Annawaadi Quotes

In the book, Behind the Beautiful Forever’s, cultural differences are present within Annawaadi and Mumbai. Annawaadi is a slum located in Mumbai, a slum that is surrounded by beautiful skyscrapers, luxurious hotels, and the local airport. "Everything around us is roses," Abdul's younger brother, Mirchi, put it. "And we're the shit in between” (xii). Within this slum, thousands of lower class citizens work every single day to stay alive and support their families. The jobs of those who work consist of exhausting long hours. Most of the work in Annawadi consisted of selling rubbish that the locals would found inside the slums. These rubbish workers within Annawadi were a large factor in the global economy, they would resell recyclables such as water bottles, newspapers, and metals. This all changed when the global recession occurred, Annawadi had to …show more content…
Being born a female sets you at a disadvantage within the slum. Females were granted few rights and were always overpowered by men. “Don’t correct me, you don’t have any rights over me. What kind of life is this? The women in her husband’s family kept strict purdah-stayed inside the house unless accompanied by a man” (75). Also, marriage was arranged, often the female had no choice in who her spouse was to be. Most wives were mistreated by their husbands, there is no true connection between husband and wife in an arranged marriage. Women are forced to stay in unhealthy abusive relationships, they have no say in what they can do. “I hear of this love so often that I think I know it, but I don’t feel it, and I don’t know why” (78). Abdul knows nothing but of arranged marriage, he says he hears of love but he doesn’t feel it, meaning in an arranged marriage there is no true love Abdul wants to experience love for what it really. In American, women have rights are not restricted to anything, they are looked at as equal humans as all women should be