I can see the point he is making, about recycling and organisation.
However, using a slum isnt perhaps the best example.
After seeing a couple of documentaries about making the movie and life in the slum, I will say that living there seems to have fostered an intense entrepreneurial spirit. Everyone works. Everything is seen as a potential source of revenue. Life appears to be organized around various industries from recycling to teaching others how to succeed in film. Some people have organized privately to help others even though nearly everyone is in a similar financial situation.
There is something to be said for the motivational aspects of poverty. I did not see the Indians sitting around on a (non-existent) dole and spending their time getting drunk or fighting.
The shows I saw did show various negative social aspects, such as prostitution and parasitical men living off the prostitutes. It wasn’t romanticized, which is what Charles is doing.