INDIA. Mumbai. 2006. From the edge of New Dharavi, children play by the shanties, with the new Bandra-Kurla Complex shining in the background. The BKC houses multinational companies and upscale offices, and is a high-profile project in Mumbai as the city reaches for a modern identity. Dharavi has become such a contentious issue in Mumbai politics partially because it is one of the few areas bordering the new complex. In between BKC and Dharavi is a mangrove swap and the Mithi River.

Dharavi is one of Mumbai's biggest and longest standing slums. Home to somewhere between 600 000 and one million people, it is a beehive of recycling and manufacturing industries. However, Dharavi sits on prime real estate right in the heart of the booming megapolis, and is in close vicinity to the new Bandra-Kurla Complex, a new financial hub. Dharavi is now scheduled for redevelopment, meaning everything in the slum, for good and bad, is set to be demolished.