Steel, marble and granite are high on the list of materials needed to build homes in well-to-do suburbs on the outskirts of Indias sprawling capital – but so are plastic sheets, cardboard and reeds.
As fields increasingly sprout concrete and glass condos in place of wheat and mustard, shanty towns too have grown to house tens of thousands pushed out as New Delhi expands its world-class ambitions.
Mannequin maker Mohammed Nasir used to live on the river bank, where a sports village is now being constructed as the capital prepares to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
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