0:00:02 > 0:00:04THUNDER RUMBLES
0:00:04 > 0:00:05# This is our school
0:00:05 > 0:00:08# Our home, our city
0:00:08 > 0:00:12# We are all one community
0:00:12 > 0:00:13# This is our school
0:00:13 > 0:00:15# Our home, our city
0:00:15 > 0:00:20# This is the place we're proud to be. #
0:00:24 > 0:00:30My name is Iffat and this is a story about me and my friends,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33and the school we go to here in Mumbai.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48In this school, they all live in the slum...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54..even some of the teachers.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Our school is located in Dharavi,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12the largest slum in Asia...
0:01:14 > 0:01:18..and all the children are coming from nearby Dharavi slums.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Giving them some washing powders.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Training them for cleanliness,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38training them for washing.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45It's very easy to talk about training children.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Come once and teach our children,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50you will realise how difficult it is.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59# Please take your seat inside the class
0:01:59 > 0:02:02# We're here to serve you
0:02:02 > 0:02:04# From little seeds to giant trees
0:02:04 > 0:02:06# We'll help you stand tall
0:02:06 > 0:02:08# Science, maths and languages
0:02:08 > 0:02:11# The core of what we teach
0:02:11 > 0:02:13# We'll set you up for everything
0:02:13 > 0:02:15# For all you hope to reach
0:02:15 > 0:02:17# For ever we'll mother
0:02:17 > 0:02:20# Take care not to smother
0:02:20 > 0:02:22# When there's no respite
0:02:22 > 0:02:24# We're here day and night
0:02:24 > 0:02:29# To show you the light
0:02:29 > 0:02:31# Open your mind
0:02:34 > 0:02:36# Open your mind
0:02:38 > 0:02:41# Open your mind. #
0:05:06 > 0:05:10We all have dreams about what we want to become.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Me, I want to be an eye surgeon.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22And Mary, a footballer.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Is that realistic?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Well, one day, the Maharashtran state team got in touch with her.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46# Open your mind
0:06:49 > 0:06:51# Open your mind
0:06:53 > 0:06:57# Boys are already expected to grow
0:06:57 > 0:07:02# But girls are equally all in the know
0:07:02 > 0:07:06# So we must influence them to be brave and show
0:07:06 > 0:07:11# That girls can equally flourish and grow
0:07:11 > 0:07:14# Open your mind
0:07:16 > 0:07:18# Don't get left behind
0:07:20 > 0:07:23# The world will be kind
0:07:24 > 0:07:28# So open your mind. #
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Are you confused by the different uniforms?
0:08:10 > 0:08:11It's quite easy.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17The students dressed in brown are taught in Hindi,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20the ones in maroon are Urdu speakers.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27People like Mary dressed in blue, they speak Marathi.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30And me and the others in grey, we speak English.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I have got round about, in secondary section,
0:08:37 > 0:08:391,500 students.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04In the early mornings,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08at least five to six children will faint
0:09:08 > 0:09:11and they feel very shy to tell
0:09:11 > 0:09:14that they were hungry last night.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16MALE TEACHER ISSUES COMMANDS
0:09:21 > 0:09:23The parents do believe in education
0:09:23 > 0:09:26but, if you don't have anything in your stomach,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28how can you think about the brain?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Money is always an issue...
0:15:19 > 0:15:22..whether it's for food or school fees.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28If we do well in our exams, some of us will get financial help.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Everybody stay quiet now. Ranka-gee is going to come soon.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Pick up all your drawing books outside.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Mishra!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Mishra, is your drawing book out?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I will count to ten!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10I want all your drawing books out!
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Ten...
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Three, two,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19the last number is one!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Are your drawing books out?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39CHEERING
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I am the class representative
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and, if my teachers are not there in the class,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50that's my responsibility to make the students quiet.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I like having that responsibility
0:16:57 > 0:17:00because I like to give speeches, I like to dance.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02HE SINGS IN HINDI
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I want to be a doctor when I grow up
0:17:23 > 0:17:25because I like to help people.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Have you prepared yourself? Are you on the path to becoming a doctor?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Yes, I am on the path of becoming a doctor.- How?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I study more...
