My Aunty's one room Mumbai apartment where she has lived for 55 years in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

✓ When I was younger and before I had even been to India, my Mother used to tell me that her sister (my Aunty) lived in a one bedroom flat in Bombay. To be honest (and with regret) it did not mean a lot to me then as I had not yet met or seen my Aunty (Masi).

I have set up a fundraiser for my Aunty, here is the link if you feel that you would like to donate any amount that you wish:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/mumbai-aunty-fundraiser?utm_term=PmBjrmXgr
I would like to be able to give her the money raised and be able to simply say to her: "Please do what you wish with it to make your life a bit easier".

The first time that I met Masi and saw her one room flat was in 1999 and I was invited to stay over. I stayed for 5 nights along with her son and his wife (Bhabhi), it was a very humbling experience and one that I still remember to this day.

Apart from the outside communal toilets, every single aspect of living is done in this one bedroom flat, be it the:
* Morning bathing - with a bucket bath.
* Brushing teeth
* Prayers
* Cooking.
* Eating breakfast, lunch or dinner.
* Washing clothes
* Washing up of cutlery
* Ironing
* Working from home (sewing)
* Watching TV
* Socialising
* Storage of clothes, dry foods, work materials
* Storing of cooking & eating utensils such as pots, pans & plates
* Space for a fridge / freezer
* Space for a sewing machine
* Space for a wardrobe
* Sleeping & all the required bedding.

What makes it even more astonishing is that the actual room is quite tiny in itself. This is tiny house living and a reality for a large proportion of Mumbaiites.

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My Aunty has suffered a lot in her life; she lost her husband at an young age and then her son passed away several years ago. (The son was the breadwinner in the family).

My Aunty and her daughter-in-law now carry out some low paid sewing machine work from their flat.

Having visited her again in 2012 & 2017 I was even more humbled when I met my Masi and saw her flat again largely because of my maturity and life experiences here in the U.K.

I humble myself when I think of my Aunty, May God Bless my Masi and her family.

If you enjoyed this video then you may like another video of my Aunty and Bhabhi cooking a curry recipe + cooking a couple of other recipes.

https://youtu.be/D1fHbHafRZM

(This video is from our archive and was recorded on Christmas Eve on Sunday 24th December 2017).

The language spoken in this video is Gujarati .

Here's a link to a previous video that I recorded on Thursday 2nd February 2012: https://youtu.be/WpUFYJKN3SE

Masi's apartment flat is in the Mazgaon district of Mumbai, (but could just as well be in New York in America where the tiny house movement is really gaining popularity).

He is richest, who is contented with least; for contentment is the riches of nature. --Plato

The music used towards the end part of the video and photos slideshow is Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400003
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