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Girls receive karate lessons at the CINI (cinindia.org) girls shelter at Amader Bari, Kolkata, India
Fishermen light fires to keep warm early in the morning in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A woman collecting scrap for recycling stands on top of the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
A girl smiles for a portrait near the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Hundreds of people work at farms and recycling facilities near the landfill.
A mother and her daughter in the Fakir Bagan neighborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
Nesting cormorants (sp.) in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the background is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
Children ride in a pedal boat on a small lake near the town of Chingrihata, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Drying eather on a rooftop in a "slum" in Chamrapatti, Kolkata, India. Leather tanning for handbags and purses is the main activity in the community.
A slum area on the railway tracks near New Alipore Station, Kolkata, India. Many slum areas in Kolkata focus on an industry, like laundry here. Train activity is much less in Kolkata than in Mumbai. I don't think something like this could exist in Mumbai.
Three-wheeled motorcycle carts transport vegetables from farms on rural roads around Dhapa, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, India.
Piles of asphalt waiting to be melted down and recycled at a small facility near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Girls dance with pots during an outdoor event promoting play for disadvantaged children, Esplanade, Kolkata, India
A man tans leather on a rooftop in a "slum" in Chamrapatti, Kolkata, India. Leather tanning for handbags and purses is the main activity in the community.
Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) Right to Play event, Dec. 20, 2012, Rani Rashmani Rd. in Esplanade, Kolkata, India