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.

A walk through Latur Galli in Mumbai's Dharavi is not for the faint-hearted. The passage to Basavraj Swami's 70 square feet home involves ducking iron beams, sidestepping covered drains disguised as ...

BEST has initiated the process to hand over the Dharavi and Kalakilla depots for redevelopment under the Adani-led Dharavi ...

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to order a status quo on Dharavi redevelopment project in Mumbai. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar sought responses from the ...

Dharavi, a slum in the heart of Mumbai, is home to approximately one million people, making it one of the largest slums in the world. Next month, Dharavi will house the first slum museum, Design ...

Normally, Khwaja Qureshi’s recycling facility in Dharavi, the slum in Mumbai, would be no place for three newborn tabby kittens. Before efforts to contain the novel coronavirus idled much of the ...

A major fire erupted at Mumbai's Dharavi Ashok Mill Compound. No casualties reported. Stay updated on the latest firefighting ...

Concern looms large for informal business owners and operators in Dharavi, who fear that redevelopment could spell the end of their generations-old businesses and livelihoods. Dharavi’s unique ...

MMRC has begun preparatory work for Mumbai Metro Line 11’s proposed underground extension from Wadala to Bandra Terminus via ...

AROUND 6am, the squealing of copulating rats—signalling a night-long verminous orgy on the rooftops of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai—gives way to the more cheerful sound of chirruping sparrows. Through a ...

Dharavi looms ever larger in the popular consciousness of Mumbai. Once a tiny fishing village on the edge of the city, it is now home to upwards of one million people seeking the economic ...