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A Naga Sadhu (holy man) smokes a pipe and meditates at a staging area in Kolkata, India for pilgrims going to the Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island south of Kolkata.
Striking mother and son at the Thursay clinic at the CINI office (cinindia.org) in Pailan, Kolkata, India. Taken January 2013.
Palm trees and electrical towers mix near the town of Bantala, in the East Kolkata wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Girl at a recycling operation near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of the main landfill for Kolkata.
Children from a shelter for homeless or otherwise at-risk boys at Sealdah Station, Kolkata, India watch a train. Sealdah is one of the largest train stations in Calcutta.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Sunset over the town of Chingrihata and the EM Bypass, from a remote footpath in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Trash fills a creek near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.
Fishermen ply the waters of the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India, with the backdrop of Salt Lake City reflecting in the silvery waters.
A boy practices karate at a shelter for homeless or otherwise at-risk boys at Sealdah Station, Kolkata, India
Happy and stylish boy in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
Workers carry baskets of leather scraps to be incinerated near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. There are more than a dozen furnaces putting out large volumes of toxic smoke all day, and workers wear no protection.
Girls at the Amader Bari shelter operated by Child in Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org), Kolkata, India.
Teenagers from the town of Chingrihata smoke in a fishing hut in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. Small hand-rolled cigarettes are very cheap and widely available in Kolkata.