ANGELA Saurine explores India's largest slum - Dharavi in Mumbai - on Hindu New Year. There's no school today as it's a public holiday and bright-eyed children excitedly cry "Happy Diwali!" and shake ...

What comes to mind when you think of Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums? For most, it is crowded lanes, cramped homes and tough living conditions. But that is only part of the story.

In the shadow of Mumbai's sleek, mirrored skyscrapers, the corrugated patchwork of Dharavi's tin-roofed slum settlement forms a city within a city. One of Asia's largest slums, Dharavi is home to more ...

At an academic conference in Mumbai last week, some of us were in two minds when the organizers proposed a tour of Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, made famous by the film Slum Dog Millionaire.

The Dharavi squatter settlement in Mumbai is often described as the biggest slum in Asia. It sits between two rail lines in the northern part of the city, on a creek that once sustained a thriving ...

Around the world, the poor have become tourist attractions. The concept that brought visitors and their money to Rio de Janeiro's favelas and Cape Town, South Africa's townships with minimal fuss has ...

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday dismissed a PIL that challenged the use of 250 acres of salt pan land for the rehabilitation of project-affected persons (PAP) in the wake of the Dharavi ...