slum
சேரி
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'
மிக எளிய வீடு,
ஆரோக்கியமற்ற குடிசைப் பகுதி
noun
சேரி
example
But ironically the former 'slum' houses are now sought-after properties following regeneration and the flats have become increasingly unpopular with residents.
he moved from a two-room 'slum' into a local authority house
the area was fast becoming a 'slum' for the destitute
'slum' areas
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’.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
As you can see, the Red Party has a lot of natural support in inner city 'slum' areas like this.
The appalling social situation in Iran has been highlighted by recent reports of protest marches in working class urban areas and 'slum' districts.
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 is like an inner-city 'slum' and the street cleaning leaves a lot to be desired.
'slum' dwellers
There is also a primary school at the premises run by the committee for the poor and 'slum' dwellers in the locality.
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.
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.
It made my dorm building look like a 'slum' , that was for sure.
She ended up living and working with Hong Kong's most despised and poorest inhabitants in a 'slum' known as the Walled City.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
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.
The New Yorker goes 'slumming' on Avenue Q and has a great time, as everyone does.
In-between each of these districts are the 'slums' , where the poor and destitute mope, hating their lives.
When I went 'slumming' like this, I wanted to cruise the bad slums.
Indeed, Sturges' screwball comedy Sullivan's Travels, about a playboy director who goes 'slumming' to experience the life of the common man, was supposedly modelled on his new best friend.
The novel describes vividly how reformers, do-gooders and 'slummers' all beat a path to Southwark.
The plague was only finally brought under control in 1666 when the Great Fire of London burned down the areas most affected by plague - the city 'slums' inhabited by the poor.
You're 'slumming' … hanging out with the charity cases, the scholarship scum.
It would not do to have a Rodgers 'slumming' in show business.
According to Richard Franceys, putting water supply on a commercial basis has meant more money to connect the very poorest people in the 'slums' and shanty towns.
Do wealthy Americans simply feel it's more acceptable to go 'slumming' out of sight at the website rather than inside the store?
A prestigious lineage - however distant - can confer some measure of privilege despite the 'slumminess' of more recent ancestors.
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