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.