Across India’s bustling cities, a crisis of staggering proportions is unfolding, largely unseen and uncared for by those who don’t wish to notice. As India strides toward modernization and ...

"I'm very happy (with) myself that before I used to stay in a hut, but now I have (a) nice house for myself, and now I will take a very big house for my family on rent." “Now I'm in 10th standard. So, ...

A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city—in a slum or a non-slum neighborhood—is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby. Breastfeeding within one ...

A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city – in a slum or a non‑slum neighborhood – is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby. Breastfeeding within ...

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 ...

In a major breakthrough for adolescent mental healthcare in India, a first-of-its-kind, large-scale study conducted across urban slums in New Delhi and Vijayawada has shown that community-based ...

The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” said 56-year-old ...

BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once known as Temple City for its ancient Hindu temples, Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha aims to reposition itself as a hub ...

A narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry. Surrounding the area are ...

Maleesha Kharwa, an 18-year-old from Mumbai's Dharavi slum, has become an international modelling sensation. Spotting her ...