0:17:36 > 0:17:39I study science when I get time.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Good. Do you speak to any doctors?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Yes, I speak to Dr Akram
0:17:45 > 0:17:50and he told me about how patients have many things
0:17:50 > 0:17:54and he showed me many medicines also.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Good. So you are going to continue doing that?- Yes.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Please do that if you want to...
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Because it's not easy to become a doctor.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01OK, in order to become a doctor,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04you have to qualify a very difficult examination.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Yeah, also five years... - Yeah, five years on that course,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- what is it called?- I don't know.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- MBBS.- Yes! MBBS!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14MBBS. What is the full form of MBBS?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19It's Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Science.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23After doing MBBS, you have to, again, study...
0:18:23 > 0:18:25# I'm a cheeky, cheeky chappy
0:18:25 > 0:18:28# Who's looking for more
0:18:28 > 0:18:30# I'm a cheeky, cheeky chappy
0:18:30 > 0:18:33# Gonna kick down the door
0:18:33 > 0:18:37# So I'm the keeper of my destiny
0:18:39 > 0:18:43# And people like to see the best in me
0:18:44 > 0:18:49# My parents taught me everything, you see
0:18:49 > 0:18:54# Confidence and love will make us free
0:18:54 > 0:18:57# I don't need to be spoilt to win this race
0:18:57 > 0:19:00# I know no bounds I'll keep up the chase
0:19:00 > 0:19:03# My smile fills a room with joy and grace
0:19:03 > 0:19:05# It brightens the day
0:19:05 > 0:19:07# He'll be a doctor
0:19:07 > 0:19:10# Just you wait and see
0:19:10 > 0:19:15# He's spent half his life in Dharavi
0:19:15 > 0:19:21# There's no other place where I would rather be
0:19:21 > 0:19:25# Cos my school means all the world to me. #
0:19:29 > 0:19:31With MBBS, you're going to become a doctor
0:19:31 > 0:19:32but what type of doctor do you want to become?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35You want to become the doctor of brain
0:19:35 > 0:19:38or you want to become a doctor of bones?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Everything of the body.- Yeah, so you want to perform operations?- Yes.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44That's called surgery. OK?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46So you have to take up, probably, general surgery.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Even my father is a general surgeon. - Yes?- Yeah.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51But you have to study a lot for that.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54OK? Because you will be dealing with human lives.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Yes, I know.- So you have to be very cautious about it.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59OK, so you will be on the...
0:19:59 > 0:20:01# My future's bright
0:20:01 > 0:20:04# I'll work so hard to make it
0:20:04 > 0:20:09# Day by day I'm working in the heat and grey
0:20:09 > 0:20:14# If I slump in the slums I know it could really hurt me
0:20:14 > 0:20:20# But if I open the lock I know it could make me free
0:20:20 > 0:20:23# I don't need to be spoilt to win this race
0:20:23 > 0:20:26# I know no bounds I'll keep up the chase
0:20:26 > 0:20:28# My smile fills a room with joy and grace
0:20:28 > 0:20:31# It brightens the day
0:20:31 > 0:20:32# I'll be a doctor
0:20:32 > 0:20:36# Just you wait and see
0:20:36 > 0:20:41# I've spent half my life in Dharavi
0:20:41 > 0:20:46# There's no other place where I would rather be
0:20:46 > 0:20:51# Cos my school means all the world to me
0:20:52 > 0:20:55# He's a cheeky, cheeky chappy who's looking for more
0:20:55 > 0:20:58# He's gonna push the limits Gonna push down the door
0:20:58 > 0:21:01# He's a cheeky, cheeky chappy with a heart of gold
0:21:01 > 0:21:03# Nothing can stop him from achieving his goal
0:21:03 > 0:21:06# He's a cheeky, cheeky chappy
0:21:06 > 0:21:07# I'm a really cool guy. #
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Mummy!
