Mumbai - typical dwelling

This is a typical scene from the streets of Mumbai - could be any Indian City in fact.

Locals drape tarpaulins; corrugated iron; assorted random pieces of plastic over anything perpendicular - hold it down with bricks etc and call it home. I've seen several generations living under such conditions. Last week I saw one old lady making a home under the stairs at the base of an elevated pedestrian walk way. God only knows how they cope during the monsoon.

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