INSIDE DHARAVI

Every city has an underbelly. Dharavi is Mumbai's pulsating gut, teeming with life in a visceral testament to the human will to endure. These images, taken on a rain-lashed day inside the Indiranagar 3 locality of Dharavi, capture the stubborn heartbeat of Asia's largest slum amid dystopic surroundings. It is where dreams navigate sun-deprived days, one precarious breath, one bucket of water, one encroached inch at a time

- BANDEEP SINGH

PUSHING PAST DESPAIR

Morning at Dharavi—despite the rain, despite the clasp of congested spaces, despite the outside gaze that labels Dharavi as a slum—is a time lapse of survival and dreams intertwining and spilling out of every door in search of the open space of hope

THE WEIGHT OF THE NIGHT