0:21:47 > 0:21:49SHE SHOUTS
0:22:53 > 0:22:56We tell them. We do give them sex education.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Now, every girl of Dharavi wants to come to our school
0:23:12 > 0:23:14because they feel this is the most safest school,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17where a child has been taught manners
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and they have all of the things a girl should know.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Hi, teacher!
0:23:31 > 0:23:35The first category is English.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38'I always do well in my exams.'
0:23:38 > 0:23:40The question is,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42there are five stages of writing -
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I, D, E, E, P.
0:23:45 > 0:23:51Can you tell me what each letter of IDEEP means?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54'I get marks like A1.'
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Writing!
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Edit, Draft, Enhance...
0:24:01 > 0:24:05100% in every subject.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I'm insightful.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I can speak six languages.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13I quickly catch up everything.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22# The spoken word is a powerful tool
0:24:24 > 0:24:28# We have freedom of speech so I'm going to teach
0:24:30 > 0:24:31# So I'll...
0:24:37 > 0:24:40# We will all be better when we've been schooled
0:24:40 > 0:24:44# Come and see the world through my eyes...
0:24:47 > 0:24:50# I'll be a little jolly jalebi
0:24:50 > 0:24:53# Put your hands in the air if you're feeling jolly good
0:24:53 > 0:24:56# We're gonna make the world a better place
0:24:56 > 0:25:00# Bonjour, ca va bien Very jolly, very good
0:25:00 > 0:25:03# I'll be a little jolly jalebi
0:25:03 > 0:25:06# Put your hands in the air if you're feeling jolly good
0:25:06 > 0:25:10# We're gonna Dharavi a better place. #
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I live in Dharavi, in a flat.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22Because I like neat and tidy places,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25my family live in a clean place
0:25:25 > 0:25:27and I keep my household clean.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43609.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47'Iffat is a brilliant child.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50'I feel she'll come up in life.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58'But the younger daughter of theirs,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01'that is Iffat's younger sister,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04'is suffering from a kidney problem.'
0:26:06 > 0:26:11So the father spends a lot of money on her medication.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Oh!
0:26:19 > 0:26:23That is the reason why they still stay in Dharavi.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34My little sister's had five major operations
0:26:34 > 0:26:38and the operation takes six or seven hours.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I don't know how my father manage all these things.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48But we think that my sister
0:26:48 > 0:26:50is more important than money.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53A-la-la-la-la-la.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Check and mate.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Da-da.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01# Come and see the world through my eyes. #
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I want to become an eye specialist
0:27:11 > 0:27:13because I want to show people
0:27:13 > 0:27:15how beautiful this world is.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Blind people always see black
0:27:19 > 0:27:21in front of their eyes,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25so they don't know the colours of the world.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27DRUMMING
0:27:30 > 0:27:34I want to show them beautiful and pretty glowing colours
0:27:34 > 0:27:36that we have in the world.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43It's really unfair
0:27:43 > 0:27:48because the rich people always don't like the poor people.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53They always try to get money and be richer more.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58If I were the government,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00the people who were rich,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04I should take taxes from there a lot
0:28:04 > 0:28:07and give those taxes to the poor people
0:28:07 > 0:28:11by giving them home and job.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20# When you look at the world don't behave like a fool
0:28:22 > 0:28:27# It's a splendid home It's our only jewel
0:28:29 > 0:28:33# To the bees and the trees we have been so cruel
0:28:35 > 0:28:36# But they're...
0:28:39 > 0:28:42# Come and see the world through my eyes
0:28:42 > 0:28:45# Bonjour, ca va bien Very jolly, very good
0:28:45 > 0:28:48# I'll be a little jolly jalebi
0:28:48 > 0:28:51# Put your hands in the air if you're feeling jolly good
0:28:51 > 0:28:54# We're gonna make Dharavi a better place
0:28:54 > 0:28:56# The...
