The humidity in Mumbai on this hot Tuesday afternoon is 74 per cent. Drenched in perspiration, we lose our way in the narrow alley-like lanes in Ambujwadi, Malwani. I open my bag and grope for my water bottle, only to realise that I’ve left it at home. I wipe the beads of sweat from my forehead as our photographer follows the instructions an uninterested watchman gives him.

Twenty four year-old Nisha Chaudhary teaches the children how to make a puppy using origami. (Left) Nine year-old Shivam Patil tries his hand at drawing a car. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar