The narrow alleyways teem with creativity – fire-breathers, acrobats, snake charmers, puppeteers and musicians call this slum in West Delhi home.

The thousands of people who live in Kathputli have “art in their blood”, according to local resident, Davinder Bhatt.

“I feel very glad that I was born in this colony, really! We are from the very low community, but I feel very glad,” says the 23-year-old smiling broadly.

Mr Bhatt is a teacher at the performing arts school that sits in the middle of the colony. He was once, he confesses with a cheeky grin, one of the school’s naughtiest pupils. Read more.. (photo SBS News)

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