--- product_id: 102783324 title: "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity" price: "$40.18" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/102783324-behind-the-beautiful-forevers-life-death-and-hope-in-mumbai store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Global socio-economic perspective Eye-opening real-life narratives In-depth urban poverty insights Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity **Price:** $40.18 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the unseen stories behind the city’s glittering facade! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity - **How much does it cost?** $40.18 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/102783324-behind-the-beautiful-forevers-life-death-and-hope-in-mumbai) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Accessible Yet Profound:** An easy-to-read book that balances academic rigor with compelling storytelling for both experts and casual readers. - • **Broadens Your Worldview:** Challenge your assumptions with a sound methodology and fresh perspectives on socio-economic struggles. - • **A Must-Read for Thought Leaders:** Perfect for researchers and professionals seeking a nuanced understanding of urban poverty and development. - • **Emotionally Charged Storytelling:** Experience a powerful narrative that evokes empathy, anger, and hope in equal measure. - • **Unmask the City’s Hidden Realities:** Dive deep into the untold stories of Mumbai’s undercity and its resilient inhabitants. ## Overview Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a critically acclaimed non-fiction book that explores the harsh realities of life in Mumbai’s slums through vivid, emotionally charged narratives. Ranked in top categories for Society & Culture and Asian History, it offers a compelling blend of rigorous research and accessible storytelling, making it essential reading for anyone interested in urban development, social justice, and human resilience. ## Description Behind the Beautiful Forevers Review: Makes you to understand behinds of beautiful cities - This is a non-fiction book which places urban poor in the present development discourse. Reading this book not only helps you to come across many realities but also gives you an idea of sound methodology and broadening your paradigm. This is an easy read book. I strongly recommend it for researchers as well as common readers. The book narrates the coping strategy of slum dwellers for sustaining their life. The narration is strong and sometimes you are swayed with the author's word, and can make you cry and angry too. Happy reading! My best! Review: the oppressive society who will let those who are born poor die poor too - A very well written documentary.. an in depth description of the slum life; their aspirations, emotions, the oppressive society who will let those who are born poor die poor too.. It was just what I was looking for. ## Features - Behind the Beautiful Forevers ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,115,810 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #395 in Society & Culture (Books) #7,396 in Asian History (Books) #9,954 in Economics Books | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 9,331 Reviews | ## Images ![Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Ok5i6G5+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Makes you to understand behinds of beautiful cities *by S***R on 7 September 2018* This is a non-fiction book which places urban poor in the present development discourse. Reading this book not only helps you to come across many realities but also gives you an idea of sound methodology and broadening your paradigm. This is an easy read book. I strongly recommend it for researchers as well as common readers. The book narrates the coping strategy of slum dwellers for sustaining their life. The narration is strong and sometimes you are swayed with the author's word, and can make you cry and angry too. Happy reading! My best! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ the oppressive society who will let those who are born poor die poor too *by W***A on 2 October 2015* A very well written documentary.. an in depth description of the slum life; their aspirations, emotions, the oppressive society who will let those who are born poor die poor too.. It was just what I was looking for. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must read *by S***E on 5 October 2025* The book gives you a glimpse into that part of our country that feels like alien even to a person who has spent his whole life here. At first one tends to approach this book with the assumption that it is going to be another version of cliched life altering experience by a foreigner who visited this country to see the poverty and typical Indian social order. However, as you gradually move ahead into this book you feel it more to be an unaltered glimpse of life in Annawadi. The author has maintained her neutrality while writing this book and brought the facts forward in shape of fictional realism. A real piece of literary art. 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