India:Great Divide

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A makeshift slum seen during a rainfall in south delhi an area where top 5 star hotels - The Lodhi and The Oberoi Hotels are located. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A slum between two rail way tracks near defence colony , a posh colony in south delhi, where approximately 40,000 people live. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Group of men take shelter under umbrellas in a makeshift slum in south delhi an area where top 5 star hotels - The Lodhi and The Oberoi Hotels are located. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A family enjoys gelato at the Saket Mall, one of the upscale malls in New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - View of modern apartment complexes seen from the DLF Golf course in Gurgaon, New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - View of modern apartment complexes seen from the DLF Golf course in Gurgaon, New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Children seen defecating under a metro rail bridge in Delhi. Approximately 60% of Indians don't have closed toilet which consequently leads to open defecation. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Women carries clean water from a community tap to her home in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - General scene of kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Women seen with her water buckets during a day in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Women wash dishes in front of their homes in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A small child fills up water buckets in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Women seen during a day in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A small child fills up water buckets in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - An area where the daily garbage is dumped at kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A boy uses the only public toilet for approximately 3000 families in the Kathputli Colony , a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A boy uses the only public toilet for approximately 3000 families in the Kathputli Colony , a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A boy uses the only public toilet for approximately 3000 families in the Kathputli Colony , a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A "Khulfi" - home made Indian milk ice cream vendor and children seen in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A boy uses the only public toilet for approximately 3000 families in the Kathputli Colony , a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - An illegal pump connection to the municipal tap seen in Kathputli Colony , a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for the residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A young girls fills up water container along with her friends in kathputli colony, a slum in New Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Young children and adults collect water from a municipal water connection just near the Kathputli colony, a slum in Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Young children and adults collect water from a municipal water connection just near the Kathputli colony, a slum in Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A gypsy women, living in a makeshift tent near the Kathputli colony seen with water can. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A woman washes clothes at a water tap - connection made illegally to the municipal water line in the outskirts of Kathputli colony, a slum in Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Children seen walking the area used by the residents of Kathputli for defecation. Kathputli colony is a slum in Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A woman washes clothes at a water tap - connection made illegally to the municipal water line in the outskirts of Kathputli colony, a slum in Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Children seen defecating in the area used as an open toilet by the residents of Kathputli colony. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Children seen walking the area used by the residents of Kathputli for defecation. Kathputli colony is a slum in Delhi known for its artisans and puppeteers from Rajasthan. Access to water in the colony is limited to siphoning water off the community taps. Real estate developer - Raheja builders schedule to rehabilitate the slum by building a multi level apartments for its residents along with commercial and residential apartment complexes. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - European style swimming pool seen at the hotel Imperial in New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Palm trees seen inside the hotel Imperial compound in the centre of New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Marbles and plush doors seen in mens rest room at the hotel Imperial compound in the centre of New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - European style water fountain and Chanel showroom inside hotel Imeprial in New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Roof top cafe at Khan Market, an upscale market in New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Empty wine bottles, it takes approximately 32 gallons of water to make a glass of wine, seen at a cafe in Khan Market, a upscale market area in New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A water tanker used to water the greens seen in front of a multi level apartment complex in Gurgaon. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Interior view of Raheja towers a commercial complex in Gurgaon built by Raheja builders, the construction company that is in charge of rehabilitating kathputli colony in west Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Wild water, a newest product in the market which has artificial vitamins and minerals. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A tanker is being filled at municipal water board facility. A tanker full or water , 10,000 litters capacity is sold for 2000 rupees - 40 USD. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A tanker is being filled at municipal water board facility. A tanker full or water , 10,000 litters capacity is sold for 2000 rupees - 40 USD. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Photograph of expresso coffee at hotel The Lodhi, at a cost about 260 rupees / $ 5 USD, which is a daily income of most in New Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Champange glasses at The Lodhi hotel, a five star hotel in Delhi. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A tanker is being filled at municipal water board facility. A tanker full or water , 10,000 litters capacity is sold for 2000 rupees - 40 USD. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A housekeeper tries to fix a jacuzzi at newly constructed apartment in Gurgaon, an up and coming residential / business area in greater Delhi where water is scarce due to lack of infrastructure. The water for the lawn and residential usage are purchased from private water tanker operators. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - View of the Garden seen at newly constructed apartment complex in Gurgaon, an up and coming residential / business area in greater Delhi where water is scarce due to lack of infrastructure. The water for the lawn and residential usage are purchased from private water tanker operators. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - A worker cleans up water fountain area in a newly constructed apartment complex in Gurgaon, an up-and-coming residential and business area in greater Delhi where water is scarce due to lack of infrastructure. The water for the lawn and residential usage are purchased from private water tanker operators. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA

Delhi, India, Feb 2013 - Newly constructed swimming pool in an apartment complex in Gurgaon, an up-and-coming residential and business area in greater Delhi where water is scarce due to lack of infrastructure. The water for the lawn and residential usage are purchased from private water tanker operators. Images for the Global Post's special report - The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost Photograph: Sami SIVA