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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is thoughtful while driving his rickshaw along the busy road of Bangalore city centre, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • The City Market is photographed in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. On these very same pavements Shafiq Syed, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child here first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Residents of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, are showing the contaminated yellow-coloured water from one of the hand-pumps many residents use as the only source for drinking and washing, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008.
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  • Women are collecting water contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides from a hand-pump on the streets of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008.
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  • Students from the Laksha Grawha Ashram are bathing in a pool using groundwater that will later be devoted to irrigation in the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008.
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  • Three Indian boys are crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Women are walking on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A boy is carrying firewood over the sands created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • The entrance of the City Market is photographed in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. On these very same pavements Shafiq Syed, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child here first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw from home to the city centre of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Farmers are working in the fields created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Garbage has been thrown in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Garbage has been thrown in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A stray dog is crossing the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • The water of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River is bubbling with chemicals, in Agra.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is smiling at the image of his deceased father inside his mother's home in the poor Bangalore neighbourhood where he now lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • A young boy, about the same age and in the same area where Shafiq Syed worked more than 20 years ago, is carrying vegetables on the streets surrounding the Bangalore City Market, Karnataka, India. Shafiq, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living here when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child in Bangalore first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw in the streets surrounding the poor neighbourhood where he now lives with his family in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is helping his wife preparing tea in their home kitchen inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw along a busy road of Bangalore city centre, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw on the streets surrounding the poor Bangalore neighbourhood, Karnataka, India, where he now lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • The blackened, contaminated waters of the Krishni river are photographed in the village of Chandenamal, pop. 1500, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Friday, Apr. 4, 2008.
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  • Boys are playing on a road of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Arun Kashap, 8, is taking a bath in a pool of water used for building purposes in Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Nila Kashap, 40, from the village of Bhanera Khemchand, pop. 2000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is portrayed while resting on her bed, on Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2008. Nila started to be affected by a stomach cancer that has grown into her ovaries about one year ago and has since then incurred into 12000 Rs (USD 300) medical expenses to try and treat her disease. Doctors believe its cause to be the unsafe, yellow water she is drinking on an everyday basis from her family's private hand-pump, defined by them as being 'smelly' and 'distasteful'. Her husband, a local agricultural labourer earns as little as 50-60 Rs (USD 1) for a hard day of work in the fields and he faces regular expenses of more than 1500 Rs per month (USD 40) to try to mitigate the effects of his wife's illness. Their son, also working in the fields, is helping the family to face their dire economic situation.
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  • Children residing in Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, are in line to receive water and other goods from a governmental agency that provides essentials to the poorest residents once a week, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Amnoor, a 5-year-old boy from Simlana village, pop.4000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is being washed by his father using contaminated water delivered by their private hand-pump, on Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008. Amnoor was diagnosed a nervous damage due to the long-term effects of consuming unsafe water at the age of three. Before that he even used to run and was very healthy. Now, his reality is a semi-paralysis to both his left arm and leg. The family, whose only breadwinner is Vinod, 35, an agricultural labour, had to incur in a Rs 30000 (USD 600) expense for Amnoor's first treatment at the PGA Hospital in Chandigarth, Punjab, and in more than Rs 1000 (USD 12) a month for the cost of his medicines. With an average daily wage of Rs 50-60 and two more children to provide for, Vinod is facing a dire economic situation.
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  • Doli, 5, (middle) from the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, is shaking in the arms of her father, on Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2008. Doli is affected by a neurological disorder since birth. Doctors believe her condition to be associated to water contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides and heavy metals the family is drinking on an everyday basis. Her skull is underdeveloped and she has serious cognitive limitations that have left her unable to frequent school or carry on any sort of educational activity. The family is now using a nearby governmental hand-pump that provides better quality water in comparison to the 20ft deep private one they priory used.
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  • A stray dog is eating a carcass on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A boy is preparing to cross the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River with his buffaloes, in Agra.
