You will never hear a leopard coming, they say. And on learning of a tribe that worships the graceful animal (or the silent killer), Yash Marwah, 23, fondly recollects a response he heard. "Uska bhi pet hai, kuch toh kha hi lega."

Empathising with a cold-blooded mammal is not quite the personality trait you find in the city, but traversing through Sanjay Gandhi National Park and the Aarey forest, you encounter faces who don't know otherwise. The Warlis, known to be one of the largest tribes in the country and Mumbai's foremost inhabitants, remain faceless to the most of us, even as they continue to face threat from various developmental projects.