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Abdul Shakeel, with the activist group Basti Suraksha Manch, or Save Colony Forum, says that “in the name of beautification, the urban poor’s lives are destroyed.”

Kebab restaurant owner Basti, who did not want to give his full name, said the event had become "worse" over the years.

He called himself Basti ka Hasti, which roughly translates to the young slum boy who wrote his own destiny.

A previous marriage, to Anne Basti, ended in divorce.

Mr. Ferrante’s first marriage, to Anne Basti, ended in divorce.