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Adjusting his collar and dressed to impress, a young man steps out for the evening. No one is certain what lies ahead for Dharavi as developers dream of a high tech campus surrounded by expensive condos and others new homes for the area's…

A bride embraces her mother upon returning to her home following her wedding. In sticking to Indian tradition the bride lives with the groom's family for one month before coming home. Traditions remain alive among the Indian diaspora in Dharavi.…

Sheets fly in the breeze near Dharavi's edge where polluted pools of water serve the population for bathing, washing clothing and breeding mosquitoes. Developers are promising plans that will tap into Dharavi's miraculous work ethic to increase their…

Years of labor are etched in the face of a potter in Dharavi. Younger generations, benefiting from India's economic boom and breaking down of castes, are aspiring to a better life than toiling at the kilns in the slum.

Few places in perpetually moving Dharavi can match the 90 Foot Road area that runs through the heart of the slum. Lined with jewelry shops, leather goods, bus traffic, food stores, butcher shops; the commercial hub is always a beehive of activity.

A stream of green dye passes in front of a family's porch in the northern end of the slum. While there is a great deal of pride in Dharavi most parents hope that their children can gain and education that will enable them to escape the grinding…

Porters carry recyclables, clothing and raw materials aboard one of Mumbai's chronically crowded trains en route to Dharavi. Two of Mumbai's major rail lines pass through the slum helping add to the commercial value that so many developers are…

A woman pauses at her front door surrounded by the acrid smoke rising from the kilns in the district's pottery section. The potters have been firing their wares in Dharavi for three generations.

Giant lead water pipes laid down by the British in colonial times pass through Dharavi. Residents have built their homes around the pipes where they serve as a foundation and a playground for local children. Water continues to be a problem for…

A father gets a shave and watches his son get his hair just right at an outdoor barber shop in Dharavi's industrial quarter. The mosque at rear is Dharavi's largest and serves the neighborhood's Muslims, which makes up about 45 percent of the total…