The theme of the Delhi Human Development Report, 2013, the successor to the first Human Development Report of 2006, is “Improving Lives, Promoting Inclusionâ€. This theme is particularly relevant for Delhi in the context of the multi-layered society of this great megapolis, wherein the wealthy and the poor live side by side, where opulent mansions and crowded slums jostle for space with each other, and where people speak in myriad tongues and follow a multitude of cultures.