Power in Dharavi, a giant Mumbai slum, is now largely tolled, with meters nestling next to curing factories piled with goat skins and people melting down used plastic cutlery.

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Under the plate rack on the draining board and at the bottom of the plastic pot for the cutlery was a murky gray sludge.

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Alas, the party hostess was possessed of a passion for disposable stemware, plates and cutlery and we were offered nothing less than the finest plastic cups for enjoying my bottle of precious bubbly.

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