In Mumbai, the windows of new high-rise apartment blocks, old low-rise residential buildings and chawls portray the disparity in living conditions and incomes in the city. 

Rents for a place to live in Maximum City range from more than Rs. 1,00,000 to less than Rs. 500 a month. 

Check out these mesmerising pictures by Danish Siddiqui.

Windows of various shanties in Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums. The rent for a 100 square feet (9.29 square meters) shanty in Dharavi ranges from Rs. 2.5 per square feet to Rs. 3.5 per square feet.
Workers take a lift at an under construction high-rise residential tower in Mumbai’s central financial district. The cost for buying a 2,500 square feet three-bedroom apartment in this tower is around Rs. 70,000 per square feet.
The cost for buying a 240 square feet one-bedroom apartment in this building is around Rs. 8,000 per square feet or Rs. 2,000,000. The rent for an apartment in the same building is around Rs. 10,000 per month. 
The cost for buying a 900 square feet two-bedroom apartment in this building is around Rs. 70,000 per square feet or Rs. 63,000,000. The rent for an apartment in the same building is around Rs. 110,000 per month. 
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Windows and doors of an old residential building are pictured in central Mumbai. The cost for buying a residential apartment in Mumbai close to the city centre ranges from Rs. 12,000 per square feet to Rs. 112,500 per square feet. 
A high-rise residential tower is seen next to an under construction tower in central Mumbai. The cost for buying a 369 square feet one-bedroom apartment in the completed tower is around Rs. 24,000 per square feet or Rs. 8,856,000. The rent for an apartment in the same building is around Rs 25,000 per month. 
Residents look out of a window of an apartment in south Mumbai. The cost for buying a 600 square feet one-bedroom apartment in this building is around Rs. 14,100 per square feet or Rs. 8,500,000. The rent for an apartment in the same building is around Rs. 20,000 per month. 
Windows of various apartments of a high-rise residential building are seen in the western suburb of Mumbai. The cost for buying a 269 square feet one-bedroom apartment in this building is around Rs. 9,300 per square feet or Rs. 2,500,000. The rent for an apartment in the same building is around Rs. 10,000 per month.

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Published: 23 Apr 2015,12:19 AM IST

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