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  • A stray dog is protecting a carcass from another dog on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A sandstorm is being created by strong winds over the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Visitors are looking at the heavily polluted and dry Yamuna River while standing inside the main complex of the Taj Mahal, in Agra. In the original design, there should be water on the right where people are walking, so as to prevent the Taj from falling towards the river.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is portrayed on a mirror with his mother inside her home in the poor Bangalore neighbourhood where he now also lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is driving his rickshaw with his younger son, Nadeem, 4, along the streets surrounding the poor neighbourhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, where he now lives with his family. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is smiling at his daughter, Simran, 7, while playing with his children in their home inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is playing with his three children and wife, (left to right) Nadeem, 4, Waseem, 11, and Simran, 7, in his home located in a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is playing with his three children, (left to right) Simran, 7, Nadeem, 4 and Waseem, 11, in his home inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is parking his rickshaw in the city centre of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Rakesh, 25, from the village of Chandenamal, pop. 1500, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Krishni river, is sitting on a bed in front of his house, on Saturday, Apr. 29, 2008. Rakesh has been diagnosed a neurological disorder since one and a half years; it has left his legs and left hand almost paralysed while his cognitive skills have been severely affected. He can now walk only with the help of metal crutches and cannot carry on any sort of work or activity. Doctors believe his condition to be associated to the water contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides and heavy metals the family is drinking on an everyday basis.
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  • Sunita Kashap, 23, a housewife from the village of Bhanera Khemchand, pop. 2000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is portrayed while washing dishes near a hand-pump providing water contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides and heavy metals, on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2008. Sunita is affected by a cancer on her right eye that has started to develop about two years ago. Doctors believe its cause to be the unsafe water she is drinking on an everyday basis.
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  • Chandrabhati, 50, is portrayed while sitting on a bed in her house, located in the village of Simlana, pop. 4000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2008. Due to the contaminated water she has been drinking, originating from a hand-pump at the shallow depth of 70 ft, she was diagnosed a severe case of eye disease that made her totally blind seven years ago. She visited two different hospital in Saharanpur to no avail. The family has since time stopped drinking from the pump delivering yellow-coloured water and has been able to install a safer one, at the depth of 100 ft. As pollution grows unabated, and penetrates the soil deeper and deeper, there is a risk that even the newest pumps, some as deep as 200 ft, will soon be showing signs of contamination.
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  • Workers are collecting sand to be used in construction works from the bed of the severely polluted Hindon river, near the village of Barnawa, pop. 6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2008. A full cart will be sold for about 100 Rs (USD 2).
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  • Vishal, (right) a 12-year-old boy from Chandenamal village, pop. 1500, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Krishni river, is sitting on the floor of his classroom while being taught a math lesson, on Friday, Mar. 28, 2008. Vishal is affected by a neurological disease since the age of three, and while his mind is not fully developed, he also suffers of a partial paralysis of his body's left side. The doctor overseeing Vishal believes the cause of the disease to be strictly related to contaminated water consumption during his childhood.
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  • A young boy, walking the streets of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, stops to eat a candy near one of the contaminated water pools that regularly forms in the slum, on Monday, Mar. 17, 2008. Due to the heavy metal contamination of underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink unsafe water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Nusarat, (right) 7-year-old girl from the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, is completing her homework while her brother, Sahanawaj, 9, is playing on a bed inside their house, on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008. Both children cannot either speak or hear, while their younger brother, Sarik, 4, was born with a neurological disorder that have left him unable to walk and with minor cognitive skills. The family laments the water delivered from their hand-pump to be yellow at times and of a particular, different odour and taste.
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  • An elderly woman is bargaining the price of her vegetables with a local shop owner in the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008. As contamination endanger the yield of the fields, a large agricultiural country like India cannot keep up with production and demand thus fuelling the latest food inflation crises that has sparked riots in Haiti, Cameroon, Indonesia and Egypt and that has already plunged 100 millions people into poverty worldwide.
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  • A young boy is portrayed while sitting on a bridge over the polluted waters of the Krishni river in the village of Bhanera Khemchand, pop. 2000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, Apr. 6, 2008.
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  • A boy living in Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is playing near one of the contaminated water pools that regularly forms in the slum, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Due to the heavy metal presence within underground water sources, many of the residents are forced to walk 2-3 kilometres to reach a safer hand-pump, and those who are unable to do so, have to drink the polluted water which is the cause of many of the diseases affecting the local population.
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  • Rubina, 12, is helping her mother to separate some wheat grain from its chaffs in their home in the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river on Friday, Apr. 18, 2008. Rubina was born with a neurological disorder that have left her cognitive skills gravely affected. The family laments that their 80 ft deep private hand-pump is delivering yellow-coloured water that smells and tastes differently from fresh water, although they continue drinking it as they have no means of collecting safer water on a daily basis.
