leaky tin roof over one's head than to have no roof at all.