Dharavi Calling

Sunday the 27 June 2007 saw a group of friends battle the rain to see a person who over the last 2 years has come to mean so much to them.

It was a special day for John on Sunday as he was being inducted as parish priest of St. Anthony’s Church - Dharavi. We had planned to make it for mass and then have lunch with him. However the rains decided to play spoilsport and in the morning we were wondering if it was such a smart idea to attempt to go to Dharavi in the pouring rains.

However since we really wanted to be there we made the effort. Bosco however decided that we needed a tour of Dharavi (he was our guide for the morning) and it resulted in us walking around the area for a good 15 minutes before we reached Church (we had already walked pass the lane leading to church by this time!)

The service was nice and the church was full. We also managed to get most of the mass.

Then came the part where we had to walk through a cleaner part of Dharavi (or so we were told) to the apartment where the priests reside. By this time most of us were soaking wet. However the time we spent in the afternoon made it all worth while.

After a good lunch of Chicken Biriyani (thanx Aunty Violet for feeding me) we headed home.

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