The Other India VII: 'A Mumbai Builder Reshapes a Neighborhood'

'One of Mr. Gupta’s clients belongs to a caste that has traditionally grazed animals for a living. The man offloads hundreds of goats from trucks and herds them toward the slaughterhouse for 150 rupees (about $3) a day. Doing this over many years, he has saved 150,000 rupees. Of the many contractors in Shivaji Nagar, it was Mr. Gupta he entrusted with building what he knows will be his most precious possession: his first home.'

Read the seventh installment of my series, The Other India, on The New York Times' India site, here.
Photo: Pankaj Gupta, courtesy Priyanka at Urbz.
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