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  • A boy is fishing on the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Two people are walking on the sands created by the low summer flow of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, across a view of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Hindu religious icons are sitting on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra, while a boy is passing by on his bicycle.
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  • Garbage has been thrown in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Rubbish and Hindu religious items are dumped on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Birds are standing in the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Plastic bottles have been dumped inside the main complex of the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • A woman is stepping into a rickshaw next to the Bangalore City Market, Karnataka, India. Near this very same place Shafiq Syed, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child here first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Shaifq Syed, 34, (left) has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. He still keeps the old poster of the movie and much of the media coverage from his successful times as an actor.
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  • Hash, a common by-product of paper mills is photographed on the side of a wheat field in the village of Saini, pop. 4000, Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, home to a large paper manufacture. The industry also discharges untreated wastewaters back into the Kali river (East), a tributary of the larger Ganges river, from which farmers collect water for irrigation purposes, thus allowing heavy metals and pesticides to enter the entire food chain.
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  • Sholo, a 12-year-old girl from the village of Bhanera Khemchand, pop. 2000, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is portrayed in her house, on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2008. Sholo developed a neurological disorder that have left her cognitive skills gravely affected at the age of 5. The doctor that has visited her at the time indicated contaminated water to be the cause of her illness. Her mother has to help Sholo everyday for all her basic needs.
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  • Children are lining up for an ice-cream on the road during a warm evening in the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008.
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  • Villagers from Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, are collecting water from a government-installed hand-pump on the outskirts of the village, on Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008. Governmental 200 ft deep hand-pumps, although fewer in number, provide better quality water in comparison to the 40-80 ft deep private ones many people have installed when building their homes.
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  • An agricultural labourer is harvesting sugarcane in a field near the village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, on Friday, Apr. 18, 2008. Labourers earn as little as 50-60 Rs (USD 1) for a hard day of work in the fields.
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  • Workers are collecting chemical sludge outside a local paper mill in the village of Saini, pop. 4000, Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, to be then sold at the price of Rs 3000 for a full tractor, on Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008. The sludge, used to manufacture boxes and invitation cards, come to create when heavily contaminated waters discharged by the paper mill mix with the mud nearby, while also penetrating the soil and reaching the aquifers the population of Saini has been reliant on for generations.
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  • A man is walking on a bank of the heavily polluted and semi-dry Yamuna River next to the Taj Mahal, in Agra.
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  • Brij Khandelwal, a renown environmental journalist for the Times of India, is walking on a bank of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, in Agra, opposite the Taj Mahal complex.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is holding her daughter Simran, 7, in front of their home in a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India, while his elder son Waseem, 11, is standing by. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Kapil, a 12-year-old girl from Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, is sitting on her bed during a hot spring afternoon, on Sunday, Mar. 16, 2008. Her family is affected by water contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides delivered by their private hand-pump as they cannot collect it from far 2-3 kilometres away on an everyday basis. Throughout her body and face a skin allergy is noticeable, and her family laments the same problem as well as regular stomach pain.
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  • Women are walking on a road by the Khatauli Sugar Mill, (visible in the background) one of the biggest sugarcane mills in Asia, run by Triveni Engineering, located in the city of Khatauli, pop. 10000, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Sunday, apr. 20, 2008.
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  • Brij Khandelwal, a renown environmental journalist for the Times of India, is walking on a bank of the heavily polluted Yamuna River, in Agra, opposite the Taj Mahal complex.
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  • Shafiq Syed, 34, is portrayed inside his home in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
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  • Children are collecting water from a tank delivered weekly from the Uttar Pradesh government on the streets of Jaibheem Nagar, pop. 10000, a large slum located near the banks of the Kali river (East), Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Saturday, Mar. 15, 2008. Although 2-3 similar tanks of water are provided weekly many villagers lament that they are not enough for the large population of the slum and normally run dry after the first two days, leaving no alternative to many of the inhabitants than drinking the contaminated water delivered by their private hand-pumps or collect safer water from 2-3 kilometres away.
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  • Agricultural labourers are threshing wheat after having it harvested and collected during the past few days, in a filed near the affected village of Barnawa, pop.6000, Baghpat District, Uttar Pradesh, India, located along the banks of the severely polluted Hindon river, on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008. Labourers earn as little as 50-60 Rs (USD 1) for a hard day of work in the fields.
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  • Children are playing along a municipal drain in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A girl is walking barefoot next to a woman collecting water from a broken municipal pipe running near a drain in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies standing close to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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