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Photo Essay: India's Real-World Slumdogs
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Something to shout about: Due to Dharavi's prime location, Mumbai officials have created a top-down plan for developers to raze the slum and erect office towers and middle-class apartments. Slum dwellers who meet certain requirements would be relocated to sparkling-new 225-square-foot apartments in high-rises, complete with toilets. Many Dharavi residents are very resistant to the plan. Sprawling cottage industries, artisans' workshops, and recycling centers can't be neatly repacked into vertically stacked 225-square-foot boxes. Relocation would rip the social fabric of cohesive communities. Above, Dharavi residents shout antigovernment slogans during a protest on June 18, 2007.

Photo: PAL PILLAI.AFP/Getty Images



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