0:29:01 > 0:29:05# The shadow we cast means they won't last
0:29:07 > 0:29:11# But a spoonful of sugar and a helpful smile
0:29:13 > 0:29:18# Will keep this earth spinning for a while
0:29:20 > 0:29:23# Bonjour, ca va bien Very jolly, very good
0:29:23 > 0:29:26# I'll be a little jolly jalebi
0:29:26 > 0:29:30# Put your hands in the air if you're feeling jolly good
0:29:30 > 0:29:33# We're gonna make Dharavi a better place. #
0:29:47 > 0:29:49'This program is brought to you by...'
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Goal, goal, goal!
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0:32:12 > 0:32:14# Rain, rain
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0:35:57 > 0:35:58MAYURI SINGS
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Hello, boys. Come on. Do it.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57BOYS SHOUT
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Mayuri, she's got a lot of family problems,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31so we have to counsel her.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34If her personality is damaged,
0:37:34 > 0:37:37she will never grow up as a good person,
0:37:37 > 0:37:41so we counselled her. We told her, "It's not you."
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Mayuri's mother burned herself
0:38:43 > 0:38:46but she had other reasons for burning herself.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58Other part of the story is the father getting married very soon.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Then, again, immediately, within a year, they were having a kid.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09So you can imagine a child
0:39:09 > 0:39:13having a guilt of making his mother burn.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I think nobody can take it.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39Former football superstar David Beckham recently told the media
0:41:39 > 0:41:41that he shaved off his beard
0:41:41 > 0:41:45only because his wife Victoria Beckham threatened him
0:41:45 > 0:41:47that she wouldn't be kissing him.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56HE TRANSLATES
0:42:18 > 0:42:22'Like any school, we have end of year exams
0:42:22 > 0:42:25'which I don't mind because I always do well.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32'For some of us, passing exams doesn't just mean making progress,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35'it can also mean winning a scholarship.'
0:42:35 > 0:42:40Today's English exam and I don't know how it's going to go today,
0:42:40 > 0:42:44so a little tension is there in my mind.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I was studying since night,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49so I think I can score good marks in this exam.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52And I am just remembering and revising everything
0:42:52 > 0:42:54in my mind very fastly,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57so that I can do better in my exam.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54That's it. Now we relax as a team. Go.
0:45:54 > 0:45:55Well done, Sam!
0:46:33 > 0:46:36Every year after the exams,
0:46:36 > 0:46:39we are all in that strange kind of limbo
0:46:39 > 0:46:41as we wait for the results.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22TRAIN HORN BLARES
0:50:56 > 0:50:59I am not sure about Mayuri's future.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02I am very much concerned.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Her father will not let her go to college.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09They will stop her education as soon as possible, get rid of her,
0:51:09 > 0:51:11get her married so their responsibility ends.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41OK, first of all, sit straight, put the bag down.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43OK, now I'm going to announce the scholarship names
0:52:43 > 0:52:45and this scholarship,
0:52:45 > 0:52:50it is going to be there probably for next five years
0:52:50 > 0:52:53if you all are going to perform well.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55If you're not performing well in the class,
0:52:55 > 0:52:59then they may take your scholarship.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02OK? Because they are investing a huge amount on you
0:53:02 > 0:53:03and, if you don't perform well,
0:53:03 > 0:53:06then what's the point of them giving you scholarship?
0:53:06 > 0:53:07Is there any point?
0:53:07 > 0:53:10If you're not serious about education...
0:53:10 > 0:53:13They all just want to help you people.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Asra.
0:53:15 > 0:53:16Stand up.
0:53:16 > 0:53:17You have got the scholarship,
0:53:17 > 0:53:19OK, for one year at least,
0:53:19 > 0:53:21so your father, he doesn't need to pay any fees.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24OK. Clap if you want to clap.
