The Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games will be the largest global sports event ever to be hosted in India. Around 10,000 athletes from 71 nations and territories will compete in 17 disciplines over 12 days.
But for many of the slum dwellers who were evicted as part of the city's makeover, there is nothing "world-class" about the way they are living now.
India is keen to put on an international event to match its image as a modernising, emerging economic giant - just as neighbouring China did when it hosted the 2008 Olympics.
Authorities say the benefits to the burgeoning metropolis of 14 million people include vast infrastructure development, creation of jobs, increased tourism revenues and a city which will be "clean, beautiful, vibrant and world-class".
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