slum
ಕೊಳೆಗೇರಿ
definition
verb
rich tourists slumming among the quaintly dangerous natives
spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes.
noun
However, there is still a large segment of the population which lives in urban slums and poor rural areas without electricity or running water.
a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
translation of 'slum'
ಕೊಂಪೆ,
ಕೊಳಚೆ ಪ್ರದೇಶ,
ಕೊಳಗೇರಿ
noun
ಕೊಳಚೆ
example
I think that we will live here for maybe 12 months and then move elsewhere leaving the house as a 'slum' and make a start again a little further down the road.
It made my dorm building look like a 'slum' , that was for sure.
the area was fast becoming a 'slum' for the destitute
'slum' dwellers
Begun in April 2003, it is a non-profit organisation with a mission to unleash the potential of the 'slum' , street and orphaned children of urban India.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
Blunkett's conclusion was that ‘if you live in a 'slum' in a high-rise building and you are on your own with three children, the idea of liberty and freedom means nothing’.
Its control of poor 'slum' areas and inner cities resulted from the chaos that was brought about by the occupation; it was not itself the cause of the chaos.
The best home the family of seven can afford is this wood shack in a 'slum' .
As part of the activities of the trust we have started free classes for girl students from local government schools from a nearby 'slum' who come from poor families.
She ended up living and working with Hong Kong's most despised and poorest inhabitants in a 'slum' known as the Walled City.
It is like an inner-city 'slum' and the street cleaning leaves a lot to be desired.
As you can see, the Red Party has a lot of natural support in inner city 'slum' areas like this.
But ironically the former 'slum' houses are now sought-after properties following regeneration and the flats have become increasingly unpopular with residents.
The appalling social situation in Iran has been highlighted by recent reports of protest marches in working class urban areas and 'slum' districts.
'slum' areas
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
There is also a primary school at the premises run by the committee for the poor and 'slum' dwellers in the locality.
he moved from a two-room 'slum' into a local authority house
You only need to look at the gap sites on Edinburgh's Princes Street or the 'slummy' conditions on Oxford Street in London to realise that.
Most poor Hindu women had no inhibitions about working, whether they lived in 'slums' or tenements.
In his later articles, Brown increasingly referred to the urban problems of 'slums' , blighted areas and suburban sprawl.
Sources close to the Kennilworth Road club have suggested Valois' real motivation for 'slumming it' was financial.
Rather, he was a songwriter of rare poise 'slumming it' in the underground because his elliptical songs were too druggy and bitter to attract the mainstream hosannas they deserved.
Its cities combine modern skyscrapers, suburban houses, and impoverished 'slums' .
But when I went there in August I was disoriented by how tame the place felt as the 'slummers' finally overwhelmed the neighborhood.
And the scene escalates, people are rising from their chairs, the duly deputized representatives of barroom order show up… and the 'slummers' get bounced right back out into the night.
He had seen it lying in the window of a frowsy little junk-shop in a 'slummy' quarter of the town (just what quarter he did not now remember) and had been stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it.
A prestigious lineage - however distant - can confer some measure of privilege despite the 'slumminess' of more recent ancestors.
Some inmates glare at the camera, assessing the artist, wondering what she is doing 'slumming' on their turf.
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