The towers of Mumbai have seen kilometres of expanse of Dharavi's asbestos and tin roofs for decades. Most pity the slums as a place that is deprived of the basics, while others romanticise them. As ...

In Mumbai's Dharavi, poverty is being curated, priced and sold to dollar-rich visitors. Slum tourism has been around in India for decades, but there is a thin line between giving context, and ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - In Nehru Nagar, the teeming Mumbai slum featured in the Golden Globe-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," the only music heard is on tiny radio sets and the young boys have no ...

The Maharashtra government has decided to provide land to 436 Dharavi slum dwellers affected by a 1999 fire. This move, led ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Residents of Mumbai's sprawling Dharavi slum face down a powerful politician eyeing their community for a real estate development in the blockbuster "Kaala", ...

While child labour in hazardous industries triggers immediate legal action, garment units classified as “non-hazardous” fall into loopholes. Children aged 14 to 18 years are legally allowed to work ...

Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys - Copyright ENGINEER JEROME MARTINEZ/AFP Handout Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one ...

Mumbai, India (CNN) — When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all ...

Mumbai's Dharavi, often viewed through the lens of deprivation, is also one of the city's most active economic zones. Spread across just about 2.4 sq km and home to nearly 1.2 million people, the ...

AR Rahman and Shekhar Kapur have launched an initiative to discover and nurture talents from Dharavi, the world's largest slum. Leading record label Universal Music and Qyuki, which has been ...

Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. "I was born here, my father was born here, my ...