This photo essay tracks Kanpur through three recurring textures: industrial memory, riverside transition, and everyday street movement.
What emerges is a city that still carries evidence of its manufacturing scale while negotiating a newer public-image battle.
The point of a visual package is not to romanticize the city, but to help readers see its contradictions more clearly.
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