I had visited a distant relative who stays in chawl. As it was already late at night they insisted me to stay and i agreed. I was shocked to see how people even stay there. 5-6 people sleep in one small room, no privacy, lots of noise around.
Worst part of it all was when i woke up in morning and had to stand in line for toilet. There were 10 people ahead of me each carrying their own bucket. I couldn’t gather courage to stand in line and go to toilet so i just skipped it.
Most interesting part is that people in chawl are very happy staying there and they always boast how we are family and help each other unlike people in flats. When i reached my flat and used the toilet i felt so blessed.I will never take these small things for granted now.
