Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents ...

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", ...

The ambitious and much-discussed Dharavi redevelopment project has gained momentum, aiming to transform and revamp homes in Dharavi, a locality often referred to as one of Asia’s largest slums due to ...

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 around,” he said.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Show more Show less Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys Families who lived in Dharavi before 2000 will receive free housing; those who arrived between 2000 ...

"I was born here, my father was born here, my grandfather was born here," sighed the 58-year-old government employee. "But we don't have any choice, we have to vacate." Soon, bulldozers are expected ...