0:53:25 > 0:53:30Shufshit, Altamash, Stanley,
0:53:30 > 0:53:35Muskan, Shuthi, Tadam,
0:53:35 > 0:53:41Gaikoba, Prokofi, Raju,
0:53:41 > 0:53:46Kasim, Mushra, Geishaf,
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Ashish,
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Manish and Elai.
0:53:51 > 0:53:52CHEERING
0:53:52 > 0:53:54Woo-woo-woo-woo!
0:54:01 > 0:54:04- Happy?- ALL:- Yes!
0:54:04 > 0:54:05Good.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09OK, so you go and tell your parents the good news.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12OK, easy! Easy! Easy!
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Ashish came second in the end-of-year exam.
0:54:17 > 0:54:18The teachers were worried
0:54:18 > 0:54:22that Raj and Mayuri would stop attending school,
0:54:22 > 0:54:24but they're still coming.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Mary was lucky this year.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32Her house didn't get pulled down by the authorities.
0:54:32 > 0:54:37And me, I got the top marks of any girl in school.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39# This is our school
0:54:39 > 0:54:41# Our home, our city
0:54:41 > 0:54:45# We are all one community
0:54:45 > 0:54:47# This is our school
0:54:47 > 0:54:49# Our home, our city
0:54:49 > 0:54:53# This is the place we are proud to be
0:54:54 > 0:54:56# So you see
0:54:56 > 0:54:59# We are not only us
0:54:59 > 0:55:02# We are him, her, you and me
0:55:02 > 0:55:04# Just like you
0:55:04 > 0:55:06# We all want to be free
0:55:06 > 0:55:10# We'll achieve our goals
0:55:43 > 0:55:44# Let's rise
0:55:44 > 0:55:47# From this place of hope
0:55:47 > 0:55:51# Where anything is possible
0:55:51 > 0:55:55# We're the new generation
0:55:55 > 0:55:57# We are part of a team
0:55:57 > 0:55:59# In this city of dreams
0:56:14 > 0:56:16# In our school
0:56:16 > 0:56:19# We all live by a creed
0:56:19 > 0:56:22# And we value tolerance
0:56:22 > 0:56:24# With our friends
0:56:24 > 0:56:26# And a strong belief
0:56:26 > 0:56:30# We are one community... #
0:56:30 > 0:56:33THEY CONTINUE SINGING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
0:56:47 > 0:56:48# Let's rise
0:56:48 > 0:56:51# From this Mumbai High
0:56:51 > 0:56:53# It's the home of our lives
0:56:53 > 0:56:55# Where I'm going to thrive
0:56:55 > 0:56:56# We are one
0:56:56 > 0:56:58# All on a journey
0:56:58 > 0:57:00# We are part of a team
0:57:00 > 0:57:03# In this city of dreams... #
0:57:03 > 0:57:05DRUMMING
0:57:19 > 0:57:23THEY CONTINUE SINGING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
0:57:35 > 0:57:37# This is our school
0:57:37 > 0:57:39# Our home, our city
0:57:39 > 0:57:43# We are all one community
0:57:43 > 0:57:47# This is our school Our home, our city
0:57:47 > 0:57:50# This is our place we are proud to be... #
0:57:50 > 0:57:54THEY CONTINUE SINGING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
0:58:07 > 0:58:09# Let's rise
0:58:09 > 0:58:11# From this Mumbai High
0:58:11 > 0:58:13# It's the home of our lives
0:58:13 > 0:58:15# Where I'm going to try
0:58:15 > 0:58:16# We are one
0:58:16 > 0:58:19# All on a journey
0:58:19 > 0:58:21# We are part of a team
0:58:21 > 0:58:23# In this city of dreams
0:58:31 > 0:58:34# So you see
0:58:34 > 0:58:36# We are not only us
0:58:36 > 0:58:40# We are him, her, you and me
0:58:40 > 0:58:42# Just like you
0:58:42 > 0:58:45# We all work to be free
0:58:45 > 0:58:48# We'll achieve our goal
0:58:48 > 0:58:52# From the school of hope. #