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 ...

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.

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.

This is the Dharavi slum in the city of Mumbai, India. It identified its first case of the coronavirus on April 2. It is perhaps best known as the setting for the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A mobile museum in Mumbai's Dharavi is highlighting the skills and creativity of residents of one of Asia's largest slums, in an attempt to dispel the negative ...

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 ...

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WITH Danny Boyle’s hugely successful film Slumdog Millionaire walking away with eight Oscars, TransIndus offers escorted tours through Dharavi, the location for the film, Asia’s biggest slum and home ...

Mumbai, home of 1.5 million person Dharavi slum known to be one of Asia's largest, will soon be host the world's first slum museum. As Smithsonian Magazine reports, the Design Museum Dharavi is being ...

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 ...