Delhi
Photographs of Delhi, India, including India Gate, Paharganj, Jama Masjid and the New Delhi Railway Station. India’s capital, Delhi is a tough place - loud, fast-paced, and unhealthy (Delhi has some of the worst air pollution on Earth). It’s not for the meek or weak. Everywhere people are doing their best to get a piece of a pie that has been divided far too many times. Delhi’s homeless population is staggering. I’d be shocked if there are less than a million homeless people in the city. Delhi is also changing, catering more to the middle class with large new satellite housing developments.
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Boys panhandle from traffic along the Yamuna River during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India
Good Samaritans feed a street dog puppy milk and biscuits at a construction site in Paharganj, Delhi, India
Ajay is a boy living in the Paharganj area of Delhi, India. He's homeless and has polio, and is addicted to sniffing glue. He cuts himself to gain sympathy from tourists. This wound was severely infected before we went to the doctor.
A man covered in gulal powder dances with a rupee note in his mouth during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Delhi, India
A man holds his son while selling balloons during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India
Good Samaritans feed a street dog puppy milk and biscuits at a construction site in Paharganj, Delhi, India
A man and his daughter during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India
A homeless man sleeps in a mosquito net (used in part to ward off malaria) at the Car Parts Bazaar, Delhi, India
Homeless people sleep on the steps of Jama Masjid mosque at sunrise on a hot September morning, Delhi, India
A homeless woman sleeps precariously on a concrete ledge, only inches from a 10-meter (30 foot) drop-off
Families immerse idols of Ganesh in the Yamuna River during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Delhi, India
A boy's feet are covered in orange gulal powder during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India
A "skid row" area near Jama Masjid mosque and the Car Parts Bazaar, Delhi, India. Mosques and Hindu temples in India sometimes foster a population of desperate people seeking alms from religious adherents.
Jama Masjid, one of the most important Mosques in Delhi, India. Old Delhi radiates out from the mosque.
A cycle cart driver in sleeps in his cart in the Paharganj area of Delhi, India. A large percent of rickshaw and cart drivers in Delhi are homeless. This includes even auto rickshaw drivers.
A cycle rickshaw driver sleeps on the street in Delhi, India. Many if not most cycle rickshaw drivers are homeless.
The diversity of transportation in India. An auto-ricksahw, ox cart, car, and motorcycles share the road near the Delhi Railway Station, Delhi, India.
Ajay is a boy living in the Paharganj area of Delhi, India. He's homeless and has polio, and is addicted to sniffing glue. He cuts himself to gain sympathy from tourists, and refuses to use mobility aids, as getting around on his hands elicits more sympathy from tourists.
A man sells sitcks from the Neem (a mahogany) tree (Azadirachta indica) that are used for cleaning teeth, Delhi, India
A woman prays during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India
The diversity of transportation in India. A bicyclist, ox cart, motorcycle, and bus share the road near the Delhi Railway Station, Delhi, India.
Two homeless men sleep on a platform at sunrise near the Car Parts Bazaar and Jama Masjid mosque, Delhi, India
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
People ride a motorcycle with their faces covered due to traffic fumes, Dumraon Colony, Varanasi, India. It is actually very unusual for Indians to take any measures to protect themselves from the country's terrible air pollution. Delhi has the worst air pollution in the world according to recent figures.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.