ABSTRACT
This chapter takes a close look at Dharavi, a sprawling congested habitation in the heart of the Indian metropolis of Mumbai and viewed as the largest ‘slum’ in India. Showing that, contrary to what one might expect in such a habitation, Dharavi has encountered relatively few incidents of physical violence, the chapter probes the rather neglected but significant question: do cases displaying little systematic violence possess some element, dimension or factor that might incline towards non-violence?
