As a result of economic reforms and increasing freedoms, India's cities are taking on a new shape. Traditional boundaries in the realm of religion, gender and identity are blurring, particularly among the fast-growing middle class. Anay Mann - himself from the middle class - recorded what these changes mean for young people in New Delhi and Mumbai, cities with populations equal to that of The Netherlands. There he found a generation that is searching for a new identity under confusing circumstances. For instance, their lifestyle is influenced just as much by Western media as it is by the traditionally focused Bollywood.

After a career as a model, at the age of 28 Anay Mann (India, b. 1974) began to photograph. He focuses particularly on young people from the middle class. For GENERATION IN TRANSITION (2000-2004) he received a grant from the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.