Saturday

On Saturday morning I fixed a few broken items with epoxy glue, but not a pair of shoes, whose sole has become partly detached. From watching a couple of YouTube videos, it looks like it will be better to buy a specialized glue for that - one that's waterproof and flexible.

In the afternoon I met with a German group, who have been touring NGOs and civil rights groups in the country. They were very interested and asked lots of questions about the village.

In the evening I continued to watch some more video interviews with Gregory David Roberts. Some of them were filmed a few years ago - like the CNN story - he toured around Mumbai with the reporter, visiting some of the places featured in the novel - including the Colaba Slum, where his character - and Roberts - had lived. He says in the interview that this particular slum, near the "World Trade Center" would soon be cleared and the residents relocated. That didn't happen, however the slum shown in the TV series based Shantaram was not filmed there on location. It was instead filmed near Bangkok, where "Shantaram’s crew rebuilt a shantytown, complete with a river running through the middle." I guess it's a lot easier to find money to create a fake slum than to re-house the residents of a real one.