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Video: How did a suburb just two hours from downtown Mumbai become India's largest Muslim ghetto?

Scroll.in travels to Mumbra to find locals rising over the prejudice they battle everyday.

Smitha Nair
Jan 20, 2018 · 08:45 am
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