Bombay, Republic of India
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Indian slum dwellers stand in front of their shanties at Dharavi in Bombay February 10, 2004. Asia's largest slum lies smack bang between a high-tech business district with gleaming glass skyscrapers and a tony Bombay suburb dotted with grand Art Deco mansions. The 600,000 residents of Dharavi are crammed into rows and rows of make-shift shanties, cobbled together with nothing more than asbestos sheets, bamboo sticks, discarded canvas bags, wooden planks, old car tyres and plastic sheets. Picture taken Febuary 10, 2004. TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE INDIA-SLUM REUTERS/Arko Datta AD/CP